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I'm coming around to the (absolutely stupid) notion that no-hitters will be like opening day wins for us --- a thing that we go from being associated with only in terms of failure to being associated with in earnest. Like we'll be reading "Yet Another No-Hitter for the Mets!" How's that for crazy giddy stupid? Anyhow, we're out of the cellar, and it's nice. No-Hitters by Team (Includes Defunctarinos) TeamLeagueNo-NosLos Angeles DodgersNL20Boston Red SoxAL19Chicago White SoxAL17Cleveland IndiansAL15Cincinnati RedsNL15San Francisco GiantsNL14New York YankeesAL13Atlanta BravesNL13Oakland AthleticsAL11Baltimore OriolesAL10Chicago CubsNL10Houston AstrosNL10Philadelphia PhilliesNL10Anaheim AngelsAL9 St. Louis CardinalsNL9Detroit TigersAL7Minnesota TwinsAL7Pittsburgh PiratesNL7Texas RangersAL5Montreal ExposNL5Kansas City RoyalsAL4Florida MarlinsNL4Seattle MarinersAL2Arizona DiamondbacksNL2Baltimore OriolesNL (Defunct)2Milwaukee Brewers�[AL]AL1Toronto Blue JaysAL1Brooklyn BrookfedsFL1Chicago WhalesFL1Kansas City PackersFL1Pittsburgh RebelsFL1St. Louis TerriersFL1Colorado RockiesNL1Milwaukee BrewersNL1New York MetsAL/NL1Cleveland SpidersNL (Defunct)1Louisville ColonelsNL (Defunct)1Cincinnati Outlaw RedsUA1Milwaukee Cream CitysUA1Tampa Bay Devil RaysAL0Buffalo BluesFL0San Diego PadresNL0Kansas City UnionsUA0Washington NationalsUA0 No-Hitter Rate by Team (Active Teams Only) TeamLeagueNo-NosGamesNH/162Florida MarlinsNL43,0620.21Houston AstrosNL108,0280.20Anaheim AngelsAL98,1880.18Boston Red SoxAL1917,3490.18Los Angeles DodgersNL2019,6860.16Chicago White SoxAL1717,3580.16Cleveland IndiansAL1517,3620.14Arizona DiamondbacksNL22,3200.14Cincinnati RedsNL1519,8860.12New York YankeesAL1317,3370.12Montreal ExposNL56,8840.12San Francisco GiantsNL1419,7710.11Atlanta BravesNL1320,2670.10Oakland AthleticsAL1117,3230.10Oakland AthleticsAL1117,3230.10Texas RangersAL58,1730.10Kansas City RoyalsAL46,8790.09Baltimore OriolesAL1017,3620.09Philadelphia PhilliesNL1019,6970.08Philadelphia PhilliesNL1019,6970.08Chicago CubsNL1020,3010.08St. Louis CardinalsNL919,8890.07Tampa Bay RaysAL12,3170.07Minnesota TwinsAL717,3700.07Detroit TigersAL717,3890.07Seattle MarinersAL25,6010.06Pittsburgh PiratesNL719,8460.06Colorado RockiesNL13,0670.05Toronto Blue JaysAL15,6000.03Milwaukee Brewers�[AL&NL]NL16,8890.02New York MetsNL18,0200.02San Diego PadresNL06,8950.00

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Are there any other sets of pitchers that hurled no-hitters after they were traded for each other, besides Johan and Humber? Poor Twins don't get either.

That's awesome. No-Hitters by Mets 1) Johan Santana: 1 2) 930 tied with 0 Johan is on a pace to finish the season with 3.12. Let's celebrate the no-hitter by bombing Wright with a contract offer.

Met Hunter wrote: I love seeing a true warrior like Johan fight back from the abyss and put away a number one ranked offense. I think this is going to rise to the top of the conversation over the next few days. These aren't the crippled Padres. This is a really good hitting team. metirish wrote: No offense to scrub pitchers but I would not have liked to have seen a Batista throw the Mets first no-hitter, better that it was Santana. Yeah, but there are scrubs and there are scrubs. I'd love for it to have been an otherwise marginal homegrown guy like Heilman or Pacella or Anthony Young or somebody.

Thoughts that hit me overnight and stuck with me as, for the first time, I woke up with a no hitter beside me: Was that Jim Duquette in the radio booth with Howie? I don't quite know the timbre of his voice yet. I thought Duke was going under the knife, but it sure didn't sound like Lewin or Ed Coleman or Jiggs McDonald or Juan Berroa or anybody. I think we need to stay with Jim until he falters, just like we're staying with the gwreck on the IGTs. How about Terry resisting the temptation to put Hairston in right (where, to be fair, he made some sucky plays last year) or Valdespin at second? You'd figure that in both cases you'd get more hit-preventing range, if not error-preventing sureness of hands. Is being a defensive replacement in no-hit bid just too much of a shit-your-pants situation that a manager shouldn't ask it of somebody unless he's got Ozzie Smith or Keith Hernandez or somebody on his bench? If there's a no-hitter going on, and the game isn't sold out, can you just pull up and buy a ticket in the seventh inning? Is this the day Josh Thole became a man? Sucks to be one of the guys who got sent down this week. Double sucks to be Jose Reyes. Tough Titties. You have a hundred million consolation prizes. Three soft liners/flares in the last innings really seemed to be knucklers --- the one Nieuie, the one to Torres, and the one to Murphy/Quintanilla. But that may have been my heart knuckling. The outfielders also seemed to playing shallow the last two innings. I don't know if that was a function of the batters or maybe they had an understanding that if Santana was going to get beat, he wasn't going to get beat on something soft. Contrast Baxter's catch with Pedro Martinez's no-hit bid in (I think) Los Angeles when Gerald Williams failed to make a catch because he folded before hitting the wall. BOOOOOOOO, Gerald! The tiniest part of my mind worries about a letdown start in the twilight game tonight by Dickey. Fuck that part of my mind. If Wright is coming out of his slump and Duda is smoking hot... if we have talented reinforcements coming into the pen... if we have no less than four impressive pitching prospects banging at the door of the big leagues... can anything stop this team? No, nothing can. Don't tell me otherwise. Can't believe Ben Grimm cried. Beautiful.

A little post-blowout update. DateJune 1Runs For228Runs Against244Pyth. W %.466Winning %.558Difference-.092

"WAY TO JO"? Seriously, New York Post, you better have something better for me by tomorrow.

Jay Horwitz: PR Machine.

Paul Hoover, Kit Pellow, Cole Hamels, Ernie Banks, Wade Boggs, Keith Moreland, Chris Burke�the whole miserable club. Who are these guys and what is their significance? Just a buncha stooges who didn't play for the Mets, I think.

Banner day participants. (Photo posted by Ed Leyro.)

I didn't there. A quirk in my formula gives too much credit for late-inning tack-on runs. It's not really been an issue, considering the way the team has played this year, but I kinda screwed him out of a few points his last time out. This time, I just went in committed to giving him a sexy six. After punching my numbers in, Baxter came up with a zero. I got all arbitrary and bumped that up to 0.5. I'm not made of stone.

Terry, asked if he had ever seen anything like this, recalled what I think he said was his first year of managing (for Vero Beach, I guess). "I had Sid Fernandez and he pitched two no-hitters. The second one, the GM had him on a pitch limit of 130. Going into the ninth, he had 18 strikeouts. He was up to 119 pitches. And I said 'That's it --- 130 pitches and I'm taking you out.' He goes out and strikes out the side on 10 pitches. Finishes with 21 strikeouts." How the hell did we ever get that guy? Tore through the minor leagues like the love child of Doc Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela, and we get him for Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz? Really? Could Ronny Cede�o and Ram�n Ram�rez net that guy today? Seriously, though. Great story by Terry.

Terry's gotta give him an extra day's rest before the next start. And an erotic massage for that matter. But when his 2011 timetable was for a late-June, early-July return, and then he didn't even get back on the field at all except for a few innings in St. Lucie, it wasn't far-fetched to think it was all over. Who'd've thougth we'd be here now?

metsmarathon wrote: that really was a great takedown on the guy who ran onto the field. That was a little disconcerting, especially with the security wearing old Phillies maroon windbreakers. That wasn't KC getting tackled, was it?

Brilliant, baby. I traded for and signed him, know'wha'm sayin'?

Santana 6.00 Duda 0.91 Wright 0.82 Murphy 0.77 Nieuwenhuis 0.66 Baxter 0.50 Quintanilla 0.21 Torres 0.13

Taking a scandalous moment to check the out-of-town scoreboard, we pretty much had a best case scenario, with Philadelphia beating the Miamis and Atlanta and Washington being rained out, allowing us to pull into a tie with the Fishies and gain a half game on the Natties. We're playing for first place tomorrow. And it's Dickey Day.

Worst defensive team to ever back a Mets pitcher on a no-hitter. In my opinion.

The Best of Santana

"You're getting close to the wall, but your priority is to catch the ball." Good night and good news, Mike.

Welcome back, ZVON!

Irregular visitors like Bong and Piggies Tomatoes, welcome back! Did I see Dinosaur Jesus, too? [bigpurple:38grvcv6]Where the hell is G-Fafif?![/bigpurple:38grvcv6]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: That guy who has the No No-Hitters blog is going to have to come up with a new name. I think the Blastings Thrilledge guy is still active.

So fantastic. Gwreck starts all threads from now on. Josh Thole catches them all. Put it in the biggest fucking book there is.

Nervous indeed.