This awesome compilation of newspaper back pages is from Metsblog.com

“I wonder what kind of reaction Carlos Beltran is going to get from the fans when he comes up for his first at-bat?”  That was the question of the day on Twitter/WFAN up until 7:15 pm on June 1st 2012.

Could you have ever imagined that no one would even care after the final out was recorded?

How about the fan’s reaction after the first no-hitter in New York Mets history?  That’s the reaction that we well all remember.

I’m going to remember that after the 5th inning, my Mom and wife asked me to run to the store for them.  It was only for milk and some granola bars for my daughter, but what if that caused Johan’s no-no to be broken up?  As I am deciding wether or not to go, Carlos Beltran’s mole smoked a ball over the third base bag in the 6th inning that appeared to look like it was fair.  Oh well, sucks for him.  Luckily the game wasn’t being played at Roland Garros or the ump would have used the ball mark on the chalk to call it a double. Read the rest of this entry »