Cole Hamels has lofty expectations of himself.

Corner him for 15 minutes and ask about career goals, and he'll drop the words "Hall of Fame" and "no-hitter" a few times.

It really felt like Cole was going to check one of those two off his list Wednesday as he mowed down Milwaukee bats. He retired the first 14 batters he faced, five by strikeout.

But then Corey Hart spoiled the fun at Citizens Bank Park, lacing an 0-2 single to right. It ended the no-hitter... and the no-hit pool in the press box.

Some lucky sports editor won the thing, even though this writer had Prince Fielder (Cole's nemesis). The sports editor happens to work for this newspaper, so we won't name-call.

Congrats, Rob.