Benjamin Grimm

Santana 4.7 Parnell 1 Feliciano 1 Sheffield 1.3 Wright 1 Santos 1

Box score! Pelfrey 4.5 Santos 3.9 Feliciano 0.7 Martinez 0.3 Wright 0.3 Castillo 0.3

="Edgy DC":1cc82ow2]I'll say this for Boston --- they do not take dramatic losses sitting down. A lot of jumping from the dugout. A lot of guys down there wanted to throttle someone. [/quote:1cc82ow2] I got a kick out of how Keith "told" Papelbon to sit down after he bounced out of the dugout after Castillo made that great force play at second base. Edgy DC May 24 2009 06:37 AM Keith forgetting he's not in the dugout in uniform can be Keith at his best and his worst. I can't always make my mind up. smg58 May 24 2009 07:45 AM ="Edgy DC":2xz68yq4]I'll say this for Boston --- they do not take dramatic losses sitting down. A lot of jumping from the dugout. A lot of guys down there wanted to throttle someone. I'm hoping it's like the yard full of chihuahuas up the street --- they get so frustrated that they can't get at my dog when we go past that they all turn on each other.[/quote:2xz68yq4] I'm hoping they ultimately take it out on the Yankees. Fman99 May 24 2009 08:40 PM ="Edgy DC":32orb9vd]Keith forgetting he's not in the dugout in uniform can be Keith at his best and his worst. I can't always make my mind up.[/quote:32orb9vd] No way, that's the goodest Keith. That's the "I'm sticking my tongue in Julia Louis-Dryfuss' mouth" Keith Hernandez. Edgy DC Jun 28 2009 07:57 PM Howie and Wayne more annoying than not tonight. Nymr83 Jun 28 2009 07:59 PM ="Edgy DC":2glyrs5t]Howie and Wayne more annoying than not tonight.[/quote:2glyrs5t] still beats espn's group Kong76 Jun 28 2009 07:59 PM How so? Can't be more annoying than Joe Morgan. At least tonight the Yankees are actually playing so he can talk about them without asking why is he talking about Derek Jeter and the Yankees. Edgy DC Jun 28 2009 07:59 PM Who is up in the pen? I don't know here. Edgy DC Jun 28 2009 08:15 PM Wow! Chrysler is making a model that makes 26 MPG! My heart is a-flutter! Kong76 Jun 28 2009 08:17 PM I think we were (are) in the wrong thread. Elster88 Jun 28 2009 08:51 PM ="smg58":khm9u9vu]="Edgy DC":khm9u9vu]I'll say this for Boston --- they do not take dramatic losses sitting down. A lot of jumping from the dugout. A lot of guys down there wanted to throttle someone. I'm hoping it's like the yard full of chihuahuas up the street --- they get so frustrated that they can't get at my dog when we go past that they all turn on each other.[/quote:khm9u9vu] I'm hoping they ultimately take it out on the Yankees.[/quote:khm9u9vu] I missed this post way back when. The mental image of Papelbon (after running up the steps and throwing his cap to the ground in what looked like a steroid-enhanced rage) turning, looking around, and ultimately knocking Pedroia to the ground and dry-humping him like a furious chihuahua is pretty funny. Edgy DC Jun 28 2009 08:57 PM Exactly like the chihuahuas. I didn't want to say explicitly.

Just finished watching on Sunday Morning Baseball. (Thanks, TiVo!) What a fabulous game. If that ninth inning happened in the postseason we'd still be talking about it 30 years from now.

I'm also jumping off the "get rid of Ramon Martinez" bandwagon. And I certainly hope they don't send Santos down to Buffalo to make room for Brian Schneider.

I haven't really been paying attention to this story. Are people seeing the home runs as a problem? (By "people" I mean two categories: idiot Yankee fans and the rest of the baseball world.) We've seen other organizations take steps to make their ballparks less homer-happy. (I'm thinking of the Phillies and the Rockies.) But I'm not sure that it's universally accepted that too many home runs are a bad thing. Especially not in Yankeeland, where they can pretend that they have nine Babe Ruths.

Well, they don't want to lose Reyes for two weeks if he'll only be injured for one. I understand the desire, but too often it turns out to be two weeks anyway. The move I'd make right now is to demote Martinez and promote someone who can field the shortstop position. I don't know if there's really reason to think that Reyes will or won't be able to play by Monday or Tuesday, so I can't say whether they're making the wrong move by not putting him on the DL. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 19, 2009 (9 votes) Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 3 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohn Maine23.952.66(L) 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO.David Wright10.901.211-2, R, RBI, 2 BB.Sean Green5.750.641.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Francisco Rodriguez5.750.641.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Ken Takahashi4.550.510.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Carlos Beltran3.000.331-4, R, SO.Daniel Murphy1.200.131-2, BB.Omir Santos1.000.110-2, 2 BB.Ryan Church0.800.091-4, SO.Jos� Reyes0.800.091-4, SO.

Jerry's really coming across this season as a guy who's not too thrilled with the team that he has. I didn't get that feeling last year. Maybe because he was in audition mode then?

More likely it will be somebody like Mike Clam, I think.

Yeah, I thought of LaRussa too. As the ugly downside of a guy who, at first glance, might appear to fit my description of the ideal manager.

This push-button managing gets frustrating to watch. I yearn for a manager with above-average intelligence. I think the Mets have only had two guys who fit that description: Davey Johnson and Bobby Valentine. If I was hiring a manager I'd look for a smart guy who dared to be unorthodox.

The Mets haven't hit a single home run on this trip. That's seven consecutive games without homering. The last Mets home runs were from Tatis and Sheffield on May 13, back in Queens.

My daughter was asking me about triple plays the other day. She wanted to know if such a thing was possible. (I remember wondering the same thing about inside-the-park homers when I was her age.) I told her that they were very rare. In 39 years of watching baseball, I've seen exactly one, not counting highlight replays, of course. All I remember of it was that it involved Wally Backman. I believe it was against the Pirates in 1987. I'm not even sure if the Mets were in the field for the play or on the bases.

I thought I'd bump this. After a 3-0 start, I thought my 3-7 prediction was overly pessimistic. But now it's at 3-4... If they take one of three in Boston the trip won't be a total loss. They'll hopefully come home within a couple of games of first, and then they can take it from there. This still doesn't feel at all like a championship team, (although cleonjones21 might say they've already won) but if they hang close and get a few breaks, good things might happen.

I'm pleased that both of my kids are Mets fans. Not fervent enough to actually sit and watch on television, or even to follow on a day-to-day basis, but they proudly wear their Mets gear and get excited about attending the games. My daughter, about to turn 8, seems to have more fan potential than my 12-year-old son. I'm just glad they're not Phillies fans, which could very well have been the case, since we're in the heart of enemy territory.

Voting for Tuesday night's loss to the Dodgers in LA will close some time on Friday: Schaefer POTG 5/19/09 - Dodgers 5, Mets 3 Only six votes so far. (themetfairy, LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr, John Cougar Lunchbucket, GYC, Fman99, Benjamin Grimm) If you haven't voted yet, and plan to, please try to do so today.

Hernandez 4.5 Beltran 1.5 Castillo 0.5

Maine 1 Wright 1 Takahashi 0.5 Green 0.5 Rodriguez 0.5

John Cougar Lunchbucket awarded 10.5 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: redding 2.86 pagan 2.14 wright 1.43 parnell 0.95 putz 0.95 feliciano 0.48 sheffield 0.95 stokes 0.24 VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 18, 2009 (9 votes) Los Angeles Dodgers 3, New York Mets 2 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceTim Redding26.262.926.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO.Angel Pagan15.741.754-6, R, 2B, SO.David Wright9.681.082-3, R, 2 2B, 2 BB.Gary Sheffield6.400.711-3, RBI, BB.J. J. Putz5.800.641.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Bobby Parnell5.800.641.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Brian Stokes3.290.37(L) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO.Pedro Feliciano2.980.330.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Ramon Martinez1.850.210-5, RBI.Sean Green1.250.140.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.Jeremy Reed0.700.081-1.

I don't see the point of worrying too much about "taint." (I was really surprised about how so many Mets fans couldn't forgive Tom Glavine for having once been a Brave. I could see not liking a guy who's proven to be a jerk or a thug. I'm glad Roger Clemens never became a Met, and I hope that Michael Vick never does. (That would be pretty darn unlikely, anyway.) But to not want a guy just because he was once a Yankee or a Brave or a Phillie just doesn't make sense to me.

]Voting for Monday night's loss to the Dodgers in LA will close some time on Thursday. We currently have a dead heat for first place in the Schaefer Player of the Year competition. Yesterday it was Cookie Lavagetto, and he's leading so far today as well. Were we aware of John Goodman's Mets background? Okay, but in May, he's fifth in at bats. Hmmm. My paranoia is kicking in. I'm waiting to hear what Cookie Lavagetto has to say about it. When you have outfielders, you play them in the infield. Is your mailbox full? Ryan Church is actually fourth on the team in at bats. Only Beltran, Wright, and Reyes have more. Sometimes I think, "we need a hit here" but in that sense I'm more thinking of we, the fans, not we, the team.

Voting for Monday night's loss to the Dodgers in LA will close some time on Thursday: Schaefer POTG 5/18/09 - Dodgers 3, Mets 2 (11 Innings) Only five votes so far! If you haven't voted yet, and plan to, please try to do so today.

We currently have a dead heat for first place in the Schaefer Player of the Year competition: Season-to-date totals for 2009 Through game of May 17, 2009 RankNamePoints1Johan Santana33.521Carlos Beltran33.523David Wright29.984Carlos Delgado20.715Jos� Reyes17.206Luis Castillo15.387Mike Pelfrey14.058Daniel Murphy13.289John Maine13.0310Francisco Rodriguez12.7111Livan Hernandez12.0112Ryan Church11.3013Fernando Tatis10.9714Omir Santos10.5515Gary Sheffield10.5016J. J. Putz9.1517Ramon Castro9.0718Bobby Parnell8.3319Brian Stokes7.9720Pedro Feliciano7.2721Alex Cora7.0222Sean Green5.4923Oliver Perez3.7124Jeremy Reed3.4425Ken Takahashi3.4126Jon Niese2.7627Brian Schneider2.1528Nelson Figueroa1.7129Casey Fossum1.6230Darren O'Day0.69

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 17, 2009 (10 votes) San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 0 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceMike Pelfrey22.702.27(L) 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.Sean Green9.150.921.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Ken Takahashi9.150.921.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.David Wright6.450.641-2, 2 BB, SO.Carlos Beltran4.450.441-3, 2B, BB.Alex Cora4.100.411-2, 2B.Omir Santos1.000.101-3, BB.Daniel Murphy0.250.020-2, BB.