June 1st, 2012
After 50 seasons, the Mets finally have a no-hitter and it came from the ace of the staff, Johan Santana. As Johan said during his post game interview, “I don’t even pitch no-hitters in video games”.
So I’m sitting here and I have no idea how to react. This is easily been the best Mets game I have seen in my life (outside of the 9/21/01 game, I’m only 23 so I don’t have any World Championships to compete with) and this was the first time in a while, a WHILE, that I have been this excited, this anxious during a baseball game.
There will be a lot of time for over analyzing about pitch counts, amazing plays, umpires later, but right now this is a time for Santana and the Mets. Santana, coming back from injury has a pinnacle moment. The Mets, who between two collapses, injury plagues, owner money scandals and boatloads of negative press, finally have something to be excited about.
I hate to agree with Steve Phillips on something. But Steve said back when Santana went to the Mets, that he would throw the first Mets No-Hitter, and he was right about that.
