Monday, March 31, 2008
Johan El Magnífico
Well we all got just what we have been waiting for. Johan Santana was just amazing in his 1st start for the Mets. He retired the 1st 9 batters and should have had a 10th, but the ump missed a 
fastball right down the middle for strike 3 and went on to walk the batter. The next to guys were sent down and the inning should have been over, but then Josh Willingham hit a 2-run homerun being the only 2 runs Johan gave up. He then went back to his old Johan ways accumulating 8 strikeouts over 7 innings giving up only 2 runs on 3 hits. Hopefully this is a what we will be seeing all season and this what we all expect and so does he. He managed to do this throwing mainly fastballs and change-ups rarely throwing his slider.
There is a video of the start in the wrap.
