SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2013

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2013

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for May 2013 is DANIEL MURPHY. This is Murph's second win; he had previously been named Player of the Month in July of 2011. His triple slashes were .317/.345/.471, with 2 homers and 12 RBI. He led the Mets in runs (16), hits (33), doubles (10), and total bases (49).


The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month for May is MATT HARVEY, who is also a second-time winner, having won his first Pitcher of the Month award last month. Matt made 5 starts in May and was 1-0 with four no-decisions. In 37.2 innings, he struck out a team-leading 38 batters and walked only 5. His ERA was 2.15.

The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is third-time winner BOBBY PARNELL. In 13 games in May, Bobby was 3-1 with 7 saves and a 2.08 ERA. In 13 innings he walked 6 and struck out 13.


The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for May is JORDANY VALDESPIN. This is Jordany's third time as Bench Player of the Month and second time this year. His 5.05 points earned coming off the bench in May were only 0.16 ahead of Mike Baxter's 4.89.







Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
David Wright 13
Johan Santana 6
Carlos Beltran 5
Jose Reyes 5
R. A. Dickey 4
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
Daniel Murphy 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Lucas Duda 1
Ruben Tejada 1
John Buck 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
R. A. Dickey 10
Johan Santana 9
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Tom Glavine 3
Jonathon Niese 2
Orlando Hernandez 2
Matt Harvey 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Dillon Gee 1
Chris Capuano 1


RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
Brian Stokes 5
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Bobby Parnell 3
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Jon Rauch 2
Billy Wagner 1
Aaron Heilman 1
Duaner Sanchez 1
Scott Schoeneweis 1
Pedro Feliciano 1
Sean Green 1
Fernando Nieve 1
Hisanori Takahashi 1
Elmer Dessens 1
Jason Isringhausen 1
Frank Francisco 1
Josh Edgin 1
Scott Rice 1



BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Jordany Valdespin 3
Mike Baxter 1
Justin Turner 1
Scott Hairston 1
Ronny Cede�o 1
Kelly Shoppach 1

[Edgy MD]

Brian Stokes is going down.

[G-Fafif]

Matt Harvey: twice the pitcher Alay Soler ever was.

The May 2013 Mets: Rick Ankiel was our eleventh-best player...and he wasn't even here the whole month!

Some of the pictures used in these glorious cards really driving home that Topps hardly ever used nighttime shots. Did they? The only Mets cards from the '70s that come to mind in that sense were the postseason cards from the '74 set.

Great job by Grimm!

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: Some of the pictures used in these glorious cards really driving home that Topps hardly ever used nighttime shots. Did they? The only Mets cards from the '70s that come to mind in that sense were the postseason cards from the '74 set.

Here's a Topps shot that never made it into the final set. It might be a night-time shot, -- it's dark enough -- though my guess is just inadequate artificial or camera lighting because if it were night-time, there'd be more people in the stands. The shot was taken during the visiting Expos portion of batting practice,and BP always occurred in daylight, even during a night game, even during an early season night game. Who's the player? The uniform provides a clue as to the era.

[G-Fafif]

Ken Henderson -- and in a nick of time!

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: Ken Henderson -- and in a nick of time!

That's right. And Henderson the K, who never appeared on his own Topps Mets card, was on the Mets active roster for just a nick of time - less than a week of the '78 season.

[G-Fafif]

After he and his brother Steve excelled in one of Ken's three or so games as a Met, Murph referred to them repeatedly as "the Henderson men". Then the Hendii went singular.

[Zvon]

Four new Grimm cards.yay!

I have collected 66. I fear some got buy me cuz I think you have made more than that.

[Edgy MD]

Opened the season penciled in as the everyday rightfielder. Wonder what happened? Trouble with Torre? Pissed that the team cut Bobby Valentine? Awkwardness of dressing next to a guy whose ancestors may have been owned by yours?

He didn't arrive on the team until March 15, to complete the mammoth blockbuster Milner/Monta�ez/Devine/Boggs/Miller/PtBNL/Grieve/Blyleven/Oliver/Norman/Matlack deal (he the PtBNL). That he came so late may suggest the team was never so committed to him as all that. Texas grieved so much after losing Grieve they went and got him back to never ever let him go.

I'm Googling...

All I'm able to find out was that he was on the DL at the time of the trade after crashing into the fence and spraining a toe. Possible conclusions:

[list:2pgroulo][*:2pgroulo]The Mets thought him too soft.[/*:m:2pgroulo]
[*:2pgroulo]The Mets were growing deeply enamored of Elliott Maddox/Bruce Boisclair/Joel Youngblood while Henderson was healing.[/*:m:2pgroulo]
[*:2pgroulo]They really really thought they needed relief pitching, and Henderson was rather indistinguishable from their other options in right.[/*:m:2pgroulo][/list:u:2pgroulo]

The third looks most likely. Dale Murray, who they got for him, wasn't the most effective pitcher, but he was a horse.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Four new Grimm cards.yay! I have collected 66. I fear some got buy me cuz I think you have made more than that.

Grimm should print his cards. For distribution.

G-Fafif wrote: After he and his brother Steve excelled in one of Ken's three or so games as a Met, Murph referred to them repeatedly as "the Henderson men". Then the Hendii went singular.

I thought the Henderson v.K acquisition would be fruitful, though I preferred that Matlack stayed on. Henderson was a very solid if unspectacular outfielder and about as good as anybody the Mets had. Of course, those being the Mets, the de Roulet Mets, Henderson's career went into irreversible decline about as soon as the Mets got him.

[Guest themetfairy]

Awesome work, as always!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Zvon wrote: Four new Grimm cards.yay! I have collected 66. I fear some got buy me cuz I think you have made more than that.

I recently revisited some of the earlier cards. I had some 1971 and 1975 cards without the player signatures and I've fixed that. I'm planning to post them to the UMDB on a page where you could select by player or by year. That will involve me cataloging the cards, and I'll then find out if I have more than your count of 66.

I'll post the revised 1971 and 1975 cards in the "UMDB Stuff" thread.

[G-Fafif]

K. Henderson's brief Met tenure revisited here. At one of our Amazin' Tuesday get-togethers in 2010, Marty Noble let it be known Ken wasn't the most diligent of rehabbers. Nobody asked. He volunteered it when the subject of Mets injuries came up.

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Zvon wrote: Four new Grimm cards.yay! I have collected 66. I fear some got buy me cuz I think you have made more than that. I recently revisited some of the earlier cards. I had some 1971 and 1975 cards without the player signatures and I've fixed that. I'm planning to post them to the UMDB on a page where you could select by player or by year. That will involve me cataloging the cards, and I'll then find out if I have more than your count of 66. I'll post the revised 1971 and 1975 cards in the "UMDB Stuff" thread.

I'd have to think you do. I have a special folder called Ben Grimms Cards, but sometimes I saved them to a different folder called Met Baseball Cards. I'll look in there and see how many I can recognize as yours. That folder has over 900 card images in it. Yikes.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I count 127 cards.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: I have a special folder ... called Met Baseball Cards.... That folder has over 900 card images in it. Yikes.

Sometimes I wonder if collecting baseball cards is a colossal waste of good money. The answer turns on whether I could load all my Mets card images in my computer, and enjoy the images just the same. My '63 Topps Duke Snider, for example, has rounded corners, which annoy me to no end yet I know that at this stage in my life, I'm never going to plunk down about $100+ to get a NM copy of that card. I bring this up because a few months ago, I discovered that Topps, in one of its recent sets, reprinted that card just as it originally appeared 50 years ago, without any tell-tale indication on the front that the card is a reprint. So I bought that Snider reprint and stuck it in my folder of '63 Topps cards. And I'm fine. The faux Snier doesn't bother me at all.


1963 Topps Duke Snider - price (NM) $100.00+


2011 60 Years of Topps - '63 Duke Snider -- price 40 cents.

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I count 127 cards.

Damn. Bright side, I eventually will collect em all.

I found a few cards that could be yours in the other folder. With the Topps remakes and others who make card tributes like you once they get in that folder it gets confusing. The '70 Brian Stokes is yours, right? I also have folders for Met seasons, from 1962 to 2013, full of images from that year. I have found cards in those at times.

I have a '71 Santana with a card back. That yours?
Have you ever posted non-Met cards here?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I recently revisited some of the earlier cards. I had some 1971 and 1975 cards without the player signatures and I've fixed that. I'm planning to post them to the UMDB on a page where you could select by player or by year. That will involve me cataloging the cards, and I'll then find out if I have more than your count of 66. I'll post the revised 1971 and 1975 cards in the "UMDB Stuff" thread.

Kool. I'm wordpadding up my Grimm card checklist.

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: Matt Harvey: twice the pitcher Alay Soler ever was. The May 2013 Mets: Rick Ankiel was our eleventh-best player...and he wasn't even here the whole month!

I'd say the first few players put up respectable point totals, but mostly it was a pretty weak month, which isn't really at all surprising. Harvey nearly doubled up Jon Niese's point total.

G-Fafif wrote: Great job by Grimm!

Thanks!