Edgy MD

Oh, and don't look now, but the Mets are now within one game of fourth place in the division, as well as the ever-tasty seventh place in the race for the last Wild Card spot.

Yan swan diving after Lindor's catch was pretty funny.

Maybe he knew the play was over before having to make a choice, but Lindor should have been sliding there.

METS GAIN MOREL VICTORY!

Totally should have bunted Bichette.

Frustration and sorrow When facing Pintaro

Not even a big lead. That's getting caught flatfooted.

Gosh, my screen went dead with the ball headed toward the glove of a diving Lindor. I thought he had it ... but it took two refreshes and about 40 seconds to confirm. Let's get Yanni a Grammy here.

Yan just got his strikeout pitch, but didn't get the call, and he held off on celebrating. Progess? Progress!

Clearly this is more experiment than endeavor.

Just missing. A lot.

Warrentime.

As it turns out, three righties from the heart of the order will be due up, so going to Yan would be, like, rilly crazy.

If Andy Green is feeling really crazy, he can combat the all-lefty bench by going to Jefrey Yan in the ninth.

I love the number of hits that Benge can muscle off of the narrower part of his bat.

I didn't know Ms. Amy did road trips. Would've been nice to get more than one run out of all the activity of that inning.

Clearly the Mets wanted him more than he wanted them, and they let themselves get taken.

This is correct. A review of Mets no hitters suggests a couple of things: As much as any dog may be able to have his day, better pitchers are going to get these things more frequently, and the Hall of Famers more frequently than that. These things tend to happen more frequently in mid-summer, perhaps when a lineup is fatigued from the grind. They also tend to happen the last week of the season, perhaps when a lineup has one foot in the offseason. They also tend to happen in doubleheaders, perhaps when the line-up is checkered with subs and perhaps conserving their bullets. Date Opponent Pitcher Last Out Note(s) June 30, 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax Felix Mantilla June 21, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies Jim Bunning John Stephenson Perfect game; first game of DH September 20, 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates Bob Moose Art Shamsky October 2, 1972 Montreal Expos Bill Stoneman Don Hahn First MLB no-hitter pitched outside US; first game of DH August 24, 1975 San Francisco Giants Ed Halicki Wayne Garrett Second game of DH September 8, 1993 Houston Astros Darryl Kile Chico Walker June 9, 2015 San Francisco Giants Chris Heston Rubén Tejada Octtober 3, 2015 Washington Nationals Max Scherzer Curtis Granderson Second game of DH

I don't want anyone on the team who doesn't want to be there. He has an insane amount of money on the table. If he wants to push that away and look for more, he goes with my blessing, and the Mets get a new chance to spend that money. If he wants to return to the team and prove he is better than the season he has had, then he has my blessing and respect. That is a courageous move. And a wise team can prosper either way. Guys who are where they want to be is the foundation for good things. Guys who are not are a tough weight to carry. I don't think that's weird.

I want him to do what he will.

Zimmo.

I would doubt that as Kiner's Korner last aired in 1995 to the best of my knowledge. It's theoretically possible that Ruben Tejada appeared on Kiner's Korner as a five-year Panamanian, but I think I would have remembered that.

Best I could find on the Ryan front is Eduardo Perez, who faced Nolan Ryan three times in 1993 and struck out two times, and then went on to last until 2006. Jim Edmonds faced Ryan as a rookie in 1993, and lasted all the way through to 2011, but he disqualified himself by showing heart, putting the ball in play all three times against the 46-year-old phenom.

I'm thinking the last active player who could say he was struck out by Ryan was Manny Ramirez, who debuted in 1993 and lasted until 2011. OE: That's a no. Manny's only appearance against Texas that year came with Kenny Rogers on the mound.

A quick check suggests Felix Mantilla was not born in Florida, and Curtis Granderson was not struck out by Nolan Ryan. They are indeed all hitters.