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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    I don't think I'll ever sit in a seat there that's not "Promenade" unless I win a contest or something.
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure Scarlett will get the chance to renew. The Mets have been pushing partial ticket plans for the last couple of years, and the carrots they've been dangling are post-season options and Citi Field seats. During the past winter I even got two phone calls from the Mets trying to get me to sign on for a partial plan. (Based on my attendance at a couple of games at Shea the previous year.) If I lived closer to Queens I'd do it. But from where I am, a trip to Shea makes for a very long day. At most I'd do it two or three times in a season. And frankly, a big part of the reason I make the effort anymore is for the nostalgia, for my childhood connection to Shea Stadium. I'm not sure how motivated I'll be to go to Citi Field.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    My prediction: W-L-W.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm with AG. There's an inherent risk every time you make a pitching change. You know what your current guy has got today, but you don't know what the next guy might have. True, a pitcher can always "lose it" but when you have more than a one-run lead, you have the luxury of letting him pitch while watching for signs of fatigue, loss of control, whatever. I would have kept Santana in at least until there was that first base runner. If you pull him after someone reaches base, yes, you're bringing the next guy in with a runner on (or with a smaller lead if that base runner was actually a home run) but the tying run is still not at the plate, and maybe there will be one or two outs by then. And maybe Santana gets a 1-2-3 inning with 8 pitches. With a three-run lead and a starter who hasn't be struggling? I'd stick with him. The more the conventional wisdom gets questioned, the more likely it is to change. I don't necessarily believe that "there's no going back" but I acknowledge that it won't happen all at once, or as soon as I'd like.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    And every fan attending gets a lemon merengue pie!
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    Hopefully he'll put this stuff behind him. I remember in 2004 we were wondering if Jose Reyes would ever be able to stay healthy over a full season.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    Voting for the Wednesday night's win over the Phillies at Shea will close some time over the weekend. Schaefer POTG 7/23/08 - Mets 6, Phillies 3
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    A rare instance of self-awareness on Steve's part: http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/5300/f8_t5304.shtml
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Too much to read, but I did skim it. I guess I agree that non-Mets fans shouldn't care about Shea going away. Non-Yankee fans shouldn't care about Yankee Stadium going away either. It's not Fenway or Wrigley or the actual House that Ruth Built. I don't really see the point of the article, but, as I said, I didn't actually read it. This did catch my eye though: ]When Frank signs �New York, New York�, he's not just signing it for Yankee fans, he's signing it for all of us. I wasn't aware that Sinatra did a special version of New York ,New York for deaf fans.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    Steve's off his medication again.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    It worked!
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Me, I tend to cringe when people over the age of 12 act that way.
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm with sharpie. But... Last time I was at Shea, though, we were among a large crowd waiting to be allowed down to the LIRR platform, and a dopey Yankee fan starting chanting about the Yankees. Almost everyone there took the bait and started chanting "Yankees suck!" I was saying, fruitlessly, "Ignore him. You're just giving him what he wants." And the dopey Yankee fan was smiling and glorying in the attention. So I'm not sure if these chants stem from an inferiority complex, which is certainly what it seems like, if if they're triggered by some glory-seeking Yankee fan fool like the one I saw. Either way, it's best not to chant. Let's get to a point where the Yankees merit our silent scorn, but nothing more.
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    Johnny Lunchbucket, who's setting a record for most times going over the limit, awarded 10.25 points and his votes have been prorated as follows: Santana 4.5 4.39 Delgado 2.0 1.95 Castro 2.0 1.95 Anderson 0.25 0.24 Chavez 0.50 0.49 Wright 0.50 0.49 Smith 0.50 0.49 VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for July 22, 2008 (9 votes) Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana42.794.758.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.Carlos Delgado16.201.801-5, R, HR, 2 RBI.Ramon Castro15.551.732-4, R, HR, 2 RBI.David Wright6.740.752-5, R, 2B, RBI, SO.Endy Chavez2.740.303-4, R, 2B, BB.Carlos Beltran0.750.080-4, RBI, BB.Joe Smith0.740.08(L) 0.0 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Marlon Anderson0.240.031-2, R, BB.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    My vote is solidly with "stupid."
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    Is he being provocative? Or stupid?
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    Maybe they'll invite all 700 (more or less) of them for the last game. THAT would be pretty cool.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    You can be both unintelligent and confident. Willie fits that description, as does our (thankfully) outgoing President. Dumb people who think they're smart; that can make for a dangerous combination.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    Me too. Is there anyone who misses Willie Randolph?
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    Exactly. Baseball is full of might-have-beens. As things stand right now, more of them have gone in our favor this year than haven't.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: No shit. If we don't manage to give away a near-certain victory in the opener here, we'd really be dancing on their graves today. I know. I'm trying not to dwell on that. If not for one miserable inning, the Mets would have a three-game lead.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    So if he doesn't get the 30 points, the difference between keeping him and letting him go is "only" $8 million?
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    "And?" or "or?" (What a weird-looking sentence that is.) I can see an automatic vesting for NL MVP, but the post-season series MVP awards are based on four to seven games.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    The Phillies must have been very eager to get out of first place.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    See how the next two months go, but even if he cools down some and ends up with reasonable numbers, I think he has to get considered. If they're going to look for a long-term solution from outside, and Texieria is available, they may not want to pass him up. But if they think Mike Carp or Ike Davis or someone else might be ready in 2010, then maybe you keep Delgado around to keep the spot warm for one year. I'm glad he's making it so that his buyout is no longer a no-brainer.
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