Mets Weekly interview
Huge thanks to Dave Mackey for posting the game reviews while I was out of cell coverage camping upstate on Romer Mountain in Phoenicia.
Mets Weekly dropped by our seats at Citi last Thursday for an upcoming feature on the site and the Mets’ 47-year-old no no hitters streak. I’m told it might air Saturday or during a subsequent show on SNY. I honestly thought Santana was going to accomplish the impossible that day … at least until a relief pitcher (Josh Fogg) put a “1” in the Rockies “H” column. I can’t remember the last time a relief pitcher killed a no-no.
Citi Field is great and it was nice to drop by and see the old Shea home run apple while touring all the perks the new stadium had to offer. There were no Mets’ home runs that day, but our upper-deck seats were high enough to give us a peak at the top of the new apple in center field.
My sons and I also had a chance to visit the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown which boasts a wall of all of the Major League no-nos. Can’t wait to revisit someday to see Johan, Maine, Pelf, Livan or someone else donning a Mets cap up there.
Don’t know where to make this comment, so I’ll make it here. You’re missing one on the “No hitters before they came to the Mets page.” Scott Erickson, who pitched in two games for the 2004 Mets, threw a no-hitter against the Brewers on April 27, 1994 while with the Twins. One-time Mets Jose Valentin, Bill Spiers, Doug Henry, Jesse Orosco, and Rich Becker also appeared in that game.
Thanks. I had forgotten about Erickson’s brief stint with the Mets. It’s added to that page.
Your interview was not on Saturday’s Mets Weekly. The featured pieces were about Jeff Francoeur, a history of right field, a pitching prospect at Binghamton, alternate Mets jerseys in a fashion show, and congrats to Rickey Henderson for getting into the BHOF.
Thanks Dave. Latest word I have is it is slated to be part of next Saturday’s show.