RIP Amazin' Mets pitcher Don Cardwell

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Threw a no-hitter, and was on the '69 Mets team. He was 72.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3196704
 
Saw a tape of the end of the no-hitter . . . saved by a shoetop catch by Cub (and ex-Dodger) OF Moose Moryn.
 
I interviewed Cardwell for a book about players talking about a great accomplishment (unpublished - anyone interested? :) :)) and he couldn't have been nicer. I don't have it in front of me, but I believe he said he was scheduled to pitch Game 6 or Game 7 of the '69 Series.
 
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BYH said:
Clearly, he did not throw the no-hitter for the Mets.

RIP.
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Yeah, but Nolan Ryan, Dwight Gooden, David Cone, Tom Seaver and Hideo Nomo did.

Oh, wait. ...
 
mike311gd said:
BYH said:
Clearly, he did not throw the no-hitter for the Mets.

RIP.
Click to expand...

Yeah, but Nolan Ryan, Dwight Gooden, David Cone, Tom Seaver and Hideo Nomo did.

Oh, wait. ...
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And . . . one of the most bizarre quirks of Met franchise history . . . ROLLS on . . .

More . . . after this!!!! . . .
 
mike311gd said:
Ben_Hecht said:
Emulating the '64 Phils, say.
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For starters. I can't wait for their encore.
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Willie Randolph already knows how this all ends.

Willie Randolph, the manager of the New York Mets when they suffered the greatest late-season collapse in baseball history by squandering a seven-game lead with 17 to play in 2007, died Monday at the age of 89.
 
To get back about the man who passed away, Cardwell was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first start with his new team after being traded.

And checking my transcript, Cardwell said Gil Hodges told him he'd be the Game 7 starter in the '69 World Series (if necessary) and would be used in long relief before that.
 
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