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IGT - June 1 - Mets v. Cardinals, Beltran Returns

Gwreck
Jun 01 2012 08:05 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 01 2012 08:41 AM

“There were times I felt like, ‘What do I have to do in order to be one of their favorites?’ Fans choose who they want to cheer for. I’m a quiet player. You’re never going to see me out there showing a lot of emotion. I am who I am. When you try to be someone else then you’re being fake to yourself, and I don’t like to do that. I don’t know how it’s going to be [tonight]. They’ll decide if they want to cheer or boo.”


(Quotes taken from this NY Post Story).

Given that I was profoundly disheartened by how the Mets fans treated Jose Reyes upon his return, I would probably be apoplectic tonight except of course that so many fans of this team showed what idiots they were while Beltran was actually here.

Welcome back Carlos. At least a few of us appreciated you for what you were: one of the greatest and most talented players to ever play for this team.


Edit: screwed up the BB Code

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:09 AM
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Give him a big fecking cheer and standing O , then boo if you want....Christ.

TransMonk
Jun 01 2012 08:13 AM
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I'm not sure why any Mets fan would have a valid reason to boo Carlos Beltran.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 08:18 AM
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I would never be a dick and blame CB for anything and find it sad that fans do, but at the same time I've also had it with the snarkironic #BlameBeltran joke. You wonder if the tail is wagging the dog at this point.

He wuz what he wuz. Thanks Carlos!

Bonus topic for discussion: Logo on his HOF cap?

Vic Sage
Jun 01 2012 08:18 AM
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it's not like he walked out to play for more money elsewhere. he got traded, and we got a good prospect for him.
are people really still cheesed about the Wainwright K? It was a hellacious curveball. get over it. Or that he had the temerity to get injured after setting the record for HRs in a season? Jeezus... he ain't a child molester, folks. He's probably the top CFer in Mets history. Rise and clap, then sit down and shut up.

Gwreck
Jun 01 2012 08:45 AM
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He's probably the top CFer in Mets history.


Only Darryl could be considered a better outfielder in Mets history, and even that's debatable.

--

Beltran's HOF cap: It pretty much has to be the Mets, right? He spent about the same amount of time here as he did in Kansas City but his accomplishments here were clearly greater.

I think he needs a couple more good seasons before he gets there, though. The 300 HRs/300 SBs combination helps, certainly.

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 01 2012 08:58 AM
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I think the Mets have the edge in the cap thing at this point (assuming, of course , that there will be a plaque to put that cap on) but if he wins an MVP and a couple of World Series with the Cardinals that may change.

Does Kansas City have a shot?

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 01 2012 09:03 AM
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Ceetar
Jun 01 2012 09:06 AM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I think the Mets have the edge in the cap thing at this point (assuming, of course , that there will be a plaque to put that cap on) but if he wins an MVP and a couple of World Series with the Cardinals that may change.

Does Kansas City have a shot?


44games 128 PA more with the Mets than the Royals. (which would be the only other cap option barring him spending the next 7 years dominating with the Cardinals) Also has 10 games and 45 PA in the postseason for the Mets though, including a 1.054 OPS in the NLCS. His Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers are all with the Mets. B-R gives him 7.1 more WAR with the Mets than the Royals.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 12:50 PM
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(Delete)

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 12:55 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:

[*]Johnson, c


No Thole?

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 12:57 PM
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(I think I found a B.S. lineup.)

Ceetar
Jun 01 2012 01:01 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
(I think I found a B.S. lineup.)


woah, and it's not even Friday the 13th.

Ceetar
Jun 01 2012 01:05 PM
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#Mets
Friday lineup vs. St. Louis:
Baxter-LF,
Nieuwenhuis-CF,
Wright-3B, Duda-RF,
Murphy-2B,
Davis-1B,
Thole-C,
Quintanilla-SS,
Santana-LHP



Welcome back Josh. And you get to bat 7th!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 01:10 PM
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Not 4 nothing but the 2012 Mets miss Thole more than Beltran!

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 01:22 PM
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I think the Mets have the edge in the cap thing at this point ... Does Kansas City have a shot?


ABs w/KC = 3,134
ABs w/NY = 3,133

Aside from that coincidence, he had predictably better 'young man' stats in KC, namely SBs and 3Bs (that last one is largely park related)
while his 'older player' stats like walks and power were somewhat better with the Mets



are people really still cheesed about the Wainwright K?


Yes!
And then there was the bad first year (first impression stick),
the lack of outward emotion ("He doesn't care!!"),
the injuries - both the ones that took him out of the lineup and the ones he played through (don't underestimate how pissed fans can get about injuries),
that he's Hispanic (especially in the midst of Omar's "push" to remake the team as Los Mets,
and that he was there for the '06 loss and the '07/08 collapses ("He's not a winner!").

oe: Oh yeah, and then there was the part about how hit got 20 hits w/10 HRs and a .400+ BA for the Astros in two post-season series and didn't duplicate that for the Mets (10 hits w/3 HRs, ~ .250) meaning, of course, that he proved he couldn't handle NYC.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 05:16 PM
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Positive reaction bordering on blasé for Carlos first AB.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 06:31 PM
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Rained out tonight in Washington before the game ever started
Rain delayed in Philly during the 5th
Rain starting to creep into NYC

So don't give up the lead !!!!!

metirish
Jun 01 2012 06:50 PM
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Duda with a three run home run....wow..


the other stuff is unmentionable

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 06:50 PM
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Duda 2012

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 01 2012 06:54 PM
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metirish wrote:
Duda with a three run home run....wow..


the other stuff is unmentionable


You mean the no-hitter Johan has through six innings?

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 06:57 PM
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The potential no-no is already semi-tainted.
And then there's the problem that they're not going to let Johan finish the thing even if ...

metirish
Jun 01 2012 06:58 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
The potential no-no is already semi-tainted.
And then there's the problem that they're not going to let Johan finish the thing even if ...



wouldn't that be the Mets though, get a no no and have people talk about the blown call.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 06:59 PM
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Wow! Ow!

metirish
Jun 01 2012 06:59 PM
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Baxter, what a play....hope you are good to go

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:00 PM
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And now you can see why Pete Reiser had a short career ... and why he was given last rites at one point during it.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:02 PM
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Separated shoulder maybe?

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:02 PM
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That supporting the arm thing has 'separated shoulder' written all over it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:02 PM
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Looks like he momentarily stumbled and couldn't slow himself down in time. BAM.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:03 PM
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Let him start the 8th - then play it by ear from there.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:04 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:

And then there's the problem that they're not going to let Johan finish the thing even if ...


he'll be out for the next inning but if he throws a lot of pitches they gotta pull him?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:05 PM
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F that. How awesome would it be if he sacrificed his whole career in pursuit of this goofy statistical oddity.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:06 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
F that. How awesome would it be if he sacrificed his whole career in pursuit of this goofy statistical oddity.



obviously he went down the tunnel to check the CPF and is heeding your advice.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:08 PM
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He doesn't want my advice.

C'mon Torres, do it for Baxxy.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:09 PM
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The one game Baxter doesn't hit a double he saves one.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:11 PM
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If Johan doesn't get the chance to do what he was born to do, I may shit myself.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:13 PM
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Welcome to the bigs, Sam Freeman. Nice hose, buddy.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:14 PM
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Freeman wearing pants to shoetops now. Cold out there.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:14 PM
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Sporting the long pants tonight though as he walks the first ML hitter he faces.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:15 PM
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I'm mildly wondering if somehow that wall and padding is actually harder than the original fence.

Probably not, but, heh, just another for Citi Field/Mets critics to pile onto their "Why Citi Sucks" narratives.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:18 PM
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I'm not anticipating that.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:21 PM
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Funny. Murphy profiles as a number two hitter, doesn't show much power (and no homers this year), but he hits better in the middle of the lineup than the top.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 07:22 PM
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Nobody say nothin'.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:24 PM
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Whew

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:24 PM
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Cards cooperating with first-pitch swings.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:25 PM
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Nieuie takes the ball from Quint. What a buncha Buffaloes he's got in the trenches with him.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:25 PM
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Squeaky bum time

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:26 PM
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Smoly crap.

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:26 PM
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Ooooooooh pretty.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:26 PM
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We're even getting the bullshit calls. It's fate!

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:28 PM
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What was that old TV show - The Outer Limits maybe? - where it opened by saying that you are no longer in control of your TV set.

Well Terry, you are no longer in control of this game

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:28 PM
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Didn't like the looks of that last pitch, or his reaction.

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 01 2012 07:29 PM
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Was listening to a few innings in my car before getting home. Funny the difference between Howie, who will make no direct mention of that thing Johan is working on tonight, and Gary, who's been yakking it up.

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:29 PM
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If Carlos was ever a True Met, he'd swing wildly and miss on this third pitch.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:30 PM
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seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:30 PM
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Close enough. Love ya, Carlos. Vanis takee.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:31 PM
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SWEET MURPH!

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:31 PM
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If any SNY-less out of towners are tuning in here to "watch" the results I'm sure MLBN will pick up the feed for the 9th

HahnSolo
Jun 01 2012 07:32 PM
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Poor Terry looks miserable.

metsmarathon
Jun 01 2012 07:34 PM
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I really my satellite tv weren't being obscured by a one two punch of overgrown trees and massive thunderstorms. Thankfully the baseball app on my iPhone had been featuring live look-ins.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 07:35 PM
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I was certain Vanis would Takee our game away there.

Gwreck
Jun 01 2012 07:35 PM
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Checking in here from Section 328 tonight. Everybody doing ok? Not so much? Same here.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:35 PM
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Oh, shut up with that Geico shit.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:39 PM
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Fuck the bunt - hit a homer instead!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 07:40 PM
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Saturn the cat is mewling like crazy.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:41 PM
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That's my kind of ovation.

It's 3-2. Time to swing, baby.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 07:41 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Saturn the cat is mewling like crazy.


That's because Santana is pitching rings around the Cardinals

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:42 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
That's my kind of ovation.

It's 3-2. Time to swing, baby.

There was no way he was swinging there, under any circumstances. Cleto couldn't throw a frickin' strike.

And here. We. Go.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:44 PM
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If this happens I just wnat to say I am glad to have been here with you all, all these years.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:44 PM
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2!

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:45 PM
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Career high pitch count.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 07:47 PM
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Nervous....

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:48 PM
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Nervous indeed.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:49 PM
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

RealityChuck
Jun 01 2012 07:49 PM
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All Right!!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 07:49 PM
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[Pumps fist]

[Acts like he's been there before]

[Inside, craps pants]

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 01 2012 07:49 PM
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I DON'T FREAKING BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:50 PM
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IT IS TONIGHT BOSS!

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:50 PM
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I just jumped around the living room and high-fived the dog.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:51 PM
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I'm crying ...wow

PiggiesTomatoes
Jun 01 2012 07:52 PM
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Amazing!!!! Never thought I'd see one by the Mets in my lifetime! Thanks, Johan.

RealityChuck
Jun 01 2012 07:52 PM
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The end of the 50-year drought!

Ashie62
Jun 01 2012 07:52 PM
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I screamed..alot!

Spacemans Bong
Jun 01 2012 07:53 PM
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Congratulations guys.

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 01 2012 07:53 PM
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That guy who has the No No-Hitters blog is going to have to come up with a new name.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:55 PM
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So fantastic. Gwreck starts all threads from now on. Josh Thole catches them all.

Put it in the biggest fucking book there is.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 07:56 PM
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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.

DocTee
Jun 01 2012 07:56 PM
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Amazin'

Simply amazin'

metirish
Jun 01 2012 07:57 PM
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Keith Olbermann lamenting he had to leave the game in the third...glad that one of ours was there....

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 07:57 PM
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Eddie C, trying to interview Johan in the dugout, getting blasted with ancillary champagne. Awesome.

RealityChuck
Jun 01 2012 07:58 PM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
That guy who has the No No-Hitters blog is going to have to come up with a new name.
The front page of the blog is down right now. Really.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 07:59 PM
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It took until regular season game 8,020.

Kind of adds to everything that the Hall of Fame logos were on the grass of the basepaths.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 08:01 PM
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"It happened"

themetfairy
Jun 01 2012 08:01 PM
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I can barely breathe - OMG!

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 08:02 PM
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AMAZIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 01 2012 08:03 PM
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"Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!"

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:04 PM
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Blow jobs for everyone....even the women, it's that kind of night

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 08:04 PM
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I'm still in shock, kinda. Bros are all callin. Phomes off the hook.

WOOT! This is also one of my brothers birthdays. So kool he did it today.

Oh, and hi folks. Missed ya and glad to return on such a fantastic night :)

lol@LB:Caddyshack

Mets – Willets Point
Jun 01 2012 08:05 PM
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I wept.

I also woke the baby. She seems pretty cheerful now.

G-Fafif
Jun 01 2012 08:06 PM
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As the commercials say, prohibition is over.

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 08:08 PM
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Also awesome: Gary on the edge of tears in the booth.

Mets – Willets Point
Jun 01 2012 08:09 PM
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So my next question is, does this reverse the curse of Yadier Bleepin' Molina?

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 08:09 PM
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I gathered the whole family in the room to watch the final outs!!!

WONDERFUL!!!

PiggiesTomatoes
Jun 01 2012 08:10 PM
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Thanks, Terry (not that there was any alternative). Give Johan an extra day if he needs it.

Was slightly bothered by the jerk off in the Carter jersey who jumped on the field but he was promptly tackled between home and the mound.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 08:10 PM
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So glad that it happened at Citi, too!

DocTee
Jun 01 2012 08:10 PM
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San Diego wins the "last franchise standing" without a no-hitter contest. Go to the loser's window and collect your prize, Padres fans!

HahnSolo
Jun 01 2012 08:11 PM
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Little Solo kept telling his mom to stop talking and asking questions so she wouldn't jinx it. I've never been prouder of my kid talking back to my wife.

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 08:11 PM
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PiggiesTomatoes
Jun 01 2012 08:14 PM
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If I couldn't be at Citi, I'm glad I was here.

metsmarathon
Jun 01 2012 08:14 PM
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the trees and thunderstorms were definitely conspiring to keep me from watching this game. the 2nd out of the inning, the sat signal dropped out with the pitch and all i heard was the crack of the bat. it came back to let me see nieuwenhuis racing to field hte ball.

the final out, it dropped out on the windup. nothing. then crowd noise. then arms raised.

then there was a lot of silent hopping up and down in my basement. i was right below minimm's bedroom, and he'd just gotten to sleep. he'd done his part today, wearing a mets shirt to day care.

Gwreck
Jun 01 2012 08:14 PM
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Wow. If you were wondering: yes, Citi Field can get loud.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 08:15 PM
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Why yes, now that you mention it, this does call for a vodka.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 08:17 PM
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Zvon wrote:
AMAZIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)



ZVON!!! Welcome back!

Ashie62
Jun 01 2012 08:18 PM
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metsguyinmichigan wrote:
I gathered the whole family in the room to watch the final outs!!!

WONDERFUL!!!


Same here...

HahnSolo
Jun 01 2012 08:18 PM
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The video at this link has Howie's call, which gave me goosebumps.

[url]http://deadspin.com/5915105/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

seawolf17
Jun 01 2012 08:19 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Wow. If you were wondering: yes, Citi Field can get loud.

But did it shake? That's what I loved about Shea. The thought that at any big moment, I was sure the place was going to collapse. I can only imagine how much Shea would have been wobbling tonight.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 08:19 PM
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One oddity is that this game didn't have the feel of even an early in-progress no-hitter because of all those early walks and deep counts.
I was aware that the Mets were hitless before I was aware that the Cards still were too.

Number 6
Jun 01 2012 08:20 PM
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Joy!

HahnSolo
Jun 01 2012 08:23 PM
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Understatement of the year from Mrs. Solo: "they'll probably show this as a Mets classic."

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 01 2012 08:28 PM
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Santana now speaking in Spanish about velocity, movement, good things, and hard work. That's about all I could pick up.

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 08:30 PM
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metsguyinmichigan wrote:
AMAZIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)



ZVON!!! Welcome back!


ty so very much MGIM.
Couldn't come back until I felt in a more positive way about the Mets. But I dont care anymore. WE GOT IT!
Still in shock and pumped.

G-Fafif
Jun 01 2012 08:31 PM
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Anybody else open a little bubbly tonight?

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 01 2012 08:32 PM
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seawolf17 wrote:
Wow. If you were wondering: yes, Citi Field can get loud.

But did it shake?


It shake shacked. But Wow!

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 01 2012 08:33 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
Anybody else open a little bubbly tonight?


I'm bubbly. But I'll also miss being a fan of a team that hadn't had a no-hitter in its 50 years of existence. Just like I rooted for the Tigers to play better than .250 ball a few years ago.

Johan is Bionic.

Centerfield
Jun 01 2012 08:36 PM
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Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

My family watched it all unfold together too. My brother, who oddly enough is in St. Louis, joined us via text message.

As soon as the last out was recorded my phone blew up. I'm telling you, baseball is wonderful.

Some part of me always suspected that when it finally happened the Mets would find a way to lose the game. I never thought it would be this great.

Incidental awesome thing, RA goes tomorrow and is a threat to make it back to back no nos.

TransMonk
Jun 01 2012 08:38 PM
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I think Santana just proved why he's the ace.

I couldn't be happier for him.

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 08:40 PM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:


But I'll also miss being a fan of a team that hadn't had a no-hitter in its 50 years of existence.



lmao. There might be something to that..........................nah.

Kong76
Jun 01 2012 08:40 PM
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Late to the thread, busy crying in the garage
listening on radio.

Vic Sage
Jun 01 2012 08:42 PM
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hey guys, what's up? something happen?

DOH!

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 08:43 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
So my next question is, does this reverse the curse of Yadier Bleepin' Molina?


Alls I know is I did not wanna see Molina come to the plate in the 9th. He was on deck. If he ruined it you might have been reading about me in the news tomorrow as I would have destroyed everything in sight.

SuckMahBallsMolina!

G-Fafif
Jun 01 2012 08:43 PM
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I continue to not believe this actually happened.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:44 PM
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I know it might be a small thing as he has been in the game for years but listening to Terry and his emotion but also his sense of what was happening and it's place in Mets history, glad it was him.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 01 2012 08:44 PM
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Zvon wrote:
batmagadanleadoff wrote:


But I'll also miss being a fan of a team that hadn't had a no-hitter in its 50 years of existence.



lmao. There might be something to that..........................nah.


Welcome back, man.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:45 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
I continue to not believe this actually happened.



No pressure on your next blog post, you have to have envisioned this day?

MFS62
Jun 01 2012 08:46 PM
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Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 01 2012 08:49 PM

Just got home from work.
Missed it.
But I'm gonna' cheat and cross it off my bucket list anyhow, because I heard Howie's call.
Here it is:
http://deadspin.com/5915105/?utm_campai ... socialflow
Now I'm going back to the first page of this thread and (re-)live it through all of you.
Later

Elster88
Jun 01 2012 08:46 PM
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So cool, I can't believe it. Love Johan so glad for him after all the hard work to get back.

TransMonk
Jun 01 2012 08:53 PM
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I missed it as well. I was at a bar after a party and they broke in and out of the Brewer game to show the last four outs.

At first I was pissed I has missed the whole game...but how can I stay pissed about something like this?

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:53 PM
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MFS62 wrote:
Just got home from work.
Missed it.
But I'm gonna' cheat and cross it off my bucket list anyhow, because I heard Howie's call.
Here it is:
http://deadspin.com/5915105/?utm_campai ... socialflow
Now I'm going back to the first page of this thread and (re-)live it through all of you.
Later



thank you for posting that , Howie is fucking awesome

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 01 2012 08:54 PM
Re: IGT - June 1 - Mets v. Cardinals, Beltran Returns

G-Fafif wrote:
I continue to not believe this actually happened.


Ya gotta disbelieve!

metsmarathon
Jun 01 2012 08:56 PM
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and of course, now that the game is over, teh storms are closing in, and i'm wholly isolated from any of the postgame stuff on the tube.

metirish
Jun 01 2012 08:58 PM
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metsmarathon wrote:
and of course, now that the game is over, teh storms are closing in, and i'm wholly isolated from any of the postgame stuff on the tube.


Johan just gave a locker room speech......damn,great night all around

metsmarathon
Jun 01 2012 09:01 PM
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that really was a great takedown on the guy who ran onto the field.

Elster88
Jun 01 2012 09:02 PM
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Damn I didn't see the locker room speech I'll have to watch that online somewhere. His on-the-field interview was fantastic.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 09:03 PM
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Fresh-off-the-DL Thole is giving an interview on SNY, and he's luckiest-man-in-the-room giddy right now. It's friggin' adorable.

RealityChuck
Jun 01 2012 09:04 PM
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Video of the final pitch: http://tinyurl.com/6n7yttf

themetfairy
Jun 01 2012 09:07 PM
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Zvon wrote:
Zvon wrote:
AMAZIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)



ZVON!!! Welcome back!


ty so very much MGIM.
Couldn't come back until I felt in a more positive way about the Mets. But I dont care anymore. WE GOT IT!
Still in shock and pumped.


It's good to have you back, my friend :)

Centerfield
Jun 01 2012 09:07 PM
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I can't believe how every ball in the 7-8-9 inning seemed destined to fall in.

Don't remember being this jumpy in a game in a long time.

After how it's been the past few years, especially last year, I feel like there have been a few moments in 2012 that made me think "Oh right, that's why I watch baseball."

I feel so good I feel like I could visit Eastern Europe again.

SteveJRogers
Jun 01 2012 09:13 PM
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Zvon wrote:
batmagadanleadoff wrote:


But I'll also miss being a fan of a team that hadn't had a no-hitter in its 50 years of existence.



lmao. There might be something to that..........................nah.


Well lets see, there's the NL MVP thing...
No Met has hit 4 homers in a game, but that's even rarer than a perfect game...which is also something you COULD latch on to...

=;)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 09:15 PM
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"I've never been prouder of a teammate. It was... supernatural... Hefner's going tomorrow. I don't want to follow that."

-Really Awestruck Dickey

Zvon
Jun 01 2012 09:16 PM
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SteveJRogers wrote:
Zvon wrote:
batmagadanleadoff wrote:


But I'll also miss being a fan of a team that hadn't had a no-hitter in its 50 years of existence.



lmao. There might be something to that..........................nah.


Well lets see, there's the NL MVP thing...
No Met has hit 4 homers in a game, but that's even rarer than a perfect game...which is also something you COULD latch on to...

=;)

MVPs goin down this year too brah.
COMEOOOOOON!

Centerfield
Jun 01 2012 09:20 PM
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It'll be a shame that this will be overshadowed by the World Series Championship in October.

Still, I guess it's kind of special.

Frayed Knot
Jun 01 2012 09:20 PM
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Partly lost in the shuffle -- this was Johan's 2nd consecutive complete game shutout.
And those come in his 10th & 11th games after sitting out for more than a year.

bmfc1
Jun 01 2012 09:21 PM
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I was sitting in my parents house in Jersey without a computer handy so I missed the CPF but I just got chills all over again reading the IGT from page 1. Thanks.

Centerfield
Jun 01 2012 09:21 PM
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I'm so giddy, it doesn't even bother me to hear David I. Pankin tell me that bankruptcy is not the end, it's a new beginning.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 09:27 PM
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metirish wrote:
G-Fafif wrote:
I continue to not believe this actually happened.



No pressure on your next blog post, you have to have envisioned this day?



I predict an all-nigher in the G-FAFIF household -- and worth every moment.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 01 2012 09:29 PM
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Chad Ochoseis wrote:
G-Fafif wrote:
I continue to not believe this actually happened.


Ya gotta disbelieve!



Bad ass! (and there are bad asses flying all over the forum tonight!)

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 01 2012 09:39 PM
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Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 09:46 PM
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Brilliant, baby.


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

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 09:48 PM
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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?

Mets – Willets Point
Jun 01 2012 09:54 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
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?


It made me think of the guys who ran with Hank Aaron who've become part of that historic moment. And they were white dudes who could've had bad intentions, but they weren't taken down like that. (They did spend a few hours in jail though).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 01 2012 09:58 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
Anybody else open a little bubbly tonight?


Just did.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 10:00 PM
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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?

Fman99
Jun 01 2012 10:15 PM
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I watched innings 1-5 while getting the kids snacked and pajamed, and then took off for my semi-regular poker game with the guys. None of which are sports fans.

Listened to the 6th in the car on the way thanks to XM and I had not realized, until then, that it was a no-no.

Watched innings 7-8 via sports ticker on my iPhone. When I saw that the no-no was intact I folded my shit poker hand and listened to Howie call the last 3 outs on headphones. What a great call.

Sorry I wasn't on here sharing it with all of you but glad to see that it finally happened.

G-Fafif
Jun 01 2012 10:38 PM
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On this night at the opera.

Not that I wasn’t already succumbing to my more lachrymose tendencies, but what opened the floodgates good and wide up in my eyeballs where I couldn’t believe what I was seeing was the SNY camera shot of a mother holding a son of maybe five years old. They were smiling and they were cheering and I realized something about that kid:

If this happens, he won’t have to grow up with this.

To clarify the pronouns, the first “this” was the no-hitter Johan Alexander Santana was closing in on with (I think) one out in the ninth.

The second “this” I seriously doubt I have to specify.

Because it existed like hell for 50 years and two months and it has ceased to exist as of June 1, 2012, the night of the real and true First No-Hitter in New York Mets History.

Of course it’s an upper-case affair. It’s an up-in-lights affair. It’s an above-the-marquee event that will forever front this 51st season of New York Metropolitan baseball. Like Bill Haley & The Comets; like Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods; like Huey Lewis & The News.

Like the First No-Hitter in New York Mets History & The Rest of 2012.

Whatever comes along, the Mets have a pass. 29-133? Oh, that’s not gonna happen, but you know what I mean. Every season in which the playoffs don’t seem particularly possible, I make a little bargain with Whoever might be in a position to do something about it: Give me a no-hitter and I’ll accept anything else that befalls the Mets.

As if I had a choice. As if, for 8,019 games — the vast majority I have witnessed in one form or another — I had something to say about this most holiest of grails eluding our grasp. As if I could have revoked all those miserable clean singles. As if I could have turned Tarzan Joe Wallis around at the players entrance of Wrigley Field. As if I could have told Leron Lee to take off the Fourth of July forty years ago and have himself a leisurely Independence Day. As if I could have convinced Mr. and Mrs. Qualls to do no more than hold hands.

You’re a Mets fan. You don’t really need me to be specific about who and what I’m talking about here, either. Those names — Wallis from 1975, Lee from 1972, Qualls from 1969 — used to mean something to us. Paul Hoover, Kit Pellow, Cole Hamels, Ernie Banks, Wade Boggs, Keith Moreland, Chris Burke…the whole miserable club.

Those names mean nothing now.

The only name that matters now is Johan Santana.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 10:42 PM
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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.

Edgy MD
Jun 01 2012 10:48 PM
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Jay Horwitz: PR Machine.

GYC
Jun 01 2012 10:55 PM
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I love you all very much.

Valadius
Jun 01 2012 11:16 PM
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I'm very pissed I actually slept through it. Then I woke up, saw a text from my dad, saw Howie's call and cried like a baby. Outside of a Mets championship in my lifetime, this is what I most wanted to see. And frankly I'm stunned that it happened at all. I felt like we were doomed to never see this day. I'm so happy the curse has been broken.

Ceetar
Jun 01 2012 11:41 PM
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mother in law's 70th birthday celebration at a Hibachi place. Caught the Beltran intro to see the crowd reaction and then figured I'd skip a game since it was family time. Peaked at the score occasionally because I'm an addict and have a smartphone. Saw Duda's home run and noticed the Cardinals didn't have a hit but noticed Johan's pitch count and mostly dismissed it. Was there for his last start as a mere mortal and knew he'd been dealing and figured this would be just more of that, lifted after 7, great game, love the comeback, etc.


Kept checking. still no hits. ponder the pace of dinner. Will the guy behind the bar over there change the stupid nascar race? Can I duck over to the corner and stream it on my phone? will 3G hold up for the live lookin via the app or should I just put on Howie? We're done with dinner. it's the bottom of the 8th now. just pay and go, can watch the end right? where's our waiter? oh waiter..yeah, that's my credit card sitting there waiting for you...oh waaaiter! Hey busboy, where's our waiter? (someone else eventually takes and runs my card. Probably cost himself $10 there. Get to the car for the start of the top of the 9th, and am pulling up to the house for the final out. Everyone else goes in and I figure I'll go in at the first commercial and switch to SNY but they never go to commercial. I don't think anyone really understood why I sat in the car for 15 minutes, but screw 'em. My wife just watched the last 2 innings on SNY (I loaded up the remote Verizon FIOS DVR app from my phone in the 7th) with me and I think managed, between that and my mood/antsiness all night, to grasp how big a deal it is.

I just want to stay up all night and read all the recaps and listen to highlights and whatnot.

G-Fafif
Jun 01 2012 11:56 PM
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I root for a team that's thrown a no-hitter in its history.

Just confirming.

Ceetar
Jun 01 2012 11:57 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
I root for a team that's thrown a no-hitter in its history.

Just confirming.


i keep pinching myself, but I don't wake up, my leg just hurts.

I kinda feel bad for Josh Lewin for missing it.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 02 2012 12:15 AM
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Look who's #5. (in ERA)

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 12:16 AM
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Best I could find for Mets donut on short notice.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 02 2012 01:44 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 02 2012 05:30 AM

Are there any other sets of pitchers that hurled no-hitters after they were traded for each other, besides Johan and Humber?

PiggiesTomatoes
Jun 02 2012 04:48 AM
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Woke up about 6 for golf and the first thing I did was turn on WFAN from my bathroom Internet radio to make sure last night wasn't just a dream. They're still talking about it. I was never so happy to hear Richard Neer's voice.

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 02 2012 05:20 AM
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I've never been one of those who were desperately longing for a no-hitter. Sure, I wanted it to happen, but I also thought that the lack of one was one of those quirks that made the Mets interesting. And if I had heard about the no-hitter after it had ended my reaction probably would have been, "Huh! How about that?"

But I turned the game on in the seventh inning, just as Baxter was being led off the field. (I was so glad that it was a Gary/Keith/Ron game, and not one of those games where Extra Innings only gives me the opposing team's broadcast.) Like all of you, I was considering the pitch count, and I was also wondering if the first Mets no-hitter would be one of those (I assume) less-satisfying combined efforts. I didn't want that.

When Terry went to the mound, I was thinking, "Don't you dare!" But I figure he had no intention at all of taking Santana out of the game. It was theatrics, and nicely done. When Terry turned around and ran back to the dugout, I started to think this was really going to happen.

When Johan batted in the bottom of the 8th, my daughter said, "What if he gets hit by a pitch and hurts his arm?" And I confessed that I had been worrying about the same thing.

That flare up the middle that Murphy and Quintanilla converged on: My heart was in my mouth. I had to rewind and watch it in slow-motion to see who caught it, and even then it wasn't clear, but it was most likely Murphy.

A couple of line drives into the outfield. An instant of tension, then a sigh of relief.

I've seen this play out so many times. Memories of Leron Lee, of all people. One out in the ninth. Two. I'm getting very optimistic, but bracing myself for heartbreak. I'm pacing back and forth in front of the TV like I haven't since, I figure, late 2008. That final swing-and-a-miss (a perfect ending!) and there are tears in my eyes.

Like I said, I never really cared. Until it happened, and it was fantastic!

Johan pounding his heart and pointing to the crowd. In the interview with a totally gobsmacked Kevin Burkhardt, Santana acknowledges how much the fans have wanted this (a nice touch!) and then Justin Turner comes along with a cream pie. (Go away, you fool. This isn't about you.)

It's wonderful to have such a great Mets moment in June, on a day that you weren't anticipating anything. Goosebump moments are usually for October. I'm glad we all were able to experience this.

I hope the collective euphoria lasts for a while. I'm not eager to see us all go back to bickering about who despises the Wilpons more.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 02 2012 05:40 AM
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Good posting there, Grimm. I was up all night and the deeper into the night/morning, the more my appreciation for Johan's no-hitter grew. But the Mets lack of a no-hitter until now never bothered me either, and I never clamored for one the way I would for a Met to win MVP, for example. No-hitters are so freakish anyway, that I never considered the lack of one as some sort of black mark on Mets pitching. In fact, if there's any team, especially an expansion team, that shouldn't feel embarrassed about its pitching heritage, its gotta be the Mets.

Gwreck
Jun 02 2012 05:56 AM
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I have been sick all week really, with this stupid sore throat/cold/whatever that won't go away and the doctor says isn't an infection so antibiotics aren't gonna do anything. I had even briefly considered not going.

Selfishly, one of my biggest fears was that by choosing to not go to (very many) games this year, I might miss what happened tonight.

To answer a question from before, I don't know if the stadium really did shake but it felt like it might have, just a tiny bit. I was definitely the loudest I had ever heard the park (the only thing comparable was David's game-tying homer at the first ever game at the stadium).

I was so pleasantly surprised to see how everybody in the crowd got it. As said above, to have the Mets fans united again around something positive is so refreshing. I haven't walked out of a game feeling like this since the Mets were last in the playoffs.

Frayed Knot
Jun 02 2012 06:22 AM
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Gwreck wrote:
I was so pleasantly surprised to see how everybody in the crowd got it.


The only odd thing - as least as viewed thru TV - was that the ovation for Santana when he came up to bat in the 7th seemed more tepid than one would expect for a pitcher working on a no-hitter. As it turned out, the big 7th inning netted him an 8th inning AB too so the fans had their second chance and, that time, did make the most of it.





I also was among those who also never minded the lack of a No-No.
Not that I wanted it NOT to happen -- I was at the Gooden/Knight game and have lived and died with more than a few of these going back to Jimmy Qualls -- but I was certainly never embarrassed over that particular hole in the resume so to speak and even kind of enjoyed the quirk from time to time.
But it's really cool to finally have one of these come through.

Frayed Knot
Jun 02 2012 06:33 AM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:
Are there any other sets of pitchers that hurled no-hitters after they were traded for each other, besides Johan and Humber?


Al Leiter & AJ Burnett were dealt for each other but only after Leiter had already thrown his.

My initial thought was Rick Wise and Steve Carlton but it turns out that Carlton never had one and Wise's was prior to that high-profile swap.

And there's obviously a bunch of names where I have no idea of their trade histories but I'll leave that research up to Tim Kurkjian.

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 07:09 AM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Gwreck wrote:
I was so pleasantly surprised to see how everybody in the crowd got it.


The only odd thing - as least as viewed thru TV - was that the ovation for Santana when he came up to bat in the 7th seemed more tepid than one would expect for a pitcher working on a no-hitter. As it turned out, the big 7th inning netted him an 8th inning AB too so the fans had their second chance and, that time, did make the most of it.


I think the 7th inning might have been too early to go bonkers about it, probably tempered by the "We're not supposed to talk about it right?" thoughts.

The lack of no-hitters was never a black mark, merely a fun piece of Mets lore. The whole count, not tonight boss, etc. This is going to change how we feel when the next guy takes on into the 7th, 8th, etc (unless it's this afternoon) but it's totally worth it.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 07:20 AM
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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.

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 07:26 AM
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Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 07:32 AM
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so hard to find backpages of the more obscure papers on the Internet. who cares about the Front? Johan!

Frayed Knot
Jun 02 2012 07:34 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:
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.


Yeah, that was Duquette.
Lewin was off for some reason or another.

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 07:34 AM
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Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 07:38 AM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
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.


Yeah, that was Duquette.
Lewin was off for some reason or another.


someone's graduation. Daughter?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 02 2012 08:05 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 02 2012 08:09 AM

I was never bothered by the no-hitter drought myself, and understand how quirky and random it is. So I'd been in this thing where I sort of secretly wished for the streak to continue especially when guys like Glavine were on the mound.

Lunchpail was getting tucked into bed when I came in and told him, Duda hit a 3-run homer and Santana has a no hitter going... Until then I was convinced this would be one of those games where the Mets wouldn't get a lead big enough for Santana to hold. I also knew he'd thrown 40 pitches by the second inning, so even though my no-hitter gaydar was activated I was very sure it was going to end, or he'd become too gassed, or whatever. I voted "It ends on a hit" in FK's poll.

So it was a mix of shock and elation when he did it. The moment it looked real to me was when the first pitch of the 9th inning went for a fly out. I was like, OK, 130 pitches is realistic now. I'm happy it happened.

Met Hunter
Jun 02 2012 08:08 AM
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I watched the first seven innings, then listened to the last two on radio with Howie. I have to say all these years watching and the occasional game where a Met pitcher looked like he was going to pitch one, I was always brought back to reality. Then i would ask myself, what were you thinking? They've never gotten one and they never will. But now they do and its great. I never understood how Houston could have such a wealth of no hitters and we have none in the same time span. Well now we do. And we have 2 championships that they don't have. Everything makes sense now.

I'm one of those Met fans that think the sad sack Met fan mentatlity is somewhat endearing. That being said, there's a large part of me thats so sick of that same old Mets shit that is spewed out by the media and MFY shills. I love seeing a true warrior like Johan fight back from the abyss and put away a number one ranked offense. I'd rather see Mike Baxter make a great play to keep a no hitter alive, than watch him miss a popup with clown music playing in the background. I love the fact that Terry Collins makes a statement about expectations when you put on the Mets uniform. Thats the way Gil was. Thats the way its supposed to be. Ronnie and Keith give off that same vibe.

I want to thank the wealth of pitching the Mets have shown me in my fifty years of being a Met fan. Seaver, Koosman, Ryan, Matlack, Swan, Gooden, Darling, Sid, Cone, Saberhagen, Viola, Leiter, BJones, Hampton, Glavine, Pedro, to name a few. And Johan repesenting and getting it done for all those great pitchers from the past that had the stuff but not the breaks.

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 08:15 AM
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metirish
Jun 02 2012 08:16 AM
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Lewin has a good sense of humor ,anyway, it's his first season.

Good thoughts Edgy, I actually wondered about being able to get in into the game in the later innings too....

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.

Met Hunter
Jun 02 2012 08:27 AM
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OK, time to get an MVP off the bucket list.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 02 2012 08:32 AM
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I always thought the first Mets no-no would come from an unexpected source -- like an Oliver Perez -- on the road and during one of those West Coast night games that start at 10 pm and none of us gets to see it.

This couldn't be more different: Santana, at home, on a healthy Friday night crowd and against the World champs. Awesome.

metirish
Jun 02 2012 08:34 AM
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Damn, I hope Pete Flynn got to see it.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 08:49 AM
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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.

metirish
Jun 02 2012 09:08 AM
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Oh, no doubt on the likes of Heilman, IIRC he took one deep ......

G-Fafif
Jun 02 2012 09:28 AM
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G-Fafif
Jun 02 2012 09:31 AM
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It is Duquette's daughter who is having kidney replacement surgery. Her dad made the donation.

G-Fafif
Jun 02 2012 09:34 AM
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sharpie
Jun 02 2012 09:35 AM
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Look up at Ceetar post of NY Times. Article next to Mets story:

Cambodia Seeks Return of Met Statues.


Frontrunner Cambodians

G-Fafif
Jun 02 2012 09:37 AM
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Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 09:44 AM
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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.

metsguyinmichigan
Jun 02 2012 09:45 AM
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sharpie wrote:
Look up at Ceetar post of NY Times. Article next to Mets story:

Cambodia Seeks Return of Met Statues.


Frontrunner Cambodians


So that's where our long-awaited Seaver statue has been.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 09:58 AM
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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-Nos
Los Angeles DodgersNL20
Boston Red SoxAL19
Chicago White SoxAL17
Cleveland IndiansAL15
Cincinnati RedsNL15
San Francisco GiantsNL14
New York YankeesAL13
Atlanta BravesNL13
Oakland AthleticsAL11
Baltimore OriolesAL10
Chicago CubsNL10
Houston AstrosNL10
Philadelphia PhilliesNL10
Anaheim AngelsAL9
St. Louis CardinalsNL9
Detroit TigersAL7
Minnesota TwinsAL7
Pittsburgh PiratesNL7
Texas RangersAL5
Montreal ExposNL5
Kansas City RoyalsAL4
Florida MarlinsNL4
Seattle MarinersAL2
Arizona DiamondbacksNL2
Baltimore OriolesNL (Defunct)2
Milwaukee Brewers [AL]AL1
Toronto Blue JaysAL1
Brooklyn BrookfedsFL1
Chicago WhalesFL1
Kansas City PackersFL1
Pittsburgh RebelsFL1
St. Louis TerriersFL1
Colorado RockiesNL1
Milwaukee BrewersNL1
New York MetsAL/NL1
Cleveland SpidersNL (Defunct)1
Louisville ColonelsNL (Defunct)1
Cincinnati Outlaw RedsUA1
Milwaukee Cream CitysUA1
Tampa Bay Devil RaysAL0
Buffalo BluesFL0
San Diego PadresNL0
Kansas City UnionsUA0
Washington NationalsUA0


No-Hitter Rate by Team (Active Teams Only)
TeamLeagueNo-NosGamesNH/162
Florida MarlinsNL43,0620.21
Houston AstrosNL108,0280.20
Anaheim AngelsAL98,1880.18
Boston Red SoxAL1917,3490.18
Los Angeles DodgersNL2019,6860.16
Chicago White SoxAL1717,3580.16
Cleveland IndiansAL1517,3620.14
Arizona DiamondbacksNL22,3200.14
Cincinnati RedsNL1519,8860.12
New York YankeesAL1317,3370.12
Montreal ExposNL56,8840.12
San Francisco GiantsNL1419,7710.11
Atlanta BravesNL1320,2670.10
Oakland AthleticsAL1117,3230.10
Oakland AthleticsAL1117,3230.10
Texas RangersAL58,1730.10
Kansas City RoyalsAL46,8790.09
Baltimore OriolesAL1017,3620.09
Philadelphia PhilliesNL1019,6970.08
Philadelphia PhilliesNL1019,6970.08
Chicago CubsNL1020,3010.08
St. Louis CardinalsNL919,8890.07
Tampa Bay RaysAL12,3170.07
Minnesota TwinsAL717,3700.07
Detroit TigersAL717,3890.07
Seattle MarinersAL25,6010.06
Pittsburgh PiratesNL719,8460.06
Colorado RockiesNL13,0670.05
Toronto Blue JaysAL15,6000.03
Milwaukee Brewers [AL&NL]NL16,8890.02
New York MetsNL18,0200.02
San Diego PadresNL06,8950.00

Gwreck
Jun 02 2012 09:59 AM
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Matt Garza had one for Tampa.

Methead
Jun 02 2012 10:27 AM
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First time checking in here since last night, and I still can't believe what I just saw.

I hardly even get a chance to sit and watch a whole game, but I had a cousin (and his Mets fan wife) visiting from Braves country, so we hung out, drank tons of beer, and got to celebrate history together.

Pretty sweet.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 12:26 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Matt Garza had one for Tampa.

Yeah, I should have known my source would be out of date. But they had the all-important Chicago Whales no-hitter.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 01:17 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Terry's gotta give him an extra day's rest before the next start. And an erotic massage for that matter.

Pregame report confirms he'll be pushed back. No word on the massage.

And Elvin Ramirez got hurt in the celebration. Holy crap, what a turn for him in his first day on a big league roster.

metirish
Jun 02 2012 01:31 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
Terry's gotta give him an extra day's rest before the next start. And an erotic massage for that matter.

Pregame report confirms he'll be pushed back. No word on the massage.

And Elvin Ramirez got hurt in the celebration. Holy crap, what a turn for him in his first day on a big league roster.



Security probably didn't know who he was.

sharpie
Jun 02 2012 02:10 PM
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Walking around town today I've never seen so many people wearing Mets gear in years.

Chad Ochoseis
Jun 02 2012 02:40 PM
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I was visiting my brother in Cleveland last weekend and we went to a Champs outlet that sold excess t-shirts and jerseys from out-of-town teams at deep markdowns. They had a slew of Santana t-shirts - the kind that are ridiculously expensive at CF - for $4. I passed it up because I generally don't wear gear related to specific players. I'm giving myself a good kick right now.

Other Metly $4 shirts included Wright and Bay. I'll take that as a good omen for those guys.

Edgy MD
Jun 02 2012 02:43 PM
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Walking around town today I've never seen so many people wearing Mets gear in years.


*Like

[list]No one hoped for much from Johan
Yeah, they all said that he was through
Operation on his shoulder
And he's suddenly good as new!

All you Mets fans, show your faces!
All you people in the streets!
All you hard luck sad sack cases!
The Mets are gonna call on you![/list:u]

Met Hunter
Jun 02 2012 05:01 PM
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Listened to Howie and Josh talk about the number parallels and try to imply that our late great catcher Gary Carter provided some divine intervention. Mets had 8 runs, 8 hits. Add up the pitch count 1+3+4=8. Johan is #57, Gary 57 when he passed. Then it dawned on me that somebody wearing a Carter tshirt was celebrating with the Mets after the win. And to think security pummeled him.

Mets – Willets Point
Jun 02 2012 08:19 PM
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I wore my Mets hat around Boston today and five different strangers acknowledged me and said things like "Hey, Mets fan!" and "No-hitter!" It felt good.

Ceetar
Jun 02 2012 09:05 PM
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Met Hunter wrote:
Listened to Howie and Josh talk about the number parallels and try to imply that our late great catcher Gary Carter provided some divine intervention. Mets had 8 runs, 8 hits. Add up the pitch count 1+3+4=8. Johan is #57, Gary 57 when he passed. Then it dawned on me that somebody wearing a Carter tshirt was celebrating with the Mets after the win. And to think security pummeled him.


Howie and Josh made a big deal of "Not Today" winning the 10th race at Belmont today in relation to @metswfan nightly/daily "Not today/tonight boss"

bmfc1
Jun 02 2012 09:08 PM
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sharpie wrote:
Walking around town today I've never seen so many people wearing Mets gear in years.

I was in Times Square today and Mets gear outnumbered MFY gear.

metirish
Jun 02 2012 09:14 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
Met Hunter wrote:
Listened to Howie and Josh talk about the number parallels and try to imply that our late great catcher Gary Carter provided some divine intervention. Mets had 8 runs, 8 hits. Add up the pitch count 1+3+4=8. Johan is #57, Gary 57 when he passed. Then it dawned on me that somebody wearing a Carter tshirt was celebrating with the Mets after the win. And to think security pummeled him.


Howie and Josh made a big deal of "Not Today" winning the 10th race at Belmont today in relation to @metswfan nightly/daily "Not today/tonight boss"



this is funny, I was down in the garage with the kids who were loud and when Howie got all exasperated setting this up I actually had my ear to the old as shit stereo system* I have down there to hear what he had to tell us(he had just found out), and then it was that.....lol, I was expecting something profound, especially as Lewin had brought to my attention that Cater passing at age 57 t the other stuff floating around the place lining up with kid....



* - bought it in Times Square not long after I got here in 1994......still works great , one of those 7 disc CD changer ones......big and loud with fuzzy FM..

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 02 2012 10:38 PM
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Nice system.

We have a Polish neighbor who reminds you now and again why they make Polish jokes. This morning I saw him on the block and he was all abuzz with the Mets news but asked if it was a perfect game or a no-hitter and I explained the difference. "So they've never had a no-hitter ... or a perfect game?"

G-Fafif
Jun 02 2012 11:30 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
We have a Polish neighbor who reminds you now and again why they make Polish jokes. This morning I saw him on the block and he was all abuzz with the Mets news but asked if it was a perfect game or a no-hitter and I explained the difference. "So they've never had a no-hitter ... or a perfect game?"


How many Mets does it take to throw a no-hitter?

Two: One to hold the light bulb, the other to crash into the wall to make sure it doesn't fall out.

Fman99
Jun 03 2012 06:41 AM
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bmfc1 wrote:
sharpie wrote:
Walking around town today I've never seen so many people wearing Mets gear in years.

I was in Times Square today and Mets gear outnumbered MFY gear.


I noticed that even up here in Syracuse, went to a festival downtown and the Mets gear was out in full force. The only guys wearing MFY emblems were gangbangers.

G-Fafif
Jun 03 2012 12:49 PM
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Just grasped what an innocent thread title this was in that Gwreck somehow lacked the prescience to declare "No-Hitter" in advance.

TransMonk
Jun 03 2012 02:50 PM
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I've been wearing my Mets gear around town all weekend (I usually do anyway), and I've had three stranger Twins fans stop and talk to me about the no-no by Johan.

Brewers fans seem oblivious.

Edgy MD
Jun 14 2012 08:57 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:
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?


Almost, huh?