Flushing, NY: The critical eye of New York cast its gaze upon the Mets once again, as ace pitcher Johan Santana pitched a complete no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals last night at Citi Field.

While many Mets fans rejoiced that Santana not only pitched well enough to keep the Cardinals hitless, but also did not get hurt enough to be taken out of the game, others were not so happy about the first no-hitter in the history of the New York Mets. This is due in part to such other imperfect elements of the game, such as Mets left-fielder Mike Baxter running into a wall and a questionable call on a grounder by Carlos Beltran that was called foul.

Mets fans were quick to criticize their team’s monumental occasion.

“A no-hitter, huh? That’s great,” stated local Mets fan Robert Blount. “what’s really great is that Santana could walk 8 batters and still get this game called a no-hitter.”

Yankees fans were critical as well. “A no-hitter? Psh. We’ve got 11 of those. Three of those are perfect games,” stated obnoxious Yankees fan Alan Singer. “Better luck next time, Mets.”

Luckily, the Mets’ first no-hitter isn’t quite as ridiculous as past no-hitters on other teams, such as a no-hitter by the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees, where the Astros threw their no-hitter using six different pitchers.

At least the game is in the books, unlike the San Diego Padres who have yet to have a “0” placed in their opponents’ hit column.