The long no no-hit streak wasn’t so much about the futility of never pitching a hitless game so much as it was a symbol of Met futility, a nice metaphor for the endearingly bad inaugural ’62 squad and the agonizing losses and collapses of ’06, ’07, and ’08. Yet, unlike the overly poeticized losing of [...]

It doesn’t make it easier to watch, and it sure doesn’t give you a start back, however knowing that sometimes shit happens is an important part of baseball. That’s what last night was for Johan Santana, just a little bit of shit. An aberration. No big deal. This isn’t Johan’s first foray into the world [...]

A few days ago I was reading a couple of posts over at Metsblog about Johan Santana.  One post focused on Santana’s injury and how it affected his pitching in 2009.  Johan said that he wasn’t able to fully extend his arm and so was unable to properly throw all of his pitches.  Metsblog hypothesized [...]