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What Johan Santana did today for the New York Mets was nothing
short of amazing, and this is a franchise that knows from
amazing.  Much the same way he pitched a gem when the Mets
needed a win at the end of the 2008 season, Santana came up huge
a day after the Mets saw another eighth-inning lead disappear,
only to have their closer, Francisco Rodriguez, arrested for
assaulting his father-in-law near the clubhouse after the game.
Do we have a Flushing Zoo on our hands?  Thursday afternoon's
game was an afterthought for many in the media, who took the
K-Rod incident and the blown game Wednesday to sharpen their
knives and call for the heads of Jerry Manuel, Jeff Wilpon, Fred
Wilpon, Omar Minaya, and just about everyone connected with this
team short of Mr. Met and the Cowbell Man.  Meanwhile, Santana
(who has his own personal