Daily Archives: June 1, 2016

The other June 1 no-hitters

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers June 1, 2016 3 Comments

I just realized that every year we (of course) celebrate the anniversary of Johan Santana’s no-hitter, the first for the New York Mets, and often neglect the other two thrown on this date. On Tuesday, June 1, 1937, The Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hit the St. Louis Browns for an 8-0 win at Comiskey…

Santana breaks Mets’ no-no curse, 4 years ago today

This day in Mets no-no history, This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers June 1, 2016 6 Comments

Today is the fourth anniversary of Johan Santana breaking the Mets’ no no-hitters streak at 8,019 games. As always, we celebrate by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012. Also, here’s the link to Phil Taylor’s Sports Illustrated piece on last year’s anniversary, for which I was a source: No-no regrets: Johan Santana would…