Benjamin Grimm

During the FOX telecast, Jerry said that Delgado could be out "for a very long time."

It's funny because that's his name!

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 13, 2009 (10 votes) Atlanta Braves 8, New York Mets 7 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceFernando Tatis27.802.783-5, R, HR, 4 RBI.Gary Sheffield15.251.522-6, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 SO.Pedro Feliciano9.600.961.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.Luis Castillo8.450.841-4, R, 3B, RBI, BB, SO.Brian Stokes8.250.821.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Francisco Rodriguez7.050.701.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.Jos� Reyes4.500.453-5, R, 3 2B, BB, SO.Carlos Beltran3.350.341-4, R, 2 BB, 2 SO.Ryan Church2.000.201-5, 2 SO.Bobby Parnell0.500.051.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.David Wright0.250.021-4, R, SO.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 12, 2009 (17 votes) New York Mets 4, Atlanta Braves 3 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceMike Pelfrey52.403.087.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.Carlos Beltran40.622.392-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB.Jos� Reyes29.821.752-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI, SO, SB.Francisco Rodriguez22.851.34(W) 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.Luis Castillo12.180.720-0, RBI.David Wright3.150.192-4, 3B, SO.Ryan Church2.460.141-2, R.Alex Cora2.170.131-3, 2 BB.Ramon Castro2.090.120-0, BB.Jeremy Reed1.750.101-3, R, SO.

Was she hot?

Gahhh! That orange jersey is blinding me!

I went to bed, it was 5-1 and I woke up fully expecting to get confirmation that they had lost.

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":y6ek0vfm]Where the hell did he have to be?[/quote:y6ek0vfm] Well, he's promoting a book, isn't he? He may have had another stop to make on his tour.

http://www.metsblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/uniformny-1.jpg Two words: UGH LEE.

I do get e-mails from the Mets (I'm sure most of us do) but I haven't received this one. �Why do you think the Mets should not keep the black jersey?� That's kind of a leading question, assuming that most fans don't like the black. I'd be very surprised if the Mets phrased a question that way, but if they actually did, that's a good sign.

In all seven cases, the SB count was exactly four: Against the Mets: Vince Coleman (6/30/86), Tim Raines (10/2/83) and Kevin Bass (5/7/89) For the Mets: Vince Coleman (6/26/92 and 6/23/93), Roger Cedeno (5/14/99) and David Wright (5/14/09)

I find four instances where a Met did it and three where an opponent did it.

You mean the guy in the deathwatch thread who declared the Mets champions in June of 2006?

="Edgy DC":33a6hfvp] After the 2005 season, saladoc was trying to drum up a Jose Reyes deathwatch. [/quote:33a6hfvp] Here it is. It ran from April to August of 2006: Jose Reyes Deathwatch LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2009 12:59 PM ="Edgy DC"]I don't think we'll be getting 60-80% performance from Cora or anybody over the life of what would have been Reyes' tenure, and I don't think All-Star starting pitching is worth giving up All-Star hitting, because the latter is far-less ephemeral. To clarify: I meant 60th percentILE, as in "someone in the top 40 percent of ML shortstops." I don't expect us to get that much of JoseX4's production out of any one man's body, unless that man is Hanley Ramirez or, say, Undead Wilmer Flores. ]OE: And All Start starting pitching gives us 60 fewer innings than it used to. True dat. In Manuel's hands, maybe less. Edgy DC May 15 2009 12:59 PM ="Ashie62":3np8rhf0]I work for a large NY based sports magazine that employs Jon Heyman.[/quote:3np8rhf0] I seem to recall a guy with this same C.V. bitching me out and then quitting the forum. Let me know if you run into him. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2009 01:01 PM ="Ashie62":10ilsobv] I work for a large NY based sports magazine that employs Jon Heyman. Heyman has a very close relationship with Scott Boras to the point where when Boras wants to get a rumor out or provide some disinformation he will provide it to Heyman to get it into the media. [/quote:10ilsobv] Wait, what? Huh? WHAT? No, I don't believe it. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. F*CK YOU, MAN-- F*CK YOU AND YOUR LIES! /Acting Benjamin Grimm May 15 2009 01:01 PM You mean the guy in the deathwatch thread who declared the Mets champions in June of 2006? RealityChuck May 15 2009 01:54 PM Must be a slow news day. The article has now been added to the dictionary as an illustration for the word "preposterous." Nymr83 May 15 2009 02:38 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":dkcptc1g]You mean the guy in the deathwatch thread who declared the Mets champions in June of 2006?[/quote:dkcptc1g] i dont have to look to know that cleon=ashie metirish May 15 2009 02:41 PM It's quite fun to read back over that thread . Frayed Knot May 15 2009 02:46 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":yl8zzory]="Edgy DC":yl8zzory] After the 2005 season, saladoc was trying to drum up a Jose Reyes deathwatch. [/quote:yl8zzory] Here it is. It ran from April to August of 2006: Jose Reyes Deathwatch[/quote:yl8zzory] There was another one of those, also centered around Reyes's OBP & walk-taking future where Bret wants to force an answer to the question of whether the Mets should sign Reyes to a multi-year, mega-bucks contract or dump his ass - as if no in between choice were available. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 15 2009 02:50 PM ="metirish":vwneloli]It's quite fun to read back over that thread .[/quote:vwneloli] For one who wasn't 'around' back then... fun AND informative. To where'd this Bret fella run off? Kong76 May 15 2009 03:43 PM Holy mackerel, I just printed that out to read on the train tomorrow and it's gotta be thirty pages. LWFS: To where'd this Bret fella run off? <<< He was banned, as banned as one can really be, which of course isn't all that banned in the true sense of the word banned. Some were ecstatic, some really pissed off ... heard from him a couple of weeks ago and he's fine if anyone's wondering. Must be the alpaca, I'm answering like I'm on the shrink's couch here. cooby May 15 2009 03:56 PM NO Ashie62 May 15 2009 04:05 PM ="Nymr83"]]and usually where there is smoke sometimes there is fire if you're going to write in cliches at least make sense. Play nice I can see Jose Reyes wearing out his welcome but nothing is going to happen til at least the end of the year. It would be kind of funny if Tampa Bay dumped Kazmir's salary, Ben Zobrist and a top prospect for a still cheap Reyes. Jose gets his numbers in, have to give him that Kong76 May 15 2009 06:34 PM I respect that some Mets fans need to tinker in their heads and whip up trade ideas and throw Kazmirs and a high level prospect into their fantasy tin- kering but ... oh jeez, I forgot where I was going with this. Guess I don't respect it all that much. Anyone who loves the Mets should hope they get his head straight and not yearn and wonder about who they might get to replace him in some off-the- wall 2 am WFANesque caller type deal. dinosaur jesus May 15 2009 07:15 PM I knew Jon Heyman's dad, Mark Heyman. A nice old guy. He bought me lunch once for helping him on the book he was writing. Jose Reyes didn't come up in our conversation--I don't think he was in the league yet--but I can tell you that based on what Mr. Heyman didn't say about what his son may or may not have told him regarding his possible inside knowledge about the Mets organization's 2003 plans for 2009, I'm not prepared to rule out a Reyes trade. Just don't say who told you. Nymr83 May 15 2009 10:54 PM ]and not yearn and wonder about who they might get to replace him in some off-the- wall 2 am WFANesque caller type deal. you mean 2pm, right? because only Fat-tessa could entertain that crap Edgy DC May 15 2009 11:27 PM Oh, Jeez, does everybody have a Heyman connection but me? I used to be married to his imaginary sister, but I'm not sure that counts. Benjamin Grimm May 16 2009 04:41 AM Was she hot? Edgy DC May 16 2009 06:50 AM I imagine she was. MFS62 May 16 2009 07:20 AM She wasn't that good. Later

Maine 2.5 Wright 3.5 Stokes 0.5 Rodriguez 0.5 Sheffield 1.5 Beltran 1.5

I don't know how you other middle-aged people do it, staying up to watch West Coast games on a school night. I was in bed at 10:45. I may TiVo tonight's game and watch it tomorrow morning.

Stokes 1 Rodriguez 1 Feliciano 1.5 Tatis 3 Sheffield 2 Castillo 1 Church 0.5

I was Schaefer-lazy yesterday, and neglected to close the May 11 game, as announced. I also neglected to announce that the May 12 game would close today. So that game will get a bit of an extension, and both the May 12 and May 13 games will close some time over the weekend. Schaefer POTG 5/12/09 - Mets 4, Braves 3Schaefer POTG 5/13/09 - Braves 8, Mets 7 The May 13 game, I should add, has only a mere four votes. (I'll soon add the fifth vote.) It's in danger of being the most lightly voted game of the season. As yucky as the game turned out, please consider casting your votes.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 11, 2009 (11 votes) Atlanta Braves 8, New York Mets 3 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana40.693.70(L) 6.1 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.Fernando Tatis18.001.642-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI.Omir Santos13.831.261-3, 2 RBI.Jeremy Reed10.991.002-3, 2B, BB.David Wright8.110.742-4, R, 2B, SO.Alex Cora3.050.281-1.Brian Stokes0.600.051.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Bobby Parnell0.480.040.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.

I did a search on Google News, and according to Brian Costa in the Star-Ledger, the subject of the press conference will be Carlos Delgado.

="metirish":2zznmdt6]Don't tell me they made Delgado fly all the way to the West Coast to then DL him...[/quote:2zznmdt6] If that was the case, they'd wait until 3 a.m. to make the announcement. Benjamin Grimm May 14 2009 02:18 PM I did a search on Google News, and according to Brian Costa in the Star-Ledger, the subject of the press conference will be Carlos Delgado. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 14 2009 02:25 PM adam rubin sez: ] Putz out two days with elbow trouble; Delgado 'slight tear' May 14, 2009 J.J. Putz had an MRI on Wednesday that revealed inflammation in the back of the elbow. That has caused a bone spur. Putz took a shot, which will cause him to sit for two days at least. Putz has joined the team in San Francisco after being seen by team doctor David Altchek. "He's had this spur before, and guys sometimes play with it," GM Omar Minaya said. Minaya said Carlos Delgado has an impingement of the hip, which creates a sligt tear. Has also has a bone spur in the hip. Minaya said he will wait through the weekend and see how a new therapy works before making a DL decision. "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision on Carlos Delgado," Minaya said. "... The doctors wanted to give it a couple of more days before they make that decision." metirish May 14 2009 02:27 PM Why would you wait on Delgado , I'm not a doctor but I do wear a lab coat and it's my professional opinion that he's going to be DL'ed.... John Cougar Lunchbucket May 14 2009 02:32 PM Speak Met-ese 2 days = 6 weeks 2 weeks = 3 months soreness = ligament damage impingment = near death "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision" = "His kids will grow up without a father" Farmer Ted May 14 2009 02:42 PM "Guys sometimes play with it (bone spur)." Is the Julia Stiles thread again? Edgy DC May 14 2009 02:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 14 2009 02:51 PM "We're going to have to wait on this before we make a decision" = "You bastard fans have left me terrified of making a judgment call so I'm hoping fate forces my hand" HahnSolo May 14 2009 02:49 PM The elbow inflammation for JJ Putz is clearly a ruse to stay off Bucket's shit list. sharpie May 14 2009 03:03 PM So we play 12 innings, use everyone on the bench and in the bullpen, fly across country and now we're two players down with no reinforcements. Centerfield May 14 2009 03:08 PM Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary. bmfc1 May 14 2009 03:12 PM ="sharpie":ko7owbjz]So we play 12 innings, use everyone on the bench and in the bullpen, fly across country and now we're two players down with no reinforcements.[/quote:ko7owbjz] Great point. Add to the mix that F-Rod probably needs a day off. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 14 2009 03:19 PM ="Centerfield":c6iyig4n]Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary.[/quote:c6iyig4n] I mean, forChrissakes, considering time served at this point, he'd be out a week, tops. Also, if something freakish happens to Tatis, we're down to a Cora/Murphy 1B platoon, and Jerry has nobody to pinch-bunt. themetfairy May 14 2009 03:24 PM ="Centerfield":2w0z2xxy]Just DL Delgado already. Even a slight tear sounds scary.[/quote:2w0z2xxy] Agreed. Gwreck May 14 2009 04:40 PM I saw this movie last year with Ryan Church and the do-we or don't-we disable him bit. I didn't like it then, either. MFS62 May 14 2009 09:19 PM ="Gwreck":2ewh9qp6]I saw this movie last year with Ryan Church and the do-we or don't-we disable him bit. I didn't like it then, either.[/quote:2ewh9qp6] Wasn't that the one in which they fly the guy across the country, just to make sure the problem is aggrivated before they are sure he is really hurt before they DL him? Yeah, I remember that one. Or is that this sequel? I forget. Later

One of these girls is Fman's imaginary sister:

I got to about the fourth paragraph and then thought, "Why does anyone care what Pete Rose has to say about all this?" And then I stopped reading.

Oops, I voted for what would make me happy. (5 and 5.) What do I expect? I'm afraid it will be 3 and 7. Regardless of their record, if they come home within a game of first place, we should be pretty content. This is the kind of trip that can kill a team in August. Less so in May, but it's still a dangerous week and a half coming up.