Ka-POW!

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets are sitting on 20 homers in 12 spring training games. Yeah, it's only spring, and who knows who among some of these Gulf Coast Gargantuans will be actual gargantuans, but for comparison, with the 2009 Mets, you have go back August 27 --- or 35 games, to garner as many.

And maybe if we're in a mood to not credit the batter so much as discredit the crappy spring pitchers, well, some small amount of heart might be taken in that a great deal of those pitchers were wearing the uniforms of division rivals. HYEH!

Anyhow, only two other league rivals are floating in the same stratosphere, and nobody's touching our power numbers, and the Cubs only lead the OPS column by a rounding issue. And before you get all Negative Nancy by asking how many more games did the Mets get a DH in than other teams, take some time to dig on these Collosi of Clout, walking among puny mortals.

Rank	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Chicago Cubs	11	377	70	123	29	4	9	65	187	43	73	4	4	.326	.396	.496	.893
2	New York Mets	12	419	88	129	19	4	20	83	216	46	68	9	3	.308	.376	.516	.892
3	Houston Astros	9	335	55	106	36	3	10	51	178	19	52	4	1	.316	.355	.531	.886
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	11	364	61	104	24	4	14	59	178	40	62	7	4	.286	.365	.489	.854
5	Florida Marlins	10	367	64	108	21	6	11	60	174	38	79	8	1	.294	.362	.474	.836
6	Milwaukee Brewers	12	409	73	116	26	5	13	64	191	43	73	16	4	.284	.361	.467	.828
7	Colorado Rockies	12	402	67	121	34	7	5	63	184	34	67	7	2	.301	.361	.458	.819
8	St. Louis Cardinals	9	316	57	89	27	3	6	52	140	40	59	4	3	.282	.371	.443	.814
9	Atlanta Braves	10	332	58	93	25	0	4	56	130	63	50	6	2	.280	.402	.392	.794
10	Philadelphia Phillies	9	323	43	94	19	2	9	41	144	29	50	4	0	.291	.346	.446	.792
11	San Francisco Giants	12	421	73	121	30	5	9	70	188	33	74	6	5	.287	.346	.447	.793
12	Cincinnati Reds	8	261	38	60	15	2	12	35	115	30	53	5	2	.230	.313	.441	.754
13	Washington Nationals	9	314	45	78	18	2	9	42	127	32	68	14	1	.248	.323	.404	.727
14	San Diego Padres	10	349	53	89	26	3	4	48	133	31	46	14	5	.255	.325	.381	.706
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	379	62	89	15	6	11	61	149	40	80	9	3	.235	.311	.393	.704
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	267	29	63	6	2	5	27	88	41	47	4	4	.236	.342	.330	.672

You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.

[Fman99]

How many of these taters were clubbed by guys who might deserve a spot on a MLB roster but instead will be displaced by such dead wood as Alex Cora and Fernando Tatis?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't be a Yankee fan. Backup infielders are a fact of life.

Of LIFE.

[Valadius]

And here I was thinking this thread was announcing the return of Zvon.

[ashie62]

Nice to see David Wright get a knock..a thing of beauty

[MFS62]

In the games I've heard/seen, the announcers have commented that the wind was blowing out.
But yesterday, Matthews' shot was to dead center (the wind was blowing out to right) and Bay's homer landed about 75 feet beyond the fence.
Wind my ass.
I prefer to think the Mets have power.
And I'm lovin' every minute of it.
Thanks for the chart.

LAter

[ashie62]

Jason Bay goes yard

[Guest Edgy DC]

You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.[/quote:nylt4b8j]
That same Pittsburgh team, by the way, is now beating the piss out of the Yankees.

[MFS62]

You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.[/quote:x8zprb0c]
That same Pittsburgh team, by the way, is now beating the piss out of the Yankees.[/quote:x8zprb0c]

Couldn't happen to a nicer team.
Beat 'em Bucs. *

Later
* = their slogan in the 60's.

[ashie62]

The era of Forbes Field, Phillies at Briggs and my favorite... Mets at Crosley with the uphill rightfield which seemed more natural than the putting green in CF at Houston..

[Fman99]

I've been meaning for several years to make it to Pittsburgh for a Mets/Pirates tilt... that new park looks beautiful on TV, and it's not all that much further of a drive than Flushing is from my house.

I'm discouraged by Mets' annual steaming coil of badness that they deposit on the field in that city though. Man.

[Guest themetfairy]

PNC is my favorite park - you really should make the trip Fman!