O/T Santana throws no hitter !!!!

[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.

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

Is there going to be a day when these topics are put in the water cooler area? Isn't that why the section isn't set up. They are nice feats but this section is intended for Pre WWII cards topics.

These modern day feats and death notice really should go into the water cooler section.

And yes I know that if I am not interested I should not look, but that is not the point of this section of the forum.

Lee

[tjb1952tjb]

Still waiting for a Padres no-hitter.........none since forever (1969)......the wait continues. And, oh yeah, the Padres have NEVER had a batter hit for the cycle either.

[barrysloate]

I have nothing more to add other than it was a glorious game. I never thought I would see a Mets no-hitter, now the only thing left in my lifetime to see is a Cubs World Series win. That one won't happen.

The big issue during the game was Santana's pitch count. Any pitcher throwing a no-no gets to pitch beyond his normal count, but when that pitcher is your franchise guy and he's coming back from major reconstructive surgery, the decision is much harder. 134 pitches was a ton for him, wonder if Collins will give him extra days off or skip his next turn. He certainly earned it.

[dabigyankeeman]

I heard that Mayor Bloomberg wants to take away the no-hitter because in the dugout in the middle of the game Santana had a CocaCola bigger than 16ounces!!

[Orioles1954]

Of course it will go down in the books as a no-hitter but even the most die-hard Mets fan has to concede it wasn't a "real" no-hitter. It was clearly an umpire aided hit. No-Hitter*

[novakjr]

Awesome game. I'd been thinking about sitting Johan in fantasy yesterday, mostly because he was facing the Cardinals. And yesterday when they said Beltran was gonna be back in the lineup, I almost pulled the trigger. But, somehow came to the conclusion to just roll with him...Thank God!!!

Honestly, I've never been much of a fantasy guy before, but with this year's experience, I can't believe how much it enhances the enjoyment of the games..

Congrats Johan. Masterful game against probably the most explosive offense in the league...Blown call or not, Johan was just flat out on his game. Plus the Baxter catch was awesome...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bowlingshoegiverouterguy

Is there going to be a day when these topics are put in the water cooler area? Isn't that why the section isn't set up. They are nice feats but this section is intended for Pre WWII cards topics.

These modern day feats and death notice really should go into the water cooler section.

And yes I know that if I am not interested I should not look, but that is not the point of this section of the forum.

Lee

No. These major events are perfectly fine and appreciated on the front page.

[barrysloate]

Even if there was a strict rule that these types of posts have to be put in the watercooler section, nobody would put them there anyway. People generally don't like to follow rules. At least it was a significant achievement by Santana.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Even if there was a strict rule that these types of posts have to be put in the watercooler section, nobody would put them there anyway. People generally don't like to follow rules. At least it was a significant achievement by Santana.

Depending on the situation, the "move thread" feature is alive and well for moderators. I use it when appropriate (imo). Overriding some of the technical board rules is my hope to keep this place interesting, relevant and current. Of course everyone won't be happy but it's quite impossible to make everyone happy. I could give a rat's patoot about current MLB but I realize I am in the vast minority. Our board and it's members comes first....

[barrysloate]

A few rules here and there are good...too many rules not so good (I'm now gratuitously posting so I can hit my 5000 mark)