Benjamin Grimm

Yuck. I can feel myself becoming more and more disconnected from this team.

Or could a trade be imminent?

The remaining two games from last week's series in Baltimore will close on Tuesday afternoon: Schaefer POTG 6/17/09 - Mets 4, Orioles 6Schaefer POTG 6/18/09 - Orioles 5, Mets 4

I'm glad that I never liked him.

Are you literally beside yourself?

Santana 4.5 Feliciano 0.5 Santos 1 Church 1 Cora 0.5

I'm still not used to her new face. (Not that I see her all that often. I guess if I watched her show, I'd be used to her face.)

Isn't that the seating area in right field, near the bullpens, beneath the Pepsi Porch, where the outfield fence is a little deeper?

Wright 0.5 Murphy 0.75 Cora 1.75 Church 0.75 Beltran 1.75 Hernandez 4.5

Schneider 3 Nieve 3 Green 0.75 Rodriguez 0.75 Church 1 Murphy 0.5 Wright 0.5 Feliciano 0.5

We also have the same pert little smirk.

Hey, she and I have the same initials!

It's probably only been months. A while back our domain name expired, and when we tried to visit the forum, instead of seeing our familiar list of forums and topics, we saw the cute blonde with the backpack. Most of us thought it was an improvement.

="Centerfield":3bike97p]Starting tonight, we are about to start the most brutal stretch of the schedule.[/quote:3bike97p] Which is terrific, since the Mets have only won 5 of their last 15. attgig Jun 19 2009 01:09 PM Realistic: Tampa Bay (1/3 games) St. Louis (2/4 games) MFY's (1/3 games) Milwaukee (2/3 games) Pittsburgh (1/1 makeup game) Philadelphia (2/3 games) Dodgers (2/3 games) hope: Tampa Bay (3/3 games) St. Louis (4/4 games) MFY's (3/3 games) Milwaukee (3/3 games) Pittsburgh (1/1 makeup game) Philadelphia (3/3 games) Dodgers (3/3 games) I think going close to 500 through mid next week would be great. Then it'll all depend on reyes/maine/perez & the other dl'ers Willets Point Jun 19 2009 01:51 PM I'll predict 12-8. I can live with anything because this is baseball and baseball can't kill you. Unless the ball itself hits you in the head, but I don't plan to be in the park for any of these games. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 19 2009 02:14 PM I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too. Edgy DC Jun 19 2009 02:19 PM They're starting a 10-game winning streak tonight --- with or without Wily Mo Peña. That much is sure. Willets Point Jun 19 2009 02:27 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3pfnm5bw]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:3pfnm5bw] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding. smg58 Jun 19 2009 02:30 PM No Willy Mo, but Evans is up and F-Mart is down. I don't worry about the schedule. Yes the Rays are hot and we know what the Dodgers did to us last time, but we could have very easily won each of the last three series and a few guys are due to bust out. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 19 2009 02:32 PM ="Willets Point":39fe84w7]="John Cougar Lunchbucket":39fe84w7]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:39fe84w7] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding.[/quote:39fe84w7] I'm Yahoo Serious, brutha. Just not tellin ya which game they will lose. Really, we can less afford to go 0-20 (or worse) now, and I do believe this team has a good stretch in it, it may as well come now. Nineteen and one! Ashie62 Jun 19 2009 03:27 PM I say we get a couple of people back and put up a very respectable 12-8 themetfairy Jun 19 2009 03:55 PM Here's Nick a week ago, as a B-Met in Trenton - Fman99 Jun 19 2009 08:18 PM I think they'll go 11-9 and we'll all be cool with that. Hawkeye57 Jun 20 2009 03:35 PM ="Willets Point":2ko2c1o0]I'll predict 12-8.[/quote:2ko2c1o0] That is what I would predict as well. Anything 15-5 or better is cause for immense celebration. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2009 09:52 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":251sc3kr]="Willets Point":251sc3kr]="John Cougar Lunchbucket":251sc3kr]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:251sc3kr] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding.[/quote:251sc3kr] I'm Yahoo Serious, brutha. Just not tellin ya which game they will lose. Really, we can less afford to go 0-20 (or worse) now, and I do believe this team has a good stretch in it, it may as well come now. Nineteen and one![/quote:251sc3kr] Now if they can only win the next 18 in a row... Ashie62 Jun 21 2009 02:01 PM Starting to look like 4-16 with a 7/31 salary dump Elster88 Jun 28 2009 08:47 PM Re: Brutal ="Centerfield":1enhsaah]Starting tonight, we are about to start the most brutal stretch of the schedule. Over the next few weeks we see: Tampa Bay (3 games) St. Louis (4 games) MFY's (3 games) Milwaukee (3 games) Pittsburgh (1 makeup game) Philadelphia (3 games) Dodgers (3 games) Twenty games total before finishing up the first half against Cincy. How many do they win? How many can you live with?[/quote:1enhsaah] If we can pull this game out it'll be 5-5 over the first ten and will have made up ground in the east. I can live with that easily.

="Centerfield":3vzyabkv]Twenty games total before finishing up the first half against Cincy. How many do they win? How many can you live with?[/quote:3vzyabkv] I think they'll win 8. I'll be satisfied with 10, delighted with 12. Benjamin Grimm Jun 19 2009 01:08 PM Re: Brutal ="Centerfield":3bike97p]Starting tonight, we are about to start the most brutal stretch of the schedule.[/quote:3bike97p] Which is terrific, since the Mets have only won 5 of their last 15. attgig Jun 19 2009 01:09 PM Realistic: Tampa Bay (1/3 games) St. Louis (2/4 games) MFY's (1/3 games) Milwaukee (2/3 games) Pittsburgh (1/1 makeup game) Philadelphia (2/3 games) Dodgers (2/3 games) hope: Tampa Bay (3/3 games) St. Louis (4/4 games) MFY's (3/3 games) Milwaukee (3/3 games) Pittsburgh (1/1 makeup game) Philadelphia (3/3 games) Dodgers (3/3 games) I think going close to 500 through mid next week would be great. Then it'll all depend on reyes/maine/perez & the other dl'ers Willets Point Jun 19 2009 01:51 PM I'll predict 12-8. I can live with anything because this is baseball and baseball can't kill you. Unless the ball itself hits you in the head, but I don't plan to be in the park for any of these games. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 19 2009 02:14 PM I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too. Edgy DC Jun 19 2009 02:19 PM They're starting a 10-game winning streak tonight --- with or without Wily Mo Peña. That much is sure. Willets Point Jun 19 2009 02:27 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3pfnm5bw]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:3pfnm5bw] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding. smg58 Jun 19 2009 02:30 PM No Willy Mo, but Evans is up and F-Mart is down. I don't worry about the schedule. Yes the Rays are hot and we know what the Dodgers did to us last time, but we could have very easily won each of the last three series and a few guys are due to bust out. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 19 2009 02:32 PM ="Willets Point":39fe84w7]="John Cougar Lunchbucket":39fe84w7]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:39fe84w7] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding.[/quote:39fe84w7] I'm Yahoo Serious, brutha. Just not tellin ya which game they will lose. Really, we can less afford to go 0-20 (or worse) now, and I do believe this team has a good stretch in it, it may as well come now. Nineteen and one! Ashie62 Jun 19 2009 03:27 PM I say we get a couple of people back and put up a very respectable 12-8 themetfairy Jun 19 2009 03:55 PM Here's Nick a week ago, as a B-Met in Trenton - Fman99 Jun 19 2009 08:18 PM I think they'll go 11-9 and we'll all be cool with that. Hawkeye57 Jun 20 2009 03:35 PM ="Willets Point":2ko2c1o0]I'll predict 12-8.[/quote:2ko2c1o0] That is what I would predict as well. Anything 15-5 or better is cause for immense celebration. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2009 09:52 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":251sc3kr]="Willets Point":251sc3kr]="John Cougar Lunchbucket":251sc3kr]I predict 19-1. I mean, we need to go on a run sooner or later and this is around the time Jerry's Kids did it last year too.[/quote:251sc3kr] And just like when you predicted a 0-10 road trip or worse, you're totally not kidding.[/quote:251sc3kr] I'm Yahoo Serious, brutha. Just not tellin ya which game they will lose. Really, we can less afford to go 0-20 (or worse) now, and I do believe this team has a good stretch in it, it may as well come now. Nineteen and one![/quote:251sc3kr] Now if they can only win the next 18 in a row... Ashie62 Jun 21 2009 02:01 PM Starting to look like 4-16 with a 7/31 salary dump Elster88 Jun 28 2009 08:47 PM Re: Brutal ="Centerfield":1enhsaah]Starting tonight, we are about to start the most brutal stretch of the schedule. Over the next few weeks we see: Tampa Bay (3 games) St. Louis (4 games) MFY's (3 games) Milwaukee (3 games) Pittsburgh (1 makeup game) Philadelphia (3 games) Dodgers (3 games) Twenty games total before finishing up the first half against Cincy. How many do they win? How many can you live with?[/quote:1enhsaah] If we can pull this game out it'll be 5-5 over the first ten and will have made up ground in the east. I can live with that easily.

John Cougar Lunchbucket awarded 10.25 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: pelfrey 1.95 green 1.95 feliciano 0.49 rodriguez 0.73 schneider 1.46 fmartinez 0.24 wright 1.22 cora 0.98 church 0.98 VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for June 16, 2009 (13 votes) New York Mets 6, Baltimore Orioles 4 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceMike Pelfrey27.332.10(W) 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.Sean Green19.881.531.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Brian Schneider18.071.392-3, 2B, RBI, SO.David Wright17.881.382-5, R, RBI, SB.Alex Cora13.541.043-5, R.Fernando Martinez9.160.701-4, 2 R, SO.Francisco Rodriguez8.790.68(Sv) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.Pedro Feliciano6.990.540.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Ryan Church5.350.411-5, R, RBI.Daniel Murphy1.500.120-3, RBI.Gary Sheffield0.410.031-4.Carlos Beltran0.250.020-5, R.

="seawolf17":ylkezg2p]WAIT WAIT WAIT. They're the (Devil) Rays and their mascot is a "sea dog"?!? No wonder they can't win shit.[/quote:ylkezg2p] I think, after the name change, they're now "rays" of light, rather than the "rays" that swim in the sea. That still doesn't explain the hideous mascot, though. Hawkeye57 Jun 19 2009 09:37 AM One of the more entertaining KTE's. I like your optimism. What IS up with their mascot? Where did they get a sea dog from Rays/Devil Rays? Doesn't even make sense. My school mascot is better, and we don't even have one (well we do, but it must be in hibernation). Edgy DC Jun 19 2009 10:02 AM J.P. Howell, murdered by tough love. (Special appearance by Jason Roach.) Farmer Ted Jun 19 2009 10:08 AM I don't like the way that mascot is eying up that usherette's back side. Especially with his tongue out. A whole new meaning to Sea Doggy Style. Edgy DC Jun 19 2009 10:09 AM Re: KTE: Tampa Bay Don't-call-me-Devil Rays ="metsguyinmichigan":3tfr4fmm]Ex-Mets: Isringhausen Bradford Dan Wheeler Kazmir, if you must.[/quote:3tfr4fmm] Ahem... metirish Jun 19 2009 10:43 AM ="Edgy DC"]J.P. Howell, murdered by tough love. (Special appearance by Jason Roach.) Good link , thanks Just to be sure here , he got pulled because he didn't waste the pitch? Swan Swan H Jun 19 2009 11:16 AM So we have the Kazmir trade and the Seaver trade in our laps all weekend. Maybe they could trot out the bones of Joe Foy to make the weekend complete. Centerfield Jun 19 2009 11:58 AM Excellent KTE! Love the exclamation points! attgig Jun 19 2009 12:48 PM I sometimes still wonder about Niemann. We decided to pick up humber (his teamate from rice) one pick before the Rays got Niemann. of course now that we got Santana, i guess humber was a great pick..... metirish Jun 19 2009 01:08 PM I've been meaning to ask you for years why the girl is your avatar. Benjamin Grimm Jun 19 2009 01:11 PM It's probably only been months. A while back our domain name expired, and when we tried to visit the forum, instead of seeing our familiar list of forums and topics, we saw the cute blonde with the backpack. Most of us thought it was an improvement. metirish Jun 19 2009 01:13 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":2tbj3wzi]It's probably only been months. A while back our domain name expired, and when we tried to visit the forum, instead of seeing our familiar list of forums and topics, we saw the cute blonde with the backpack. Most of us thought it was an improvement.[/quote:2tbj3wzi] Yes , how the hell could I have forgotten. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 19 2009 01:27 PM We're the greatest sports team in the world! Thanks for the hilarious upper, MGIM. Edgy DC Jun 19 2009 02:07 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2009 06:57 PM One Saturday, the radio said some thing 'bout Fred I got online to find out, but the Pool was dead Backpack Girl! Why are you there? Backpack Girl! Your skin's so clear But my head is in a whirl No Crane Pool, just some Backpack Girl I tried three URLs that used to work before Your smile kept telling me that they don't work no more Backpack Girl! Your lip gloss turns me on Backpack Girl! But now my forum's gone And that just wrecks my world Please understand, Backpack Girl I wrote to the forum admins They forget to pay domain fees And I asked "Are you fuckin' kidding?" They said "We do this all for free Why can't you assholes see? And no one's put much money In the Community Chest We've got six e-mails from Rogers With his previews of the Dodgers On such a shitty day!"I swallowed hard, moved on to post at Grand Slam Single Such stale and shallow chat, I could not intermingle Backpack Girl! Your backpack's full of lies Backpack Girl! Oh won't you her my cries Your smile's like a pearl But your heart is cruel, Backpack Girl I turned on FAN And laughed at all the callers Who thought the world gave two shits About their dumb opinions I called about Trot Nixon They said "Hey, man, we're talking Yankees" I said "If you don't talk 'bout Trot Nixon Then your station needs some fixin'!"Someone e-mailed me who posted there as well He said we're back online and here's the URL! Backpack Girl! My shining star Backpack Girl! Be my avatar Your hair don't need no curl At the Pool with me --- the pennants we'll unfurl At the Pool with me --- the center of my world! At the Poooool with meeeee, Backpack Girrrrrl! Benjamin Grimm Jun 19 2009 02:12 PM Hey, she and I have the same initials! MFS62 Jun 19 2009 02:42 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":2uwpokzp]Hey, she and I have the same initials![/quote:2uwpokzp] Let me guess. That's the only similarity? Later Benjamin Grimm Jun 19 2009 02:57 PM We also have the same pert little smirk. Ashie62 Jun 19 2009 03:29 PM Ralph is cuter metsguyinmichigan Jun 20 2009 09:19 AM So far, everything is progressing as I have foreseen them... Edgy DC Jun 20 2009 09:48 AM Yes, Martinez sitting out a day while in transit to Buffalo definitely outdid Crawford's 0-4. Fman99 Jun 20 2009 02:04 PM Awesome KTE... Mets optimism has been in short supply the past couple weeks. Thanks for the boost. metsguyinmichigan Jun 20 2009 03:31 PM Re: KTE: Tampa Bay Don't-call-me-Devil Rays ="Edgy DC":4eb5feqg]="metsguyinmichigan":4eb5feqg]Ex-Mets: Isringhausen Bradford Dan Wheeler Kazmir, if you must.[/quote:4eb5feqg] Ahem... [/quote:4eb5feqg] Took me forever to figure out who this was. Steve Henderson, batting coach for the Rays. Advantage: Mets! No Mets coach was involved in a trade that darn near destroyed my childhood!

I love the back of that card, with the multiple colors. I recall the every year the card backs were pretty much monochrome. Sometimes green, sometimes pink, sometimes orange.

Vivian Vance is correct! Wait, no... Jason Phillips is correct!

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2df4shat]Vance Wilson?[/quote:2df4shat] Getting closer... Swan Swan H Jun 18 2009 01:07 PM Vivian Vance? metirish Jun 18 2009 01:08 PM It's not Piazza but I'm going with it......you never know with Art John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 18 2009 01:09 PM Flippy Flipper MFS62 Jun 18 2009 01:10 PM Jason Phillips? Wiggy? Later seawolf17 Jun 18 2009 01:15 PM Mora would have been my guess, but failing that, Phillips is a good guess also. Benjamin Grimm Jun 18 2009 01:19 PM Vivian Vance is correct! Wait, no... Jason Phillips is correct! Swan Swan H Jun 18 2009 01:19 PM Nertz to Mertz, eh?

Another hint: His cleanup starts were in 2003, and his 9th starts were in 2004.

Not Timo.

Not Bell nor Hidalgo.

We're talking starting lineup. So, no, it wouldn't be anyone from before interleague play. And it's not Melvin Mora, either. Hint: He played for Art Howe.

Last night, as I'm watching the game, when Aubrey Huff stepped to the plate I, for an instant, forgot what decade I was in and thought I was looking at a young Rusty Staub.