Tonight, the Mets play the 8,000th game in their franchise’s history. Among many other memorable events, notes, anecdotes, and statistics, the greatest oddity about this team is that they’ve never thrown a no-hitter.
Here’s a Sports Illustrated article from 3 years ago that looks back at the one that got away – Tom Seaver’s near-perfect game that was broken up by Jimmy Qualls. It’s a good read for a Friday. Enjoy!
