Finally! I am happy for Squawker Jon and his fellow Mets fans that their franchise finally has a no-hitter. And I’m especially glad it was Johan Santana, one of the game’s great pitchers. I even got a little teary-eyed watching it, and I have no heart!
However, this means that much like I helpfully reminded Red Sox friends about 1918 before the 2004 ALCS, I now have one less thing to mock Jon about. You see, every single time an MLB pitcher has taken a no-hitter into the eighth or ninth, I always am sure to tell Squawker Jon that the Mets never had a no-hitter. You know, in case he forgot!
Like when Justin Verlander nearly had his third no-hitter a few weeks ago. I informed Jon about how those no-hitters were more than his franchise ever had. I also have helpfully teased him over the years about how many ex-Mets have hurled no-hitters, making sure to remind him about how Dwight Gooden and David Cone did it as Yankees!
But last night was a little different. I watched the last three innings of Johan Santana’s no-hitter instead of the Yankee game, as soon as Jon called me in the sixth to tell me what was what. Jon feared that Terry Collins may pull Santana even if he were pitching a no-hitter, due to the high pitch count. I told him flat-out that there was no way that Santana was going to allow that to happen. After all, this wasn’t some rookie on the mound. It was Johan Santana! I just couldn’t see any way that Santana was going to willingly leave the game. There would have been blood on the mound!
All teasing and trash talk aside, I really wanted Santana and the Mets to finally get that no-hitter, even if it means less ammunition when it comes to mocking my Met fan blogging partner. Until last night, the most historic thing to happen at CitiField was when Mariano Rivera got his 500th save on Mets’ turf, a game Jon and I were at, and an event I love to remind Jon about, especially when K-Rod walked Mariano!
Now the Mets have their own no-hitter, on their own field. Good for them. Now I will have to find something else to mock Squawker Jon about!
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