@konstantine_p: Congratulations and Thank You Johan Santana for pitching the first no-no in NY Mets history. Woohoo!” 22 hours ago
I can’t just leave it as a simple tweet after last night. There has to be more for something so important in NY Mets history. I mean, it was the first no-hitter since they were born in 1962. So many great pitchers have pitched for the Mets. And so many have pitched no-hitters… just not for the Mets. The most impressive, at least in my opinion, is Nolan Ryan and his 7 no-hitters after leaving the Mets.
After putting in a full workday yesterday, I was beat and had a nasty headache. Just about ready to take a nap to hopefully sleep the funk away, I looked at my phone to see the score of the Mets game. Living in California and not paying for the MLB package, I couldn’t just put the game on TV. I looked at the phone and noticed it was 8-0 after 7 innings. It took a few seconds for me to realize the Cardinals had yet to get a hit. A big uh-oh ensued.
I got up, walked into the living room and changed the channel to the MLB Network hoping they would show the game in the top of the eighth inning. At the time they were showing the Yankees vs. Tigers. They ended up showing highlights of each at-bat in the top of the eighth. Then they went full time to the game in the top of the ninth.
It was an exciting feeling getting to see it happen. It’s rare that I remember specific feats in sports, but this will be up there along with the catch by Endy Chavez, which later resulted in the Curse of the Nachos.
So, the answer to the question is… I was in my living room. And the answer to future trivia questions include Johan Santana, June 1, 2012, Cardinals, David Friese, and Strikeout.
I was not as lucky…. On Friday, I had a 5:30PM American Airlines flight from Toronto to Laguardia, which would get me home by around 8PM, considering the LIE rush hour. My plan was to unwind after a week of business travel, and watch the game and catch up on recordings (Tivo, not Beta).
Well after flight cancellations, a switch to Air Canada and many delays in Toronto, I did not land at LGA until around 10PM. I was gonna ask the car service driver to put on WFAN to see if the game was over, but I was so wiped, I preferred the silence. As we were approaching Citifield, he asked me if I was a sports fan (‘Yes’) and then a Mets fan (‘Yes’). Then he dropped the bombshell…. “Santana pitched a no hitter tonight”. I was stunned, and not afraid to say that I got a little wave of emotion come over me. As we drove passed Citifield, I caught a glimpse of the scoreboard which was lit up with “No-han”. What a night!