Five Pitchers Combine for a No-Hitter as the Mets Beat the Phillies 3-0

I was not at the game last night, but I saw most of it on TV.  When you watch a game, you never know what will happen.  Last night five Met pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Phillies.  The five pitchers were:

• Tylor McGill
• Drew Smith
• Joely Rodriguez
• Seth Lugo
• Edwin Diaz

itching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLI	RE24
Tylor Megill, W (4-0)	5	0	0	0	3	5	0	1.93	18	88	53	28	11	14	3	7	3	0	69			0.277	0.97	0.22%	1.26	2.4
Drew Smith, H (6)	1.1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.00	5	36	24	13	7	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.087	0.90	0.07%	1.17	0.7
Joely Rodriguez, H (2)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.87	4	17	8	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0.019	0.79	0.01%	1.02	0.2
Seth Lugo, H (4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	2	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0.045	0.85	0.03%	1.10	0.5
Edwin Díaz, S (4)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1.80	3	13	11	5	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.032	0.42	0.03%	0.54	0.5
Team Totals	9	0	0	0	6	12	0	0.00	32	159	98

 

It was only the 17th combined no-hitter in MLB history and only the second by the New York Mets.  On June 1, 2012, Johann Santana pitched a no-hitter for the first time in the 50-year history of the Mets.  There was some controversy as a ball that hit the foul line in left field was called foul.  Had there been replay in 2012, the batter would have been awarded a double.  The pitch count for Santana was 132 which may have ruined his arm.  The pitch count for the five last night was 159 included 6 walks and many 3-2 counts.

It is certainly a time for Met fans to celebrate as we are 15-6.

I Bought a 9th Generation iPad Today

 

For many years I have owned Amazon Kindles, but I decided to upgrade and get an iPad.  I think my son Lee would like this very much as well.  I went to MicroCenter on Kissena Blvd and got it at a good price.  I spent some time this afternoon downloading apps for it.  There is an easy way of syncing an iPad with an iPhone which saves time.  I should keep track of how many computers, laptops, iPhones, Kindle Fires and iPads I have owned over the years.

Remembering Searching Dialog Information Services in My Dreams

 

I have mentioned my dreams about libraries on Twitter, but I think this one will need more than 280 characters.  Last night I dreamed about doing a Dialog search in the library for a patron.  When I started at Schering in 1979 (hello @Bourbonthecat) we searched Dialog all the time to find chemical, pharmacological, and biological information This was before the internet existed, so we had to connect to this online service via a phone modem as seen above.  The modem speeds were very slow. I did search Dialog at NJIT until the late 1990s. I remember the commands:

• Select
• Super Select
• Combine using the Boolean operators and or not
• Type 
• Print

Back then all research was done by librarians with the results presented to the staff scientists.

Obviously, changes in technology over the decades have impacted the way we find information.

Dialog still exists, but it was absorbed by Proquest.  There is a brief article in Wikipedia about Proquest Dialog.

Bob Dylan Has Re-Recorded Classic Tracks with T Bone Burnett to Introduce New Analog Disc Technology

 

I must admire Bob Dylan for being active at age 80.  The details of the announcement in the title of this journal entry may be found at https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bob-dylan-records-classic-tracks-t-bone-burnett-new-audio-analog-medium-1235241159/.

Music has transitioned from vinyl records to cassette tapes to 8-track tapes to CDs.  If this new technology catches on will music enthusiasts have to buy new hardware to listen?  Will Dylan's music be available for digital download?

We will just have to wait.

Random Oldie of the Day - Time Seller by the Spencer Davis Group

 

Time Seller by the Spencer Davis Group only hit #100 on the Billboard chart.  I do remember hearing it on New York radio.

Remembering Record Stores in Queens from Years Ago

 Yesterday was Record Store Day, but there are just no more record stores in Queens, so I couldn't celebrate.  Four years ago, I visited Rough Trade Records in Brooklyn, but this year I didn't visit any record stores.  I thought this would be a good opportunity to recall record stores that I visited many years ago.

• Alexanders Record Department - I went there every Friday after school to see what was on sale.  I remember the mono albums were always $1 cheaper than the stereo version.
• Mr. Simmons Toy Store on 63rd Drive - He sold 45 rpm records.  His store was destroyed in a fire in 1972.
• Musicam - on Queens Blvd. near 63rd Drive
• Triboro Records in Jamaica - they had a terrific collection of 45s.  It was across the street from the Queens Library.
• Sam Goody - this was a chain, but they had a store in the Queens Center Mall
• Coconuts - they had stores in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center and in Downtown Flushing.
• Nobody Beats the Wiz - they had a store in downtown Flushing. 

Congratulations to Mike McCann on Your Retirement from Radio Broadcasting

 

Mike and I are both alumni of City College of New York.  I believe Mike got his start in radio at the college station. His first job in commercial radio was at WLNA in Peekskill, NY.  His experiences in radio are detailed in his LinkedIn account.

Mike is best known for his time at WYNY when it was an Adult Contemporary Station at 97.1 FM and later at WCBS-FM when it was the world's greatest oldies station.  He did a terrific job with the Top 20 Oldies Countdown.  In recent years he was a sports anchor for WFAN, WCBS, WINS, and CBS Sports Radio.

Mike is also an expert photographer and maintains a blog called Mike McCann's Field of Photos.  It is obvious that he is a big baseball fan.

I certainly hope that Mike enjoys his retirement.

Above is an aircheck of Mike from September 21, 1983, that Mike gave to radio enthusiast Ellis Feaster who posted it on YouTube.