tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post7463375322197586012..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sentential LinksKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-32805643320355148792012-06-04T06:51:15.308-04:002012-06-04T06:51:15.308-04:00also re the Mets - some called it the curse of Nol...also re the Mets - some called it the curse of Nolan Ryan, who had SEVEN after he was traded. so for Mets fans, and I consider myself only a mild one, this is the Red Sox breaking the curse of the Bambino (1920-2004)<br />also the Mets had seemingly a gazillion one-hitters, no-nos going into the latter inningsRoger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-13987164542855425832012-06-04T05:51:05.032-04:002012-06-04T05:51:05.032-04:00Thanks for the link, J, and the links - always a f...Thanks for the link, J, and the links - always a fun collection. As a life long Mets fan, the reason I'm happiest about Johan's no hitter is that now I never havevto hear another announcer talk about how the Mets have never had a no hitter. I don't know any fan that really cared. It was more of a curiosity. The Mets have had some great pitchers - Seaver, Matlack, Gooden, Cone, Martinez - and while a lot of mediocrities and even bad pitchers have thrown no nos it seems just plain odd that none of those guys managed it while with the Mets. I think what made this so much fun for us though isn't that we'd been waiting for it, it's that we weren't. It came as a wonderful surprise. It was made more fun by its coming during the 50th anniversary of the team and in a season when the team's doing way better than they were supposed to *and* it was thrown by a great pitcher in what we're all rooting is his comeback year.Lance Mannionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063296489181466628noreply@blogger.com