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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    I was at that Old Timers Day game! (What year would that have been?)
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    Derek Jeter: You KNOW he has an Edge!
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    There was an item in The Philadelphia Inquirer today that ex-Met (and ex-Phillie) Gary Bennett is having Mackey Sasser-like throwing problems for the Dodgers.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    And if Church goes on the DL for 15 days, who gets his playing time? I'm somewhat tempted to give Fernando Martinez a taste of honey for a couple of weeks (like they did with Milledge a couple of years ago) but last I heard, Martinez was injured as well. Hopefully Pagan is ready to come back. He's the best alternative.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    metirish wrote: What or who could Minaya expect to get for Heilman at this point , I would think some one else's struggling reliever is about it , change of scenery and all that. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They could get a change-of-scenery guy. I think a better course would be to ask him to accept a temporary demotion to New Orleans. It helped Steve Trachsel back in '01 or '02 and may be helpful to Heilman now. It's worth a shot. He seems lost out there, and right now I'd only be comfortable using him in lopsided games.
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    I think he has his thumb stuck in a bowling ball.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    Centerfield wrote: I nearly forgot about El Duque. Where is he? Is he coming back ever? I haven't been following this too closely, but as I understand it, there's some kind of a boot that's stuck on his foot, and he can't pitch until he figures out how to get it off.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    metirish wrote: As discussed during the game last night by Ron and Gary how can Pedro come back to pitch for the Mets as soon as next week without pitching to some semblance of real talent in the minors first Why not? Pitchers used to do it all the time, before this "minor league rehab" thing came into vogue. Jerry Koosman, for example, missed a big chunk of time in 1971 and came back right to the rotation without pitching in Tidewater or Pompano Beach.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I think if he manages to finish with a strong four months, his competitive juices will make him want to return for 2009. Whether his return is with the Mets is a whole nuther story, though. The only scenario I can envision that has him returning to the Mets in 2009 is if he really pitches great the rest of the way (which is a large part wishful thinking) and is willing to come back on a contract that doesn't guarantee more than one year. And I think it's unlikely, but possible, that it will play out that way.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    Oops. I misplaced an L.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    Don't rule out the possibility of the Mets getting four months of service from Pedro this year. There's still a chance that he'll be the difference between paying in October and not playing in October.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Season-to-date totals for 2008 Through game of May 18, 2008 RankNamePoints1Johan Santana31.352David Wright30.083Ryan Church29.624Carlos Beltran24.945John Maine22.536Jos� Reyes22.177Oliver Perez17.128Mike Pelfrey16.249Carlos Delgado16.1310Angel Pagan13.4411Brian Schneider11.2412Nelson Figueroa10.9513Billy Wagner10.2314Luis Castillo9.9215Aaron Heilman9.5916Jorge Sosa9.0617Joe Smith7.1218Moises Alou6.6219Damion Easley6.2520Raul Casanova5.8421Scott Schoeneweis5.2622Pedro Feliciano5.2323Duaner Sanchez5.0224Marlon Anderson3.5925Claudio Vargas3.4726Endy Chavez1.9527Carlos Muniz1.8628Matt Wise1.0829Brady Clark0.7030Fernando Tatis0.1131Pedro Martinez0.0432Gustavo Molina0.02
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    Frayed Knot awarded 10.5 points, and his votes were automatically pro-rated as follows: Perez - 4.4 4.19 Church - 1.2 1.14 Reyes - 2.0 1.9 Wright - 0.7 0.67 Alou - 0.6 0.57 Delgado - 0.4 0.38 Schneider - 0.8 0.76 Castillo - 0.4 0.38 VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 18, 2008 (12 votes) New York Mets 11, New York Yankees 2 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceOliver Perez48.624.05(W) 7.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO.Ryan Church15.781.311-4, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB.Jos� Reyes14.611.222-5, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI.Moises Alou13.321.111-3, 3 RBI.Carlos Delgado11.250.941-3, R, RBI, BB.David Wright5.400.452-5, 2 R, 2B.Brian Schneider4.790.401-4, R, RBI, SO.Luis Castillo3.220.271-3, R, RBI, BB.Scott Schoeneweis2.300.191.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Joe Smith0.500.040.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Marlon Anderson0.100.010-4, R.Carlos Beltran0.100.010-4, R, BB, SO.
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    VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 17, 2008 (12 votes) New York Mets 7, New York Yankees 4 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana43.003.58(W) 7.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO.David Wright18.021.503-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB.Carlos Beltran16.771.403-5, 2 R, 3B, RBI, SO, SB.Billy Wagner13.401.12(Sv) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Jos� Reyes11.350.952-5, R, HR, RBI, SO.Carlos Delgado7.200.602-5, RBI, 2 SO.Ryan Church4.600.381-4, 2 R, BB, 2 SO.Luis Castillo3.150.261-3, RBI, BB.Brian Schneider2.500.210-3, RBI, BB.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    Castro 1 Reyes 1 Alou 1 Feliciano 0.5 Sanchez 0.5
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    mario25 wrote: Why would you play Schneider against the lefty in the first game and Castro against the righty the second game?? Maybe he was looking at his catchers as catchers, and not as hitters. (I don't know; just speculating.) Willie might have preferred Schneider with Maine and Castro with Vargas. mario25 wrote: Why not sit Delgado against Glavine the first game? He can barely hit righties now and he is awful against lefties. Delgado does have a good track record against Glavine, but of course, the last time Delgado faced Glavine he was still in his prime.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    Gooden? If you retire Gooden, you have to retire Strawberry. (I say neither, by the way.)
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    Wheelhouse and Loudmouths look awful too. Can't a sports station fill its non-game time with stuff other than idiots shouting?
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    I doubt that Clemens will be a first-ballot guy, given his recent misadventures. He may eventually get in (although I hope not) but I doubt that Piazza will be sharing his day with Clemens. Or with Bonds for that matter.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    B. Jones? You're taking the piss, right?
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    I don't see it. I really don't. I'd give 31 to the next journeyman reliever, and never have a single regret.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    I doubt you would have gotten much excitement out of the 1986 Championship if you had been born four months earlier. When I think of how many Cubs and Red Sox and White Sox fans went from cradle to grave without seeing their team win a World Series, I'm very grateful that I have 1986 in my back pocket. (I was alive in 1969, and aware that the Mets had won a World Series, but it didn't mean anything to me. I knew it made my grandfather happy, though, and that thought is what led me to start caring about the Mets about a year and a half later.)
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Just making sure the boy has his priorities in order.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    I think it was the first big Mets transaction that I learned about on the Internet.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    Sorry. Seaver deserves it, Piazza doesn't. Piazza only had about three and a half good seasons with the Mets. For half of his time with the Mets, he was in decline. And what about the generation that had Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden posters on their bedroom walls? They're not getting to gaze at a retired number on the wall, and I think they're managing to get on with their lives. Don't envy us our 41 on the wall, Valadius. Instead, envy us our World Championship.
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