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So the list of players that threw no-nos for other clubs after they left the Mets organization is now at:
-Nolan Ryan (7 of them, hence why it's the Curse of Nolan Ryan)
-Tom Seaver (after a million close calls with the Mets)
-Dwight Gooden (damn Yankees)
-David Cone (damn Yankees)
-Mike Scott (ball scuffer extraordinaire)
-Hideo Nomo (threw one before his Mets tenure AND one after)
-AJ Burnett (worst no-no ever but still)
-Philip Humber (only pitched in like 6 games as a Met)
Looking at the first 4 names on the list is pretty much all you need to know. So much great pitching has rolled through Queens and nobody's been able to seal the deal. And when you look at some of the close calls, it's such a tease.
They've had numerous one-hitters in which the only hit was a pitcher (Steve Trachsel and R.A. Dickey off the top of my head, think there may have been more). Jon Niese a couple of years ago had a near perfect game, retiring 27 of 28 batters faced. John Maine took one into the 8th inning one time and ended up losing it on a slow grounder up the third base line that somehow didn't go foul. 35 one-hitters in team history.
It's never going to happen. Pretty much just left hoping the Padres never get one, as they're the only other team that hasn't.
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