Benjamin Grimm

Totals for September 16, 2009 (9 votes) Atlanta Braves 6, New York Mets 5 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceOmir Santos16.781.861-1, R, HR, RBIJosh Thole12.061.342-4, 2 RBIDavid Wright11.011.223-5, RBILance Broadway9.921.102.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Jeff Francoeur8.830.983-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 SOJeremy Reed6.250.691-3, R, RBICarlos Beltran4.580.512-4, 2B, BBWilson Valdez3.080.342-3, SOKen Takahashi2.880.320.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Brian Stokes2.650.290.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.Sean Green2.050.230.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Pedro Feliciano1.850.210.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO.Luis Castillo1.000.111-5, R, BB, SOAnderson Hernandez0.660.070-0, BBFrancisco Rodriguez0.310.03(L) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.Angel Pagan0.070.011-2

Jose, quoted in the Daily News this morning, is still hoping to play in a game or two before the season ends. If that doesn't work out, then he'll get the surgery, which is said to require two months of recovery time.

Beltran 1.75 Pagan 1.75 Castillo 1.5 Francoeur 1.5 Green 0.5 Pelfrey 1 Valdez 0.75

Murphy 1.5 Stoner 1 Stokes 1

If anyone is inclined to vote for any of the three games against Washington from this past weekend (September 18, 19, and 20) please try to do so before the end of the day on Tuesday, as I'll be closing them out some time on Wednesday. Very few votes so far. I know this has been a miserable season, and it's hard to pay too much attention to the Mets these days, but we're almost at the end of the line here. Let's try to hang in there with the Schaefer voting for just a couple of more weeks.

I had heard that his head literally rolled off his neck, leading to a panicky search in the clubhouse. The bat boy eventually found it under a chair, and everyone had a good laugh. At least, that's what I heard. And now that it's been posted on the Internet, it must be true.

Meanwhile, Pedro Martinez is injured in Philadelphia. While he was pitching he felt something in his neck and removed himself from the game. Raise your hand if you're at all surprised by this.

Well, there was Mo Vaughn, who had his moments, but just not very many of them.

They also clinched a winning decade!

The line for the running-the-bases thing actually moves pretty quickly, one it gets started. You have to stand out there for a while while they set up the field. (They put up barriers so you can't step on the grass.) But as I said, once it gets moving they're pretty efficient about keeping it going. I made my second (and final, for 2009) visit to Citi Field on September 5. We were in the center field seats (section 141) and we bailed from that section in the second inning. Since the stadium was half empty, we were able to move around a lot, and sampled the ballpark from a variety of shady seats.

BOX SCORE Maine 2 Murphy 2.7 Valdez 1.25 Beltran 1.25 Pagan 1.5 Dessens 1 Rodriguez 0.3

Voting for the September 16 and 17 games will close on Tuesday. Only five votes so far for the game of the 17th.

BOX SCORE Redding 4 Feliciano 0.5 Rodriguez 1 Francoeur 2 Murphy 2 Wright 0.5

Mets, on or after July 1: 1962 20 67 0.230 1963 22 63 0.259 1964 31 55 0.360 1965 24 62 0.279 1966 37 54 0.407 1967 36 57 0.387 1968 37 51 0.420 1969 60 30 0.667 1970 43 46 0.483 1971 38 50 0.432 1972 42 47 0.472 1973 50 40 0.556 1974 41 47 0.466 1975 45 46 0.495 1976 47 39 0.547 1977 33 55 0.375 1978 33 51 0.393 1979 32 60 0.348 1980 33 58 0.363 1981 24 28 0.462 1982 29 58 0.333 1983 39 48 0.448 1984 52 39 0.571 1985 60 30 0.667 1986 58 33 0.637 1987 52 35 0.598 1988 51 32 0.614 1989 47 40 0.540 1990 50 41 0.549 1991 38 50 0.432 1992 36 49 0.424 1993 36 51 0.414 1994 21 15 0.583 1995 46 38 0.548 1996 34 48 0.415 1997 43 39 0.524 1998 45 39 0.536 1999 53 32 0.624 2000 49 36 0.576 2001 47 33 0.588 2002 35 46 0.432 2003 31 49 0.388 2004 34 52 0.395 2005 44 40 0.524 2006 50 33 0.602 2007 42 41 0.506 2008 49 31 0.613 2009 26 45 0.366 Mets, Game 82 through the end of the season: 1962 17 62 0.215 1963 22 59 0.272 1964 30 52 0.366 1965 23 59 0.280 1966 31 49 0.388 1967 29 52 0.358 1968 35 46 0.432 1969 53 28 0.654 1970 38 43 0.469 1971 37 44 0.457 1972 36 39 0.480 1973 47 33 0.588 1974 36 45 0.444 1975 39 42 0.481 1976 43 38 0.531 1977 33 48 0.407 1978 32 49 0.395 1979 30 52 0.366 1980 28 53 0.346 1981 10 13 0.435 1982 27 54 0.333 1983 38 43 0.469 1984 43 38 0.531 1985 52 29 0.642 1986 52 29 0.642 1987 49 32 0.605 1988 48 31 0.608 1989 45 36 0.556 1990 43 38 0.531 1991 30 50 0.375 1992 34 47 0.420 1993 34 47 0.420 1994 19 13 0.594 1995 37 26 0.587 1996 34 47 0.420 1997 43 38 0.531 1998 44 37 0.543 1999 52 30 0.634 2000 48 33 0.593 2001 47 34 0.580 2002 35 45 0.438 2003 31 49 0.388 2004 30 51 0.370 2005 43 38 0.531 2006 49 32 0.605 2007 42 39 0.519 2008 49 32 0.605 2009 24 42 0.364

It's also the first decade the Mets have played in which their number of games wasn't reduced by either a strike or, in the case of the 1960's, two seasons of non-existence.

I can check that. How would we define second half? Games 82 through 162? Or games on-or-after July 1?

Let's hope that the 2010's are a 900-win decade.

The Mets need to win 2 of their remaining 15 games to clinch a winning decade for only the second time in their history! In the 1960's, they were 494-799. (.382) In the 1970's, 763-850. (.473) In the 1980's, 816-743 (.523) In the 1990's, 767-786 (.494) And so far in this still-unnamed decade, they're 808-795 (.504) With 9 wins, they can make it their winningest decade. If all 15 remaining games get played, the Mets will have played a total of 1,618 games in the 2000's, topping the 1,614 played in the 1970's. Who said these remaining games are meaningless???

Totals for September 15, 2009 (9 votes) Atlanta Braves 6, New York Mets 0 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceDaniel Murphy9.021.002-4, 2BLuis Castillo5.040.561-3, BB, SBJosh Thole4.900.541-3, BB, SOKen Takahashi4.650.520.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Brian Stokes0.500.061.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Elmer Dessens0.250.031.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.

Murphy 2 Tatis 2 Valdez 1 Stoner 1.25

No Beltran, huh?