Schaefer business

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Oliver Perez' Tuesday night win over Florida will close on Friday.

Schaefer POTG 7/29/08 - Mets 4, Marlins 1

Only 8 voters so far: themetfairy, Benjamin Grimm, Frayed Knot, Fman99, soupcan, PiazzaFan411, John Cougar Lunchbucket, and Vic Sage.

If you're planning to vote and haven't done so yet, please try to do so today.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Only five people have voted for the Mets' Wednesday night loss in Florida. Nevertheless, voting will close some time over the weekend. (And there will be a Schaefer Player of the Month announcement for July.)

Voters so far for Wednesday's game are: themetfairy, Benjamin Grimm, Fman99, Frayed Knot, and soupcan.


Schaefer POTG 7/30/08 - Marlins 7, Mets 5

[Benjamin Grimm]

Time to start tallying the first games of August, the month that threatens to kill the Mets playoff hopes.

All three games from the demoralizing sweep in Houston this past weekend will close on Wednesday morning:

Schaefer POTG 8/1/08 - Astros 7, Mets 3
Schaefer POTG 8/2/08 - Astros 5, Mets 4 (10 Innings)
Schaefer POTG 08/03/08 Houston 4, Mets 0

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Tuesday night's win over the Padres will close on Friday morning.

Schaefer POTG 08/05/08 Mets 6, Padres 5

This San Diego series will be the last to be tallied for a while. I'll be leaving for two weeks in Hawaii late in the day on Monday. I may pop in here from time to time to vote and maybe even comment, but no tallying will occur.

Please continue to initiate the threads and vote in them. (I haven't been doing a whole lot of initiating anyway.) I'll get all caught up after I return on August 26.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Wednesday night's loss to the Padres will close some time over the weekend:
Schaefer POTG 8/6/08 - Padres 4, Mets 2

And voting for yesterday afternoon's walk-off win will close on Monday afternoon. (That's just a little earlier than usual, but I want to get the series closed out before I go away.)
Schaefer POTG 8/7/08 - Mets 5, Padres 3

[Elster88]

Wright getting a lot more love than Delgado in the 8/8 game. Unless I missed some plays in the field, they did the exact same thing, except Wright's big swing happened with a runner on base.

[Guest themetfairy]

Plus it was in the first inning, which gave the Mets an edge (sorry - I can't think of a better word) from the start.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Final reminder: Voting for Thursday's win over the Padres will close this afternoon. If you haven't voted yet, stop by during today's IGT.

Schaefer POTG 8/7/08 - Mets 5, Padres 3

[Benjamin Grimm]

Well, that's it.

No more tallying for another two weeks or so.

Keep voting, and I'll start getting caught up on August 27 or 28.

[Guest KC]

Have a great vacation!

[Guest themetfairy]

Have a fabulous time!

[Frayed Knot]

Just a reminder that we shouldn't fall too far behind in our Scheafer voting just because Grimm isn't here to keep on our butts about it and set deadlines. Voting has been pretty light on the games since last weekend so if you're a regular or even occasional participant don't let those games fade from your memory.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I plan on playing catch up tonight. I generally vote based on boxscores, highlight clips, and IGTs since I seldom get to actually watch the Mets play.

[Gwreck]

I think Maine got too many points for his 5 innings on Monday. Shutout or not, I don't think only going 5 innings is worth much more than 2 points.

Also, Pelfrey got the perfect 6 on Wednesday not exclusively for his pitching. 1-3 with an RBI was worth about .5 to .75 to go with a ~5.25-5.5 pitching performance.

[Guest themetfairy]

It's not as if anyone else did anything particularly beer-worthy in the Maine game.

Sometimes guys get screwed out of earned beer when the entire team performs well. Other days guys get a few extra sips when they're the only shining performance of the game. It's just the way things go under the constraints of the system.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sorry to have flooded the forum with Schaefer, but I'm pretty much caught up now.

All four games from this past weekend's series with the Astros will close on Thursday afternoon.


Schaefer POTG 8/22/08 - Mets 3, Astros 0
Schaefer POTG 8/23/08 - Mets 3, Astros 8
Schaefer POTG 8/24/08 - Mets 4, Astros 6
Schaefer PotG: 8/25/08: Mets 9 - Astros 1

Voting is still a little light for the first three games of the series, especially the first one, which was a Mets win.


Voting for last night's loss in Philadelphia will close on Friday. It's too early to give notice, but I wanted to point it out so it wouldn't get lost or forgotten:

Schaefer POTG 08/26/08 Philadelphia 8, Mets 7, 13 innings

Only two voters so far: Me and Johnny Lunchbucket.

[Centerfield]

Tonight's game really should be worth 20 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We're now at eight voters for Tuesday's loss to the Phillies, which is a more reasonable number.

Voting will remain open for another 24 hours (give or take an hour or two) and will close on Friday afternoon.

Schaefer POTG 08/26/08 Philadelphia 8, Mets 7, 13 innings

Look for the Players of the Month announcement some time in the middle of next week.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Wednesday night's win in Philadelphia will close some time over the weekend:

Schaefer POTG 08/27/08 Mets 6, Philadelphia 3

[Guest AG/DC]

In scoring last night's game, let's remember please remember to consider Dan Murphy's win preserving cutoff play in the ninth on Cantu's double.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200808293387957&c_id=fla

[Guest AG/DC]

Evans is getting hosed so far.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Pedro too.

[Guest AG/DC]

it was a team win, perhaps one of their teamiest, but Pedro is disproportinately kicking Evans butt.

I --- sainted I who have stood by Pedro lo these weeks --- scored it 2.32 for Evans to 1.25 to Martinez. The rest of the miserly voting public is averaging 2.625 for Pedro to 1.00 to his young leftfielder.

Hittin' game-tying homers ain't easy!

[Benjamin Grimm]

If Al Reyes should happen to get into the game and earn some Schaefer, please vote for him as AlReyes.

Thank you!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the entire series against the Marlins in Miami, plus the Labor Day game in Milwaukee, will close on Thursday morning.

The win over the Brewers looks like it's still lacking a few votes.

If you're planning to vote and haven't yet, please try to get your numbers in today.

• Schaefer POTG 8/29/08 - Mets 5, Marlins 4
• Schaefer POTG 8/30/08 - Fish 4, Mets 3
• Schaefer POTG 08/31/08 Mets 6, Florida 2
• Schaefer POTG 9/1/08 - Mets 4, Brewers 2

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Tuesday night's 10-inning win in Milwaukee will close on Friday.

Schaefer POTG 9/2/08 - Mets 6, Brewers 5 (10 Innings)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Wednesday afternoon's comfortable win over the Brewers will close some time over the weekend.

Schaefer POTG 9/3/08 - Mets 9, Brewers 2

[Guest AG/DC]

Look after Schneider! He looked after you!

[Gwreck]

AG/DC wrote: Look after Schneider! He looked after you!

Interesting philosophical question. Do we adjust Schaefer for luck?

Church clearly was getting the love for the 'slam, but Schneider was 2-for-3 (with the same number of homers as Church) while Church was only 1-4.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, the extra Ribbies count at one level or another for Churchie, be they luck or pluck, but he also made four murderous outs to one for the Schneid.