And the two time Cy Young winner gets his first no-hitter, and the first in New York Mets history.

The New Yorker in me is happy for Johan and the Mets (but unhappy about the Yankees - Tigers game tonight).

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=320601121&teams=st.-louis-cardinals-vs-new-york-mets
No-hitter for Santana. first in mets history...50/51 years

Another damn no-hitter this year that should NOT have been. Humbers game: Ryan checked his swing on ball 4...blatantly obvious blown call. Santana's game: liner hits chalk...called foul. And Galaragga is out of the big leagues without even his perfect game to show for it. Fuck Johan and the Mets, Fuck Humber and the White Sox. And double-fuck the umpires.

That is kinda ironical, when ya put it that way.

tinselwolverine said:

A former Cy Young Award Winner going after (I'm pretty sure) his first no hitter?

Rod and Mario are speculating about the possibility right now.

No freakin way.

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He was/is on a strict pitch count. When he gets to 105 or so he gets pulled.

byco42 said:

He was/is on a strict pitch count. When he gets to 105 or so he gets pulled.

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He threw 130+ pitches.

Pitch count out the window on this one i guess....

tonyballs said:

He threw 130+ pitches.

Pitch count out the window on this one i guess....

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I know he went over. The speculation on leaving him in was as he was approaching the pitch limit. The guy missed a year and I would imagine that Collins at least thought about that. He might even have asked Santana about it.

Oh, wait ... he did:

"Mets manager Terry Collins said before the game that he wanted to limit Santana to a maximum of 110-115 pitches. Santana finished with a career-high 134.

Afterward, an emotional Collins expressed his trepidation about going after history instead of preserving Santana's long-term health.

'I just couldn't take him out,' Collins said."