Comments on: Dickey’s Performance Was The Best By A Met All Year

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Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:50:52 +0000

[...] today, my MMO colleague, Clayton Collier wrote a piece on last night’s start by R.A. Dickey being the best by a Met this year. (I agree with his [...]

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Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:26:06 +0000

[...] today, my MMO colleague, Clayton Collier wrote a piece on last night’s start by R.A. Dickey being the best by a Met this year. (I agree with his [...]

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Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:40:48 +0000

[...] today, my MMO colleague, Clayton Collier wrote a piece on last night’s start by R.A. Dickey being the best by a Met this year. (I agree with his [...]

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:45:10 +0000

I agree with you Clayton and said as much last night. That was the most dominant start I had seen all season. That takes nothing away from Santana who will be forever part of Mets history with his great start as well pitching the Mets 1st no-hitter. 10 years from now many will not remember last nights performance by Dickey but Santana’s no-hitter will be remembered forever and deservedly so but speaking for myself having seen both games what Dickey did last night was the most dominating performance a Mets starter has had vs an opponent all season.

That it can be even debated as to which only makes it even greater when looking back on this season.

LGM.

By: srt

srt — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:27:21 +0000

I have to go with those above here. Johan’s was the more difficult game to pitch (for the reasons stated), was an official no-hitter (umps be damned), the drama building and was the first – and only right now.

Not to take anything away from our own RA Dickey and that knuckle ball but I’ve gotta go with Johan is the Man on this one.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:23:24 +0000

agreed with both these guys.

the other thing about most no hitters is that there is “luck” (good fortune?) involved too. Anything hit hard right at someone, no bloops/bleeders/dying Qualls (pun intended). Of course the pitcher has to be dealing, and handle the pressure, but there have been plenty of incredible performances that included 1 hit!

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:22:31 +0000

Wrong clayton…

By: jessep

jessep — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:02:26 +0000

Maybe the Mayans are right. The world is gonna end soon! We agree! haha

To put it 1 step further on the intangibles we speak of.

Dickey wasn’t coming off major surgery, didn’t have to continuously convince his manager he was fine, didn’t have to BAT.

Those 3 things, plus 51 seasons of history, plus home town crowd, plus the littlest mistake costing you the entire historic moment… all are not measured by stats and all make Johan’s outing more impressive than Dickey’s.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:57:31 +0000

i very rarely agree with the guy above but it’s true, the conditions that Santana had to pitch under were completely different than Dickey. Yes Dickey was dominant but Santana not only had to pitch under increasing pressure as the game went on but he had to fight through a lot and add to that he comes off shoulder surgery Santana’s job was a lot harder and took everything that he had to offer as a professional athlete.

Santana’s was the better performance as it should be and it will be remember forever in Mets history.

By: jessep

jessep — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:47:54 +0000

Well… okay. Last year there were stats that told us Capuano had a better start than other guys who tossed no hitters.

I don’t really care to be honest because there is something a tad more special when its a no hitter or a perfect game.

Upton’s “hit” happened in the first right? I actually didn’t see it live but I think it was the 1st. That changes everything.

Johan had a different type of pressure on him in front of a home crowd, with history on the line for 27 outs.

Dickey, as great as he was last night. Didn’t have any of the intangibles that Johan did.

A pitcher likely presses as a no hitter goes later in the game. Its a different feel of the game… its 1 mistake and you lose it. Nobody talks to you during the game etc.

The pressure was off Dickey after 2 outs.

They are just such different situations that I think its not fair to take anything away from Johan here. Santana had 51 seasons of pressure on him in front of home town fans.

It’s just different.