Mets' Santana To Make Next Start At Yankee Stadium
Mets ace Johan Santana will get two extra days of rest after his no-hitter.
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Mets ace Johan Santana will get two extra days of rest after his no-hitter.
On Friday night, Mets fans everywhere were counting down the outs as Johan Santana inched closer toward completing the first no-hitter in team history. He'll get to return the favor Monday.
Maybe Santana's gem served notice. Maybe the Mets have entered into that glorious, sporting ether where stats, reason, and recent history needn't apply. And no one, from pundits to bookies, can explain it.
Long before they ever met, Howie Rose and Gary Cohen could well have heard each other cheering, as they roared along with the crowd.
The Mets shuffled their rotation following Johan Santana's no-hitter and recalled infielder Josh Satin from Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday to replace injured outfielder Mike Baxter on the roster.
It's a good thing that end of the world thing never happened last year. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been around to see Johan Santana throw the first no-hitter in Mets history.
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year; a season in which the Mets were going to be doormats of the National League East.
There's always been something about John Franco that made him the quintessential New Yorker. Now, the feisty little lefty from Brooklyn is a member of the Mets' Hall of Fame.
Don't look now, Terry Collins' club has pulled into a virtual three-way tie with Miami and Washington atop the NL East.
The stand-up comic and political satirist was at Citi Field on Sunday and revealed that he bought a minority share of the team months ago.
Santana said his surgically repaired left shoulder felt fine in the aftermath of throwing a career-high 134 pitches.
After the game, Santana himself said to his Mets' teammates "Tonight, we made history." Here are some of the historical footnotes about the history the left-hander and his club made.
One of the most confounding streaks in baseball history came to an end last night when Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in New York Mets' history.
R.A. Dickey followed up Johan Santana's no-hitter by shutting out St. Louis, David Wright homered and the New York Mets beat the Cardinals 5-0 on Saturday.
The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Chris Schwinden on waivers from the New York Mets.
