Crosby's Debut / Santana's One-Hitter

Yankees' radio announcer John Sterling always looks for the unusual in baseball. The odd pitching line or play-by-play plot twist are his fascinations. 

He'd get a bang out of tonight's Yankee second inning totals: five runs, one hit, no error, no one left on base.

The one hit was a slam by Curtis Granderson. (Can someone remind me why we traded Granderson, and who we got for him? I keep forgetting).

The three on base were walked there by rookie Casey Crosby, making his major league debut. Against the Yankees, at home, opposed by C.C. Sa-BATH-eee-uh.

C.C. proved he was human by allowing three runs, but the game was over ... and Johan Santana was no-hitting the Cardinals. (Insert here sound of radio tuning through the dial, up from 880 to 1120.) 

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The record book will indicate that Santana no-hit the Cards tonight, pitching the first no-hitter in the Mets' 50 year history. 

The only hit he allowed was a sixth inning liner by Carlos Beltran, a fair ball that hit the left field line, but was called foul by third base umperor Adrian Johnson. 

So, once again, an UMPIRE finds a way to get his name into the game story. 

When the UMPIRE does that, it's never for a good reason.

I looked for the video on MLB, but it isn't there.