Mets on Opening Day

[Edgy MD]

Today's win places the all-time Mets Opening Day record at a lofty 35-21. Their .625 winning percentage is easily the best among all active National League franchises and is third all-time.

A win next season combined with a Blue Jays loss would allow them to catch and pass Toronto and grab the second-best all-time Opening Day winning percentage. Wins the next THREE YEARS would allow them catch and surpass the Yankees, achieving the best-ever OD winning percentage, provided the Yankees do their part and lose all three years.

Terry Collins has now won more Opening Days than any manager in Mets history.

Mets Managers' Opening Day Records
Casey Stengel: 0-4
Wes Westrum: 0-2
Salty Parker: 0-0
Gil Hodges: 2-2
Yogi Berra: 4-0
Roy McMillan: 0-0
Joe Frazier: 2-0
Joe Torre: 3-1
George Bamberger: 2-0
Frank Howard: 0-0
Davey Johnson: 4-3
Bud Harrelson: 1-0
Mike Cubbage: 0-0
Jeff Torborg: 1-1
Dallas Green: 1-2
Bobby Valentine: 4-2
Art Howe: 1-1
Willie Randolph: 3-1
Jerry Manuel: 1-1
Terry Collins: 5-2

[dinosaur jesus]

I'm a little confused. In this thread, opening day is considered to be the home opener. But in the opening day quiz thread, it's the first game of the season. That's what I'd actually consider opening day to be. For the record, the Mets are now 36-20 by that definition. Gary actually mentioned that during the broadcast, and said it was the best record in baseball.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I've also always noticed these competing definitions of opening day and they've always annoyed the living shit out of me, at least to the extent that such a trivial thing in the grand scheme of things could annoy me in the first place. I don't know what the official definition of opening day is, or if there even is one, but as far as I'm concerned, a team has one opening day -- and its the first game of the season, irrespective of where that game's played. Every team has a "home opener"*, but if that home opener isn't the team's first game of the season, it's not opening day in my book -- it's just a home opener.

*But not the Port Ruppert Mundys.

[Edgy MD]

dinosaur jesus wrote: I'm a little confused. In this thread, opening day is considered to be the home opener. But in the opening day quiz thread, it's the first game of the season. That's what I'd actually consider opening day to be. For the record, the Mets are now 36-20 by that definition. Gary actually mentioned that during the broadcast, and said it was the best record in baseball.

I certainly meant to report the record on the first day of the season.