Benjamin Grimm

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If the Mets sweep the lowly White Sox (and I've learned to be fearful of teams called "lowly") and the Braves lose the next three to the first-place Phillies, neither of which are implausible scenarios, the Mets will wake up on September 2 tied for the third Wild Card berth. Even if it doesn't turn out exactly that way, the Mets do have an opportunity here to make up some much-needed ground.

The nine living 1962 Mets are Jay Hook, Craig Anderson, Felix Mantilla, Cliff Cook, Galen Cisco, Rick Herrscher, Jim Marshall, John DeMerit, and Ed Kranepool.

In turn, I'll demand a peek inside her backpack. I think that when they make Backpack Girl: The Movie, they should get Monica Keena Mouse to play the lead.

We're clearly living in the era of the hit batsman. At Bats 1. David Wright 5,998 2. Jose Reyes 5,437 3. Ed Kranepool 5,436 4. Bud Harrelson 4,390 5. Cleon Jones 4,223 6. Mookie Wilson 4,027 7. Howard Johnson 3,968 8. Darryl Strawberry 3,903 9. Edgardo Alfonzo 3,897 10. Jerry Grote 3,881 11. Mike Piazza 3,478 12. Daniel Murphy 3,354 13. Keith Hernandez 3,164 14. Carlos Beltran 3,133 15. Pete Alonso 3,040 16. Brandon Nimmo 3,033 17. Lee Mazzilli 3,013 18. Rey Ordonez 2,937 19. Kevin McReynolds 2,910 20. Jeff McNeil 2,830 Runs: 1. David Wright 949 2. Jose Reyes 885 3. Darryl Strawberry 662 4. Howard Johnson 627 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 614 6. Mookie Wilson 592 7. Cleon Jones 563 8. Carlos Beltran 551 9. Ed Kranepool 536 10. Mike Piazza 532 11. Brandon Nimmo 497 12. Bud Harrelson 490 13. Pete Alonso 477 14. Keith Hernandez 455 15. Daniel Murphy 422 16. Kevin McReynolds 405 17. Lee Mazzilli 404 18. Michael Conforto 400 19. Wayne Garrett 389 20. Jeff McNeil 388 21. Francisco Lindor 370 Hits: 1. David Wright 1,777 2. Jose Reyes 1,534 3. Ed Kranepool 1,418 4. Cleon Jones 1,188 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 1,136 6. Mookie Wilson 1,112 7. Bud Harrelson 1,029 8. Mike Piazza 1,028 9. Darryl Strawberry 1,025 10. Howard Johnson 997 11. Jerry Grote 994 12. Daniel Murphy 967 13. Keith Hernandez 939 14. Carlos Beltran 878 15. Jeff McNeil 819 16. Brandon Nimmo 800 17. Lee Mazzilli 796 18. Kevin McReynolds 791 19. Pete Alonso 759 20. Felix Millan 743 Doubles: 1. David Wright 390 2. Jose Reyes 272 3. Daniel Murphy 228 4. Ed Kranepool 225 5. Howard Johnson 214 6. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 7. Carlos Beltran 208 8. Mike Piazza 193 9. Darryl Strawberry 187 10. Cleon Jones 182 11. Jeff McNeil 172 12. Mookie Wilson 170 13T. Keith Hernandez 159 13T. Brandon Nimmo 159 15. Kevin McReynolds 153 16. John Stearns 152 17. Lee Mazzilli 148 18. Lucas Duda 146 19. Jerry Grote 143 20. Michael Conforto 141 21. Pete Alonso 140 Home runs: 1. Darryl Strawberry 252 2. David Wright 242 3. Pete Alonso 221 4. Mike Piazza 220 5. Howard Johnson 192 6. Dave Kingman 154 7. Carlos Beltran 149 8. Michael Conforto 132 9. Lucas Duda 125 10. Todd Hundley 124 11. Kevin McReynolds 122 12. Edgardo Alfonzo 120 13. Ed Kranepool 118 14. Jose Reyes 108 15T. Brandon Nimmo 105 15T. Francisco Lindor 105 17. Carlos Delgado 104 18. George Foster 99 19T. Bobby Bonilla 95 19T. Curtis Granderson 95 Runs Batted In 1. David Wright 970 2. Darryl Strawberry 733 3. Mike Piazza 655 4. Howard Johnson 629 5. Ed Kranepool 614 6. Pete Alonso 572 7. Carlos Beltran 559 8. Edgardo Alfonzo 538 9T. Cleon Jones 521 9T. Jose Reyes 521 11. Keith Hernandez 468 12. Kevin McReynolds 456 13. Daniel Murphy 402 14. Rusty Staub 399 15. Todd Hundley 397 16. Michael Conforto 396 17. Dave Kingman 389 18. Lucas Duda 378 19. George Foster 361 20. Jerry Grote 357 21T. Lee Mazzilli 353 21T. Brandon Nimmo 353 23. Gary Carter 349 24. Francisco Lindor 347 Hit By Pitch 1. Pete Alonso 80 2. Brandon Nimmo 79 3. Jeff McNeil 76 4. Michael Conforto 50 5. Lucas Duda 48 6. David Wright 45 7. Ron Hunt 41 8. Cleon Jones 39 9. Francisco Lindor 38 10T. Cliff Floyd 37 10T. Mark Canha 37 12. Felix Millan 36 13T. Carlos Delgado 33 13T. Ruben Tejada 33 15. Edgardo Alfonzo 29 16T. Jeff Kent 28 16T. John Olerud 28 18. Darryl Strawberry 26 19. John Stearns 25 20. Curtis Granderson 24 21. Starling Marte 23

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I agree. Voters seem to put too much emphasis on the V in MVP.

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I hope the sitters understand that bedtime is at 8:30 and that the kids shouldn't get too much ice cream.

It's our Marte who's missed significant time.

It's nice that Lindor is being considered as a candidate, but I'd be very surprised if he won. Especially since it's looking more and more likely that his team won't make the postseason.

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I don't know. He just wants to talk about Qualcomm.

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If I was his doctor I would prescribe a chill pill.

Which of these three pitchers will be back with the Mets in 2025?

I'm done with Stewart. I would like it to be Gilbert or Acuna. And Megill makes sense.

Yesterday's Rangers-White Sox game in Chicago was suspended yesterday after four pitches! The leadoff batter for the Rangers, Marcus Semien, had a 2-2 count when the tarp went on the field. The game will be resumed this afternoon. It looks like Garrett Crochet, who threw the four pitches yesterday, will resume his start today. I recall a Mets game a few years ago (2021?) where Marcus Strohman was the starter and the game was called in the top of the first. He ended up missing his turn in the rotation. I think he threw seven pitches? Not sure.

My guess is 2007. I seem to associate it with late-season desperation.

There's a difference between the raw number of runners left on base and the batting average with runners on base. If you leave three runners in an inning in which zero runs are scored, that's frustrating. If you leave three runners in an inning in which seven runs are scored, that's satisfying. A team that leaves 2,000 runners on base but hits .400 with runners on is doing very well. A team that leaves 100 runners on base but hits .100 with runners on is doing very poorly. FK wasn't talking about the raw numbers. He was talking about the production with runners on.

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Well, one of three teams has to falter: the Braves, Diamondbacks, or Padres. I guess you can include the Phillies too, but they'd have to do more than falter. The playoff hopes do seem to be fading. The Mets need to have a hot September, and that may not be enough.