O/T Santana throws no hitter !!!!

[GrayGhost]

I don't like the Mets, but congrats to Johan and the Mets. FANTASTIC job for sure. Long time coming.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

I don't like the Mets, but congrats to Johan and the Mets. FANTASTIC job for sure. Long time coming.

You don't like the Mets??
I AM GOING TO SUE YOU

[jcmtiger]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

Joe

[tjlives]

Finally! Been waiting a few decades to see this one happen...

[FrankWakefield]

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb...b_1&mode=video


Well this link doesn't get you there, but gets you on the way to it. Eventually you can click video, then click a down arrow to get more choices...

The umpire didn't spin, he had a good chance to see it. The ball hits the foul line beyond the third base bag, on the line. One of the announcers said "where it goes over the bag", which is incorrect. Had the ball first bounced somewhere, then that would be correct. But here it was on the fly. From looking at the box score I didn't see an ejection. The umpire blew the call. Even though I'm a Cardinal fan, I like the no replay aspect of this aspect of the game, I'm accepting of Santana getting a no hitter for his effort tonight.

[tbob]

Congratulations to Johan. He gave me a lot of thrills pitching for the Twins, couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I wonder what Bill Smith the former Twins GM who traded Santana for a bag of rock is thinking about tonight.

[margoaepi]

Was there with my wife and my dad. Had a fourth ticket I couldn't give away. Perfect evening.

[Collectorsince62]

Watched the entire game from St. Louis and as you can imagine, the Beltran "foul" was replayed and discussed to death. Yes, it was clearly a hit, but incorrectly called foul. Still a dominating pitching performance, especially against the leading offense in the NL, but do you think the accomplishment will be tainted because of the blown call? I think it will get some immediate attention, then be largely forgotten.