Schaefer Year Eleven

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the 2015 Schaefer Mets Player of the Year Award will begin on Monday, April 6, the Crane Pool Forum has announced. This will be the eleventh season that Crane Pool Forum members will be participating in Schaefer voting. The Schaefer Mets Player of the Year Award was established in the 1970's, and Schaefer points were awarded by Mets broadcasters Lindsey Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. The award was re-established by the Crane Pool Forum in 2005. Third baseman David Wright has been the winner in in six of the ten years of the revived prize. The other winners were Johan Santana in 2008, Jose Reyes in 2011, Daniel Murphy in 2013, and Lucas Duda in 2014. A voting thread is opened in the forum at the conclusion of each regular season Mets game, according to CPF spokesmodel Benjamin Grimm. Voting generally stays open for two business days, after which the votes are tallied and the results are posted in the voting thread. In addition, says Grimm, each month a Schaefer Mets Player, Pitcher, Relief Pitcher, and Bench Player of the Month will be named. Voters are asked to adhere to a specific format, which is outlined at http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/6200/f9_t6278.shtml

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Centerfield]

Thanks for doing this year after year BG.

[Guest themetfairy]

Yes, thank you BG!

I assume that we will be awarding bullpen beer to ATorres and CTorres this season?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, that's correct! Thanks for mentioning that; I meant to include that in this year's announcement but it slipped my mind.

Alex Torres = ATorres
Carlos Torres = CTorres

[Edgy MD]

Also important to distinguish the Morris triplets from one another.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Just seeing all those cards in one place makes my day. I'm torn about which one I like best. Clearly the '72 Colon in action is a classic. The '77 Wright is perfection. The '76 Campbell looks like it just came out of a pack. I have fond memories of that set -- I pulled a Seaver in the first pack I opened that year, and declared I didn't have to buy another pack for the rest of the year, a vow that I believe lasted a day.

[Edgy MD]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Just seeing all those cards in one place makes my day. I'm torn about which one I like best. Clearly the '72 Colon in action is a classic. The '77 Wright is perfection. The '76 Campbell looks like it just came out of a pack. I have fond memories of that set -- I pulled a Seaver in the first pack I opened that year, and declared I didn't have to buy another pack for the rest of the year, a vow that I believe lasted a day.

I'll come out and say it. The battleship gray design of 1970 is about as depressing as anything Topps ever did. Makes me feel bad to look at — real bad — and speaks of no era in particular so much as an era in which people don't care about anything, and the player doesn't seem distinct with regard to his position or his team. It says, "My friends all got real Topps baseball cards but my parents got me this generic off-brand cardboard crap."

That it was the design on which the Mets most miraculous victory was celebrated is like the team's second historical damning, after their misbegotten birth.

That said, the 1971–1974 cards are a dream. Those designers belong in the Hall of Fame.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Edgy MD wrote: Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Just seeing all those cards in one place makes my day. I'm torn about which one I like best. Clearly the '72 Colon in action is a classic. The '77 Wright is perfection. The '76 Campbell looks like it just came out of a pack. I have fond memories of that set -- I pulled a Seaver in the first pack I opened that year, and declared I didn't have to buy another pack for the rest of the year, a vow that I believe lasted a day. I'll come out and say it. The battleship gray design of 1970 is about as depressing as anything Topps ever did. Makes me feel bad to look at — real bad — and speaks of no era in particular so much as an era in which people don't care about anything, and the player doesn't seem distinct with regard to his position or his team. It says, "My friends all got real Topps baseball cards but my parents got me this generic off-brand cardboard crap." That it was the design on which the Mets most miraculous victory was celebrated is like the team's second historical damning, after their misbegotten birth. That said, the 1971–1974 cards are a dream. Those designers belong in the Hall of Fame.

And the thing about the 1970 cards is that they were actually a step up from 1969, which had a nearly recycled design and bunches of recycled photos!

[metsmarathon]

i'm going to be trying really really hard to vote every game, through the whole damned season.

now... where did i leave that skate key?

[Ceetar]

my beer yesterday

[Edgy MD]

I don't know. The 1969 designs are uninspired and derivative to be sure. But the circles are two-toned, good contrasts on the colors, and the fonts pop more than the dark-gray-against-the-light gray fake script of 1970.

Plus the excellent portraiture features the players with their hats on, which means more color. I just realized that a lot of what I don't like about 1970s are a lot of indifferently coiffed hatless portraits. The 1969 portraits are heroic. The 1970 features the greatest player on the planet in what looks like hostage photo.



I guess what I hate is all the gray. It's like they they're asking me to buy the car while it still has its primer coat on. Do me the honor of finishing it, and then we'll talk.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: my beer yesterday

My friend's daughter gave me a Yankee Budweiser glass yesterday
for my Easter beers... I told her I'd use it, provided no images appeared
on fb, snap chat, instagram, etc. of me with it. No harm, no foul.

[Centerfield]

Poster of the Forum Voting - 4/6/15 - Mets at Nats.

Grimm 6
Fairy 1
MD 1
marathon .5
Kong .5
Lunchbucket .25
Knot .25
wolf .25
monk .25

[Guest themetfairy]

I'd love to qualify for one of those cards one month....

[metsmarathon]

d'arnaud is preferable to darnaud, correct? i think i have some apostrophe's to' a'dd.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't know; it's been a while since I tallied any Schaefer games! I know it works with the apostrophe, but I'm not sure if it works without it. So for now, I suppose I'd prefer if you included the apostrophe.

Thanks for checking!

[Centerfield]

themetfairy wrote: I'd love to qualify for one of those cards one month....

You either have to win Schaefer or turn 1 year old.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the season-opening win in Washington will close on Thursday afternoon, some time after 12 p.m.

Schaefer POTG 4/6/15 - Mets 3, Nationals 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

Vic Sage wrote: TheOldMole wrote: Colon 4 d'Arnaud 3 Familia 1 Torres 1 Carlyle 1 Nothing for Duda, Mole?

Please remember... don't quote somebody else's votes in the voting thread; it can cause the votes to be counted twice.

I've removed the above post from the April 6 Schaefer thread and posted it here.

[Vic Sage]

ok, sorry. i just thought Mole made an unintended error so i wanted him to notice, in case he wanted to edit his vote.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Wednesday night's loss to the Nationals will close some time over the weekend, but not before noon on Saturday.

Schaefer POTG 4/8/15 - Nationals 2, Mets 1

[Frayed Knot]

Muffy deserves at least some props for Sunday's game -- Braves IW Tejada and bring in a LHP just to pitch to him and he delivers the tying run.
The brutha deserves a sip or two!!

[ashie62]

For better or worse I am a consistent Schaefer voter, for years actually. It is fun.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for last Thursday afternoon's win in Washington will close on Tuesday morning, some time after 10 a.m.

Schaefer POTG 4/9/15 - Mets 6, Nationals 3

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the entire weekend series in Atlanta will close on Wednesday morning, some time after 10 a.m.

Schaefer POTG 4/10/15 - Braves 5, Mets 3
Schaefer POTG 04/11/2015: Atlanta 5, Mets 3
Schaefer POTG 4/12/15 - Mets 4, Braves 3

[metsmarathon]

i'll be catching up this afternoon!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Monday's "non-Harvey" home opener will close on Thursday morning, some time after 10 a.m.

Schaefer POTG 4/13/15 - Mets 2, Phillies 0

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK, 2015
Week ending April 11, 2015: Travis d'Arnaud, 4.86 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for Tuesday night's win over the Phillies will close on Friday morning, some time after 10 a.m.

Schaefer POTG 4/14/15 - Mets 6, Phillies 5