Remembering Johan Santana’s no-hitter a year later

It’s been over a year since that unforgettable June day. Ask any Mets fan where they were on June 1st, 2012 and they can tell you. It is a moment that will go down in history: Johan Santana threw the first Mets no-hitter. Now, a year later, what impact does that no-hitter still have? For [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1974 Ron Hodges

1974 TOPPS RON HODGES This is the rookie card for Ron Hodges but Hodges made his major league debut the year before in 1973. For reasons known only to a kid, I remember Hodges’ MLB debut. Specifically, I remember his first at-bat. Hodges crushed a ball but it was foul and he ended up striking [...]

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