Mets combined no-hitter

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Yeah, it's pretty absurd. One might even call it condescending.

Yes, it's more meaningful having one guy do it...but having 5 different guys pitching lights out for 9 innings, has to be some sort of statistical miracle itself.

Yeah, condescending is exactly the tone I sensed. I'm sure if SABR guy discovered the first 5 pitcher no hitter and it was from some obscure game in 1898 and took place on a corn field in Kansas he's be all excited about it and would speaking about it with bated breath at their next meeting.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Lifelong Met fan here. Santana was very special (I remember jumping up and cheering at home), but personally the combined no-hitter does nothing for me. I'm optimistic about this season though

[Carter08]

I liked it a lot for some weird reason. Agree that if another team did it I’d probably yawn. But it was very cool to watch.

[familytoad]

Us Phillie Phans hated it!
But it’s okay since in the standings it only counts as one loss.

As for a team NH, it’s seemingly more difficult to keep the momentum from pitcher to pitcher.
I can see that sometimes a guy just “has it going” and the guy just puzzles hitters all day. Like Ryan and Feller on their special days.

More pitchers would probably be better odds that one of them would leave a pitch in the zone and ruin the NH.

I don’t think there are stats to prove that yet, but I do believe that combo no hitters are going to be more common place than single pitcher no-no’s.
The 16 we have now will likely eventually catch up to the single player versions…

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by familytoad

Us Phillie Phans hated it!
But it’s okay since in the standings it only counts as one loss.

As for a team NH, it’s seemingly more difficult to keep the momentum from pitcher to pitcher.
I can see that sometimes a guy just “has it going” and the guy just puzzles hitters all day. Like Ryan and Feller on their special days.

More pitchers would probably be better odds that one of them would leave a pitch in the zone and ruin the NH.

I don’t think there are stats to prove that yet, but I do believe that combo no hitters are going to be more common place than single pitcher no-no’s.
The 16 we have now will likely eventually catch up to the single player versions…

There have been 315 no-hitters and only 17 combined, it will take forever to catch up.

[Shoeless Moe]

Tampa did it with 6 pitchers last week, but then lost the no-no in extra innings.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401354457



https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-red-so...Bobby%20Dalbec.

[Utter Chaos]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Tampa did it with 6 pitchers last week, but then lost the no-no in extra innings.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401354457



https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-red-so...Bobby%20Dalbec.

In 2003 the Astros had a six pitcher no hitter.
Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner.

[familytoad]

It will surely take a long time. And I certainly will not be around this earth to see it.
But I still believe it…

Originally Posted by Jim65

There have been 315 no-hitters and only 17 combined, it will take forever to catch up.