Terry Collins had ‘desperate’ thought during Johan Santana’s Mets no-hitter
NY Post
As a major-league manager for 13 years, Terry Collins registered 995 wins in the regular season and eight more in the postseason. Little question exists in his mind over which of those 1,003 victories gave him the most stress.
It happened nine years ago Tuesday, at Citi Field: Johan Santana’s no-hitter for the Mets, the first and to date only no-no in franchise history. “I knew he was coming off the injury,” Collins told The Post of Santana last week in a telephone interview, “and I also knew the team had a lot invested in him.”
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