Benjamin Grimm

Those six errors, I think, are what made me feel that the Mets were playing scared, and gave me my first sniff of an impending collapse.

How about this reason to hate him: He electrified his pool in order to kill his neighbor's dog. Fun fact: He didn't kill the dog, but two people instead! LOL! What a guy!

NL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs 1D Change 7D Change Mets 83 64 .547 91.4 70.6 83.34002 5.14094 88.48096 -1.75919 9.08733 Phillies 81 67 .522 88.7 73.3 16.52742 14.76624 31.29366 8.14161 5.83455 Marlins 76 72 .483 83.1 78.9 .13257 .05410 .18667 .04088 -0.09634 Braves 66 83 .491 72.1 89.9 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 Nationals 56 92 .404 61.9 100.1 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 Yesterday's action cost the Mets less than 2 points, but the Phillies gained just over 8, mostly at the expense of the Brewers, who dropped 7.55 to 67.63096. (64.4% of that is for the Wild Card.) Arizona is down to 2.15817 for the playoffs, zero for the wild card. (It doesn't look like they've been eliminated from the wild card, though. They can still win 87 games, and only the Cubs have won more than that so far.) In the AL Central, currently in a virtual tie (Chicago ahead by .001) has a bit of a disparity in the projected finishes: AL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs 1D Change 7D Change Twins 82 66 .516 88.8 73.2 41.79495 .09638 41.89133 13.17396 23.3235 White Sox 81 65 .547 88.9 72.1 58.20480 .07700 58.28180 -13.12543 -24.16920

SteveJRogers wrote: BFD though is my point. Rivera still is the greatest closer of all time. To me, that's not much more significant than being the world's tallest midget.

Baseball Prospectus hasn't updated its page yet, but the Mets NHOP took a hit yesterday, with the Mets getting only one happy outcome in three games. We're now at 44.8%. The Mets need 13 happy outcomes in 29 games. (15 for the Mets, 14 for the Phillies.) If the Mets can drop the magic number by two today, I'll consider this weekend a modest success.

Niese 5 Wright 1.5 Beltran 1.5 Reyes 1.5 Tatis 0.5

Benjamin Grimm wrote: A bit of pressure on young Jonathon Niese this evening. Let's see him step up and pitch a game we'll be talking about (positively!) for years to come. And he did it!

Me too. Atlanta G. Blanco cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 M. Prado 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 K. Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 O. Infante lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 C. Kotchman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 J. Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 B. Lillibridge ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 C. Sammons c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 J. Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 NY Mets J. Reyes ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 R. Church rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 D. Wright 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 C. Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 C. Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 F. Tatis lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 L. Castillo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 R. Cancel c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 J. Niese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

A bit of pressure on young Jonathon Niese this evening. Let's see him step up and pitch a game we'll be talking about (positively!) for years to come.

The Mets offense, that is.

Rather poor response for a Mets win; only seven votes. Anyway... Gwreck awarded 10.25 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: Wright 3.25 3.17 Beltran 1.5 1.46 Tatis 1.5 1.46 Easley 1 0.98 Schneider 1 0.98 Smith 1 0.98 Ayala 1 0.98 Frayed Knot awarded 10.7 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: Smith - 0.7 0.65 Ayala - 0.5 0.47 Beltran - 2.2 2.06 Easley - 0.4 0.37 Reyes - 0.4 0.37 Schnieder - 1.0 0.93 Smith - 0.7 0.65 Tatis - 1.8 1.68 Wright - 3.0 2.8 VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for September 10, 2008 (7 votes) New York Mets 13, Washington Nationals 10 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceDavid Wright21.573.084-4, 4 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB.Carlos Beltran11.971.713-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI.Fernando Tatis9.591.373-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB.Joe Smith6.880.98(W) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.Luis Ayala5.850.84(Sv) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Brian Schneider5.410.771-4, 2 RBI.Damion Easley3.350.481-3, RBI.Jos� Reyes1.870.271-3, R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 SB.Carlos Delgado1.750.250-3, R, RBI, BB.Ryan Church1.500.210-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SO.Daniel Murphy0.250.040-0, R, BB.

Box score Santana 3.7 Delgado 1 Easley 1 Sanchez 1 Beltran 0.5

Mets lose and Phillies win, virtually simultaneously. This won't be good for our NHOP.

Nope. I'm officially antsy now.

This would be an ideal time for a bloop and a blast.

I want two happy outcomes today, but it's not looking good. We may need to get three tomorrow.

They did get two back, though, and now trail 5-2.

Phillies knock out Parra in the second, leading 5-0. Sheesh.

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Hopefully the Phillies are equally screwed, but they do have some off-days remaining on their schedule, so they should be able to more easily absorb the rainout.

Let's see how the next 17 games go. But I'd have to think he's a strong contender for the honor. And for a 2009 return as well.

Let's try to avoid THAT scenario!

Latest forecast for tonight and the weekend: ="National Weather Service"]Late Afternoon: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: Rain, mainly before 2am. Low around 66. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind between 8 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. West wind between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Looks like Saturday's game is in the least jeopardy. It also looks possible that all three games will be played without delay or rainout. Let's hope so anyway. There are no more open dates on the Mets schedule.

The Mets sure are facing a lot of left-handed starters lately, aren't they? I just hope it doesn't cause Daniel Murphy to cool off. He's been seeing a lot of bench time lately. Hopefully they'll knock Hampton all around the ballpark today. This game really looks like a "should win."

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