Johan Santana thru 6..... SHH!!

[Hornsby]

guy in a Gary Carter jersey figured he'd join in the on-field celebration

ok, this is the Big Apple pal, they know from security, ok?

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/sta...903296/photo/1

Apparently not all that much, since the guy actually got into the celebration huddle and jumped around with the players for a good 10 seconds or so before security arrived.

Happy for Johan, and happy for the good Met fans. And BTW, a team with a couple of WS rings cannot exactly be called "long suffering"...just sayin' I've heard that pretty recently.

[Judge Jude]

Well, no-hitters are about 130 years old.

For more than half of that cycle, there is no video and wasn't when the games were played.

I wish we had replays for every no-hitter in baseball history, especially the perfect games. But we don't.

Even what we now take for granted, like tonight's missed call on the Beltran ball, we've had for less than 20 years.

Jeter hit a fly out due to interference by a kid in CF, but the ump missed it and the Orioles lost the playoff game.

I assume, since you're not a Yankees fan, that you will adjust Jeter's career postseason totals and other stats from the game to be more accurate.

Or is there a point where final stats are final stats?

And for the first time ever I will say, perhaps don't be provocative and then object to a provocative response (not mine).

[Moonlight J]

I have no stake in the game outside of the fact of being one of the more vocal screamers for instant replay for years. It always upsets me that baseball tolerates such correctable failures because that old bag of wind that runs the game hates anything modern.

[Moonlight J]

I'm still more upset that the lack of instant replay cost Galarraga a perfect game than I am the lack of it helping Johan to this one. He's always been one of my favorite guys to watch but I'm not letting my emotions distract me from the goal of improving the quality of baseball.

[Judge Jude]

I agree with you on instant replay, and the Galarraga game still frustrates me as well.
Plus I'm just not emotionally invested in any sporting event, compared to many here, for obvious reasons.

Just saying that you rained a bit on someone else's parade, granting that I see why you did.

[Moonlight J]

I do find it neat that 2 guys involved in the same trade both throw no-hitters/perfect games in the same season (Humber)

[Moonlight J]

I agree with you on instant replay, and the Galarraga game still frustrates me as well.
Plus I'm just not emotionally invested in any sporting event, compared to many here, for obvious reasons.

Just saying that you rained a bit on someone else's parade, granting that I see why you did.

Pretty certain emotions would be other way had the Cards hurler done it and Wright was robbed of a double.

Eyes on the prize and that should be improving the game. Selig's reluctance to modernize the game with replay is the biggest mistake of his reign.

[Judge Jude]

Not only would I not care if a Cardinals pitcher got a break to get a no-hitter vs the Mets in an 8-0 win, I suspect neither would most emotional Mets fans. They don't care if they get no-hit, they just wanted a no-hitter. And while the game wasn't out of hand on Beltran's swing, this also isn't late September.

Pushing for instant replay is one thing, belittling a "one-hitter" is another. No need for that dig, is my point, not that I'll lose any sleep over it.

[Moonlight J]

[Mithrandir]

All I hear is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Would you say the same thing if a NY Rangers shot clearly crossed the goal, but the referee didn't give them the goal?

Didn't think so.

[Roto Rooter]

LOOOOOOL

Get off your high horses. It's sports. I don't care if the Mets had to pay off an ump. NO HITTTERRRRRRRRR

[Pogues]

I was just watching Sports Center coverage of the Santana no-no, and at the end, they displayed some stats, mostly the inability of Mets pitchers to ever get a no-hitter. The most fascinating statistic, only 4 times did a no-hitter go into the 9th inning for the Mets. Three of these times it was done by Steve Carlton.

I rewound and listened to that three more times, just to be sure that's what they said.

[virgonomic]

Brutal missed call. It was 8' in front of him and left a mark on the chalk (which I read)!!! Technology won't help this ump...retirement will.

[gcstomp]

I was just watching Sports Center coverage of the Santana no-no, and at the end, they displayed some stats, mostly the inability of Mets pitchers to ever get a no-hitter. The most fascinating statistic, only 4 times did a no-hitter go into the 9th inning for the Mets. Three of these times it was done by Steve Carlton.

Mean Tom Seaver?

[Judge Jude]

Carlton is famous among Mets fans for being the 1st guy to K 19 in a 9-inning game - and he still lost, to the Mets, off a couple of Ron Swoboda HRs.

yes, Seaver had no-nos into the 9th I think in 1969, 1972, and 1975.
Qualls broke up the 2-outs-away perfect game in 1969, but the Mets later won the World Series, so good tradeoff there.