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Bad call and great catch helps Santana get Mets' first no-hitter in franchise's 8020th game

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The New York Mets' Johan Santana, center,?hugs catcher Josh Thole, left,?after throwing the first no-hitter in franchise history against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

By MIKE FITZPATRICK

updated 12:00 a.m. ET June 2, 2012

NEW YORK - For more than 50 years, the New York Mets chased that elusive no-hitter. Johan Santana finally finished the job.

Santana pitched the first no-hitter in team history, helped by an umpire's missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

After a string of close calls over the last five decades, Santana went all the way in the Mets' 8,020th game.

"Finally, the first one," he said. "That is the greatest feeling ever."

He needed a couple of key assists to pull it off.

Carlos Beltran, back at Citi Field for the first time since the Mets traded him last July, hit a line drive over third base in the sixth inning that hit the foul line and should have been called fair. But third base umpire Adrian Johnson ruled it foul and the no-hitter was intact ? even though a replay clearly showed a mark where the ball landed on the chalk line.

"I saw the ball hitting outside the line, just foul," Johnson told a pool reporter.

The umpire acknowledged that he saw the replay afterward but declined to comment.

"It was in front of his face, and he called it foul. I thought it was a fair ball," Beltran said. "At the end of the day, one hit wasn't going to make a difference in the ballgame. We needed to score more runs and we didn't do that."

Hometown kid Mike Baxter then made a tremendous catch in left field to rob Yadier Molina of extra bases in the seventh. Baxter crashed into the wall, injured his shoulder and left the game.

Making his 11th start since missing last season following shoulder surgery, Santana (3-2) threw a career-high 134 pitches in his second consecutive shutout. Relying on a sneaky fastball and the baffling changeup that's always been his signature, he struck out eight and walked five.

"Amazing," Santana said after tossing the majors' third no-hitter this year. "Coming into this season I was just hoping to come back and stay healthy and help this team, and now I am in this situation in the greatest city for baseball."

Before the game, Mets manager Terry Collins said he planned to limit Santana to 110-115 pitches all season.

"I just couldn't take him out," a choked-up Collins said afterward.

Born in 1962, the Mets have been built on pitching when they've fielded their best teams. But neither Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver nor Dwight Gooden could throw a no-hitter for the Mets ? though all three are among the seven pitchers who tossed one after leaving the team.

Philip Humber is another one. He pitched a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox at Seattle on April 21, and Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels no-hit Minnesota on May 2.

"I'm really happy for them," said Boston manager Bobby Valentine, who managed the Mets from 1996-2002. "That's been an albatross over the pitching in that franchise forever, since '62. One of the best pitchers they've ever had threw it and that also gives credibility to it."

Following the game, Santana addressed his teammates in the clubhouse. He thanked them and said: "Yeah, baby! Believe it!"

Santana got a warm ovation as he headed out to the mound for the ninth inning, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner quickly retired Matt Holliday and Allen Craig on shallow fly balls as frenzied fans high-fived each other and captured video of it all on their cell phones.

With the crowd of 27,069 on its feet, World Series MVP David Freese went to a 3-2 count before his foul tip was caught by Josh Thole, just activated from the disabled list earlier in the day.

Santana pumped his left fist and slammed it into his glove as Thole showed the ball to plate umpire Gary Cederstrom and then went running out toward the mound.

"I don't think anybody expected that tonight. Everything came out perfect for him," Beltran said. "It should mean a lot for him after battling last year with the injuries. ... I'm not happy about it, but at the same time he's a good man and I'm happy for him."

The Mets rushed out of the dugout and mobbed Santana in a raucous dogpile as security tackled a fan who ran onto the field near home plate. Moments later, the pitcher raised his right arm and saluted the crowd, which was chanted his name from the eighth inning on. The big scoreboard in center flashed Santana's picture and read "No-Han."

"It was a crazy night ? my fastball moving all over the place," Santana said. "I don't think I've ever thrown a no-hitter in video games."

The Cardinals, the top-hitting team in the NL this season, should have had a hit in the sixth.

Beltran, traded by the Mets to San Francisco last July after 6? rocky seasons in New York, led off with a low liner over third. Television replays showed the ball nicked the foul line just behind the bag on the dirt, taking a small chunk of chalk with it. But Johnson called it foul immediately and Beltran eventually grounded out.

"It was tough because it happened so quick. I wasn't able to see anything," Santana said.

"The umpire made his call and that was the end of it," he said.

But with the next batter at the plate, Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo twice got in Johnson's face for heated arguments ? the two even appeared to bump each other. Rookie manager Mike Matheny also came out to protest, but nobody was ejected.

Almost exactly two years ago ? on June 2, 2010 ? Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game when first base umpire Jim Joyce admittedly blew a call that should've resulted in the final out. The miss in Detroit instead gave Cleveland's Jason Donald a single with two outs in the ninth.

Major League Baseball had considered expanding replay for this season to review fair-or-foul calls and trapped balls. The change required the approval of MLB and the unions representing the umpires and the players ? when there was no agreement, extra replay was postponed until at least 2013.

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Top-ranked players race the clock at French Open

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to France's Nicolas Devilder during their third round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to France's Nicolas Devilder during their third round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic thumbs up after defeating France's Nicolas Devilder during their third round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Victoria Azerenka of Belarus prepares to serve in her third round match against Aleksandra Wozniack of Canada at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 1, 2012. Azarenka won in two sets 6-4, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Roger Federer of Switzerland wipes his forehead after his third round match against Nicolas Mahut of France at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 1, 2012. Federer won in four sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Maria Sharapova of Russia returns in her second round match against Ayumi Morita of Japan at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 1, 2012. Sharapova won in two sets 6-1, 6-1. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

PARIS (AP) ? On a busy day of tennis at the French Open, the top-ranked man and woman were left racing against the clock.

Because of a few long matches and a bit of a backlog from the previous day, both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka were late on court Friday and both completed third-round victories just as the sun was setting.

"Last 15 minutes was very hard," said Djokovic, who beat Nicolas Devilder of France 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. "It was very important for me to finish the match today. I wouldn't like to come back tomorrow and play a few games."

Azarenka's match was quicker, and ended a few minutes earlier. She defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-4, 6-4.

"I'm really glad I managed to finish today because it was already pretty dark in last two games," said Azarenka, who took over the No. 1 ranking after winning the Australian Open.

Roger Federer also advanced to the fourth round, despite being stretched to four sets for the second straight match. Maria Sharapova made it into the third round, but both third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic were eliminated.

On Saturday, Sharapova will be back on court for her third-round match, while defending champion Rafael Nadal and fourth-seeded Andy Murray will also be trying to reach the fourth round.

Djokovic was scheduled to play Friday in the fourth match on Court Suzanne Lenglen. But with Sharapova's postponed match ahead of his, and a five-setter in which Stanislas Wawrinka eliminated No. 11 Gilles Simon, the top-seeded Serb didn't begin 7:48 p.m.

He didn't waste any time against Devilder, but it still took him 1 hour, 44 minutes to win, with match point coming at 9:32 p.m.

"When I saw the schedule last night, I expected a long match between Simon and Wawrinka," Djokovic said. "Not that long, but long."

With the win, Djokovic extended his Grand Slam win streak to 24 matches. The 25-year-old Serb has won the last three Grand Slam titles, and he needs four more victories at Roland Garros to become the third player to hold all four major titles at the same time. Rod Laver was the last to do it, in 1969.

His next opponent will be Andreas Seppi of Italy.

"He's in best form I think in his life and won a tournament in Belgrade. So he's very famous in Serbia," joked Djokovic, whose family runs that event. "I think half of Serbia will support Seppi, no, because of winning the trophy."

Azarenka also had to worry about the descending night in her match, which finished at 9:29. Her match had been scheduled to start after Djokovic, but it was switched to Court 1.

"They wanted to move us to Court 2. Then didn't decide. Then wanted to move to Chatrier," Azarenka said. "So it was a little bit of a hustle.

"I managed to play, so that's important."

Federer didn't have to worry about the time, but he may have to worry about his game after needing four sets to beat Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

"I think for bigger guys it's about, if you're able to move them around enough and they have to defend time and time again, this is maybe where you can expose some of their weaknesses potentially," Federer said. "I thought he did well. (I) struggled a little bit, but overall obviously I'm happy I came through."

For Sharapova, it was a second straight rout. Three days after winning with a "double bagel," the second-seeded Russian defeated Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-1, 6-1.

Sharapova has won three major titles in her career, but she still needs to win at Roland Garros to complete a career Grand Slam.

"With every round I'm going to be playing tougher opponents, and that's when you really want to kind of step it up and raise your level," Sharapova said. "That's what I'll try to do in the next round."

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Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Social Network Arizona has announced details for their May Social Media and Business Networking Seminar. The monthly seminar is taking place at the Radisson Hotel on May 17, 2012. Seminar attendees will gather from Andre Morris, President and Initiator of local Internet Marketing company seenBEST. Andre brings together several guest speakers each month to help Arizona business owners gather how to use social media to generate referrals and expand their local network.

The stated goal of Social Network Arizona is to teach Arizona business owners the value of online marketing and social media strategies that will help connect them with other local businesses leaders. The Social Network Arizona group boasts a collection of over 800 Arizona business managers who are using social media together to network online.

In addition to helping area businesses form local in person connections, another goal of the seminar is to teach specific methods to take networking online through the use of Google+, LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. If you do not currently know how to use Facebook or social media for your business, the seminar aims to provide you with all of the tools, information, and resources you?ll need.

Finally, Social Network Arizona provides seminar attendees access to additional benefits, such as a platform for greater online visibility, a free item in the Arizona Business Directory, and access to an exclusive Arizona business owners group.

Social Network Arizona has provided video highlights from a previous seminar on YouTube, click here to watch.

The details for the seminar in May are as follows.

DATE: May 17, 2012

TIME: 8:30 AM 10:30 AM

LOCATION: The Radisson Hotel

7475 West Chandler Thoroughfare, Chandler, AZ 85226

There are fifty whole seats available and it is recommended to RSVP in advance. To RSVP or gather more, visit the authoritative Social Network Arizona website:

http://www.socialnetworkarizona.com

The registration cost to attend the monthly seminar is usually $ 20. For the month of May, but, Social Network Arizona is providing free unique admission. All attendees who +1 the Social Network Arizona Google+ page will be given a free Golden Ticket to attend the seminar at no cost. To claim your free ticket:

1. Click here to visit Social Network Arizona on Google+

2. ?+1? the page and add it to your circles

3. Let the personnel know that you gave a +1 on the day of the event and get a free ticket

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Logins for your Google, Facebook, LinkedIN, and Twitter accounts

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Andre Morris

President and Initiator, seenBEST Internet Marketing

(480) 256-9010

Web: http://www.seenbest.com

Google+: plus.google.com/117422698423525327567/posts

If you have general questions about this event you can reach Social Network Arizona via their main number at (602) 456-0150.

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