You Cannot Take Johan Santana Out for the 9th

[tinselwolverine]

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.

 

[tinselwolverine]

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).

 

[kalinecountry]

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

 

[cmlfactor]

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. **** Johan and the Mets, **** Humber and the White Sox. And double-**** the umpires.

 

[tinselwolverine]

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

 

[byco42]

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.

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

 

[tonyballs]

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

He threw 130+ pitches.

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

 

[byco42]

He threw 130+ pitches.

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

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."