When Padres left-hander Drew Pomeranz steps to the mound Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia, a Mets fan living in South Dakota will have the game playing in the background on his iPad while he works.
And Dirk Lammers will do what he does each game, listen for the Padres’ opponent to get its first hit. Lammers then will go to the website he runs — nonohitters.com — and add one to the counter that tracks the number of games the Padres have gone since their inception without pitching a no-hitter.
The counter will click over like a car odometer, the number going from 7,499 to 7,500.