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"Smelling Salts for Estee... stat!"
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06-01-12, 10:54 PM (EST)
 
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3. "RE: Smelling Salts for Estee... stat!" |
*waiting for Selig to reverse it*
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06-02-12, 10:44 AM (EST)
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4. "Thirty-five." |
That was the number which kept echoing last night, to the point of turning into a personal Guido Sarducci routine. Thirty-five... thirty-five... thirty-five...And what is that number (other than what the good Father indicated)? The total count of one-hitters in Mets history. It could make you weep. It really could. What is the team known for in its best years? ('Nothing!' laugh the Yankees and Phillies fans, both of whom took to the ether in droves last night to make sure no one could have a single good moment without mockery following, preceding, or completely drowning out.) Pitching. Dominating starters with the talent to throw no-hitters left and right, which many of them did -- right after they left. How many ex-Mets have thrown no-hitters and perfect games? How many would you like? I could give you that number, but there's only so much pain that should be taken in one sports night. Another number was mentioned last night. Eight thousand and nineteen. That's the games played by the franchise without getting off zero by getting zero. Someone was keeping count. Maybe on some level, everyone was. Was it clean? No. Beltran (of course Beltran) should have had a hit. A clean one-hitter over an umpire-soiled no-hitter? Thirty-six, anyone? There's luck: there's always luck in this. I still wanted it honest, all-the-way indisputable... but the call was blown (although not by a ton, for whatever that's worth), and that's why I waited for Selig to call down and say he wouldn't grant one taken by honest mistake, but he'd remove one given by natural error. Because he's just that kind of jerk. And if he had, the worst I would have done was sigh about double standards and move on. But still... ...thirty-five, thirty-five, thirty-five... and one. Maybe someone was counting. And decided it had gone high enough. 
Padres: you are not forgotten. One franchise to go.
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kidflash212 3854 desperate attention whore postings
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06-02-12, 10:59 AM (EST)
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5. "RE: Thirty-five." |
I'm not going to listen to the Yankee fans who want to gripe because Beltran's ball may have just caught a sliver of chalk. It's not like the Mets have never been the victim of bad calls. I'm going to enjoy this.
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Estee 55195 desperate attention whore postings
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06-02-12, 01:54 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: Thirty-five." |
Hideo Nomo. (Hideous, oh Hideous, oh have you met Hideous, Hideous the no-strikes pitcher...) There's also Jim Bibby, who was in the organization but never reached the majors as a Met. Count him at your own discretion. Oh -- here's a site I didn't know existed until today. I'm very glad I didn't know about it before now, because someone was keeping track. Meticulous, horrific, sanity-breaking track. http://nonohitters.com/ It's safe to go there now. Note that we didn't match the longest drought: the Phillies own that. But it's that first one... Guess y'all don't get to throw this in my face any more. (Thankee for posting the thread.)
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06-03-12, 04:39 PM (EST)
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12. "RE: What took you so long?!" |
We simply couldn't get a miracle.
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06-03-12, 07:09 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: Thirty-five." |
We've got one no-hitter in Blue Jays history as well. But I'm reminded of perhaps the greatest stretch of near-misses in history -- Dave Stieb had a four-start stretch where he had THREE one-hitters, including back-to-back no-hitters broken up with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. That was excruciating - Stieb came oh.this.close to matching Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters and watching him lose another one with two outs in the ninth a year later was equally as tough. 3 one-hitters in 4 starts:
Sept. 1988 vs. CLE: Julio Franco bad-hop grounder that bounced over Manny Lee's head, 2 outs 2 strikes in the 9th.
Sept. 1988 vs. BAL: Jim Traber blooper just over Fred McGriff's head into short RF, 2 outs 2 strikes in the 9th.
Apr. 1989 vs. KC: He "only" gave up four hits in this Opening Day game.
Apr. 1989 vs NYY: Jamie Quirk single in the 5th inning. Four starts, seven hits total in 35 innings. Later in 1989:
Aug. 1989 vs NYY: Perfect game broken up with 2 outs in the 9th by Roberto Kelly (who then scored on a single by Steve Sax).
Aug. 1989 vs MIL: Robin Yount single in the 5th inning for Stieb's fifth one-hitter in a year-plus. Finally, Stieb got his long-awaited no-hitter on Sept. 2, 1990 against the Indians.
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Estee 55195 desperate attention whore postings
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06-03-12, 09:09 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: Thirty-five." |
Ye gawds. That's one of those stretches where if you truly love someone, you don't let them into any tall buildings. Or near traffic. Or cook their own food. Or... well, name it and they're not doing it alone. That's a hall door-slammer stretch.
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06-14-12, 07:53 AM (EST)
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19. "RE: RA Dickey..." |
The Mets are appealing the official scorer's ruling of a hit on the grounder to Wright.
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