{"id":10436,"date":"2012-06-08T06:40:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T10:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/good-sport\/2012\/06\/was-no-hitter-fate-from-8.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:06:44","slug":"was-no-hitter-fate-from-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/good-sport\/2012\/06\/was-no-hitter-fate-from-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Was No Hitter Fate from 8?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball history is full of some great &#8220;curses&#8221;. The Curse of the Bambino, the Curse of the Billy Goat and the Curse of the Black Sox all deal with a perception that a singular action set forth some sort of supernatural force that prohibits a team from winning the World Series. On the other side of things, it&#8217;s much less common for baseball to have a great story of fate. A belief that someone or something has predetermined the outcome of things in a positive way. Well, one of those great moments of fate happened at Citi Field a week ago today.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, Gary Carter died from cancer this year to the disappointment of generations of baseball fans. To honor Gary, each Met player is wearing Carter&#8217;s number 8 on their sleeve as a tribute. As we all are also very aware, a week ago today, Johan Santana threw the first no hitter in the Mets 50 year history. Even if you don&#8217;t believe in fate, you&#8217;ve got to admit that there are quite a few coincidences involving Carter, his number 8 and this historic game in Mets history.<\/p>\n<p>So here we go: The Mets scored 8 runs on 8 hits that day. Johan recorded 8 strikeouts. He threw 134 pitches (1+3+4=8). It was the 251st (regular season) no-hitter in baseball (2+5+1=8). It was the 8th game of the homestand. A fan ran onto the field making it all the way to the player celebration, wearing a Carter #8 jersey. The Mets defeated the defending world champion Cardinals. This was the 8th time a defending world champion was no hit. Mike Baxter makes an astounding catch to keep the no hitter alive in the seventh inning (at the time the Mets needed to record 8 more outs to get the no-no). Not enough? Gary Carter passed away at age 57. This just happens to be Johan Santana&#8217;s jersey number.<\/p>\n<p>Fate or no fate, it was a classic performance that electrified a fan base that&#8217;s had a rough few years. Congratulation to Johan Santana and the entire Mets organization. Hopefully it&#8217;s a sign of more good things to come. Posted on the June 8th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball history is full of some great &#8220;curses&#8221;. 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