Here's how the Twitter world reacted to Johan Santana's no-hitter back in 2012

Six years ago today, Johan Santana threw the first and only no-hitter in Mets franchise history. It took him 134 pitches, the most controversial foul ball Carlos Beltran had ever hit and a career-defining catch by Mike Baxter. 
But why describe the game to you when we can take you back, in real-time, to the moment it happened? Here is a brief time capsule of No-han's moment of brilliance, courtesy of Twitter dot com.
Former ESPN beat reporter Adam Rubin had been hoping for Santana to break the team's no-hitter drought for much of the season:

Like on a weekly basis:

At least one fan would see history in his very first game at Citi Field:

While one tweeter, Ben L., somehow predicted the no-no before the game even started. Figures it says he's a "Data Scientist" in his bio. Scientists are smart.

But Santana's changeup quickly made him wish he never even came to the park that day.

Santana was much of the same over the next couple of innings -- walking and striking out two more, but not really giving up any hard-hit outs. And then, while facing Carlos Beltran in the sixth, this happened:

With replay review still on the horizon, the hit was ruled foul. And FWIW, CC Sabathia, a man with 239 career wins, said he didn't care:

Although the St. Louis Post-Dispatch definitely did.
Santana got through the rest of the inning unscathed, retiring Beltran on a hard ground ball to David Wright:

The seventh inning brought with it the play of the game and perhaps the greatest moment of Mike Baxter's career. Yadier Molina hit a long fly ball to left field and the 27-year-old made an outstanding running catch while crashing hard into the wall:

Baxter would come out of the game and go on the disabled list for two months with a shoulder injury. People watching the moment were appreciative of his sacrifice:

Fans would even re-enact the play for years to come ... in the dead of winter:

Santana worked his way around a walk in the eighth and, of course, Twitter was getting dramatic:

With the weight of 51 years on his shoulders, Santana set down the Cards 1-2-3 -- finishing with a flurry against David Freese:

MLB.com's Anthony DiComo was gentlemanly and congratulatory:

The Karate Kid was thrilled:

Funkmaster Flex!

 
And Jon Stewart -- who was actually at the game and recorded his pure ecstasy come the final out: