Santana Starts the Year Off Wright

The Happy Recap: Mets 7, Marlins 1 - First Place!

THE GOOD: Let's cherish being in first place for as long as possible. It probably won't last long. But today on a beautiful New York day, Johan Santana started the season off great by retiring the first seven batters he faced (shame on you if you noticed that during the 8th hitter and caused Gabi Sanchez to break the no-hitter immediately afterwards!) and David Wright hit an opposite field 2 run homerun in his first at-bat of the year to lead the Mets. Wright is now on pace to hit 162 home runs this year, a far cry from his 2009 total of 10.

THE BAD: Other than Alex Cora and Mike Jacob's combined 0 for 8 hitting, and the Mets scoring ZERO runs in the with bases loaded no-out in the 4th, the Florida defense in the bottom of the sixth was nothing short of atrocious. Hard to believe only 1 of those runs were unearned!

THE UGLY: Whether you're for health care reform or not, THIS is ugly! And if you think that's bad, check out the worst first pitches of all time... And one more pitch that's truly Amazin'!

THE PULSE of the GAME