Beltran, Delgado help Santana to first win at Shea

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Of Superstars and Honeymoons
Published 5/10/2008 by Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing
Someday it won't be that big a deal that Johan Santana won a home start for the New York Mets. Today it kind of was. The matter was never in much doubt, but Johan stretched Shea's patience just the tiniest bit there in the sixth as he couldn't quite close the Reds out for the longest time. How long? Thirty-four pitches long. Felt longer. Who's counting? Well, I just did, with ESPN's help. I only noticed because Johan has yet to lay down one of those Santana masterpieces like the one he dropped off at Shea as a visitor last June (of which we saw the ...

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