Benjamin Grimm

If Oliver Perez can't get an inning in a game like this, when IS he going to pitch? I wonder if they actually want him to feel buried so that he'll accept an assignment to Buffalo.

Totals for May 21, 2010 (12 votes) New York Yankees 2, New York Mets 1 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceHisanori Takahashi54.534.546.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO.Ike Davis11.971.001-4, 2B, RBI, SOJason Bay9.720.811-4, R, 2B, SOPedro Feliciano7.730.641.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Manny Acosta6.020.501.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Alex Cora4.100.341-2, 2 BBAngel Pagan1.200.101-3, 2 SOOliver Perez1.030.090.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.

Box score Dickey 3.5 Valdes 1.5 Reyes 2 Francoeur 1.5 Bay 1.5

This reminds me of a doubly wrong trivia question that I used to hear a lot. (Both its question and answer are wrong.) Q: Who are the only non-players in the Baseball Hall of Fame? A. Abbott and Costello.

Voting for all three games from this past weekend's Subway Series against the Yankees at Citi Field will close on Wednesday morning. We're closing in on POTM time, and we have a couple of close races, so be sure to be heard! Schaefer POTG 5/21/2010 - MFYs 2 Mets 1 Schaefer POTG 5/22/10 - Mets 5, MFYs 3 Schaefer POTG 5/23/10 - Mets 6, MFYs 4

Usually the tallying is pretty easy, but sometimes it's a pain in the butt... Ashie62 awarded 10.5 points. His votes were prorated as follows: Wright 3 2.86 Davis 1.5 1.43 Reyes 0.75 0.71 Barajas 2 1.9 Valdes 2 1.9 Francoeur 1 0.95 Pagan 0.25 0.24 Gwreck was more generous. He awarded 11 points, and was also prorated: Wright 3 2.72 Valdes 3 2.72 Barajas 1.25 1.14 Bay 1.25 1.14 Davis 1.25 1.14 Francoeur 1.25 1.14 But wait... there's more! Edgy DC awarded what's probably an all-time record 12.75 points, and also got prorated: Davis 2.78 2.17 Barajas 2.67 2.09 Valdes 2.00 1.57 Francoeur 1.47 1.15 Bay 0.99 0.78 Wright 0.97 0.76 Pagan 0.48 0.38 Acosta 0.47 0.37 Matthews 0.44 0.35 Tatis 0.48 0.38 Totals for May 20, 2010 (9 votes) New York Mets 10, Washington Nationals 7 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceRaul Valdes22.192.47(W) 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.David Wright21.242.361-4, 2B, 4 RBIRod Barajas12.381.382-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SOIke Davis11.041.233-5, 3 R, 2 2BJeff Francoeur9.191.022-5, R, 2 RBI, SBJason Bay6.320.703-5, 2 R, SOJos� Reyes3.910.432-5, R, RBI, BBManny Acosta1.070.121.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO.Alex Cora1.000.110-4, RBIAngel Pagan0.720.080-3, R, 2 BB, SOFernando Tatis0.380.040-0, BBGary Matthews0.350.041-1Jenrry Mejia0.200.021.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO.

Totals for May 19, 2010 (10 votes) Washington Nationals 5, New York Mets 3 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceAngel Pagan37.203.721-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SOR. A. Dickey22.932.296.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO.Jeff Francoeur8.410.841-2, RBI, BBFernando Tatis6.970.701-4, R, HR, RBI, SOManny Acosta5.770.581.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Oliver Perez0.700.070.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.Jason Bay0.250.020-3, R, BBAlex Cora0.120.010-0

Centerfield wrote: So, given the choice between Cora (bad offense, ok defense) and Murphy (ok offense, passable defense) I would go with Murphy. Replace "Alex Cora" and "Daniel Murphy" with "Brian Giles" and "Wally Backman" and you have the decision that Davey Johnson made in 1984. Davey always opted for offense over defense, and it generally worked out. I'd like to see Murphy play a lot of second base at Buffalo for a while, and see what we've got.

My guess will be Misch.

The final two games from last week's series against the Nationals in DC will close on Tuesday morning. Schaefer POTG 5/19/10 - Nationals 5, Mets 3 Schaefer POTG 5/20/10 - Mets 10, Nationals 7

Santana 4 Bay 4 Cora 1 Reyes 0.5 Davis 0.5

Pelfrey 3 Rodriguez 1 Bay 2 Wright 2 Pagan 2

Pelfrey: 84 pitches through five. I fear he may be prematurely yanked.

I wouldn't do that either. If Oswalt is as difficult to trade as that article suggests, I'd wait until the price came down to Kevin Mulvey and Carlos Gomez.

Very nice. Maybe Joe will get to draw a happy picture on his index card tonight.

David comes through and the Mets draw first blood!

Takahashi 4.5 Bay 1 Davis 1 Feliciano 1 Acosta 1

In Britain, "shagging flies" would mean having sex with flying insects.

Is Tiger Stadium is the only ballpark the Mets have played in but never won? No. EDIT: Oops, Fafif beat me to it.

Young Thole needs to make a case that a place should be held for him.

I think his home run numbers are high because he's playing in a home run friendly park. Oh... wait...

Totals for May 18, 2010 (6 votes) Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 2 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana23.473.917.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO.Ike Davis10.631.771-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SOJeff Francoeur9.061.511-3, R, HR, RBIPedro Feliciano2.730.46(L) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Luis Castillo1.930.322-4Gary Matthews0.180.030-0

Valdes 1.8 Wright 2.5 Barajas 1.1 Bay 1.8 Francoeur 1 Davis 1.8

I guess I won't be able to watch, then. Probably for the best.