Benjamin Grimm

I've toyed with the idea of referring to these stadiums in the UMDB by their mailing addresses. For example, instead of calling it Pacific Bell Park or AT&T Park, I'd call the Giants' home stadium "24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco" (I just looked that up; I doubt that all the stadiums have addresses that are that good!)

Here are the games in which Wagner earned Schaefer points, and the number of points earned by his fellow relievers: Date Player Points ip h r er so bb ibb decision 04/02/2008 Nelson Figueroa 0.09 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/02/2008 Billy Wagner 0.02 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/02/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.02 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 04/10/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.97 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 04/10/2008 Scott Schoeneweis 0.93 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/10/2008 Billy Wagner 0.54 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 04/10/2008 Joe Smith 0.43 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 04/10/2008 Jorge Sosa 0.18 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 04/11/2008 Billy Wagner 0.9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sv 04/11/2008 Aaron Heilman 0.79 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 04/11/2008 Joe Smith 0.74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/16/2008 Joe Smith 0.93 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 04/16/2008 Billy Wagner 0.72 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sv 04/17/2008 Jorge Sosa 1.18 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 W 04/17/2008 Joe Smith 0.91 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/17/2008 Duaner Sanchez 0.87 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 04/17/2008 Aaron Heilman 0.62 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/17/2008 Billy Wagner 0.58 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/17/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04/18/2008 Billy Wagner 0.85 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sv 04/18/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.11 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/19/2008 Aaron Heilman 1.39 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 04/19/2008 Billy Wagner 0.95 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sv 04/19/2008 Duaner Sanchez 0.36 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/23/2008 Duaner Sanchez 0.56 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 04/23/2008 Billy Wagner 0.46 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 04/26/2008 Billy Wagner 1.19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sv 04/26/2008 Duaner Sanchez 0.75 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/26/2008 Scott Schoeneweis 0.69 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 04/26/2008 Aaron Heilman 0.02 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 04/26/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.01 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 04/27/2008 Billy Wagner 0.71 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Sv 04/27/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/27/2008 Scott Schoeneweis 0.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 04/27/2008 Joe Smith 0.23 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/29/2008 Billy Wagner 0.71 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 04/29/2008 Jorge Sosa 0.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 W 04/29/2008 Scott Schoeneweis 0.43 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 04/29/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.42 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 05/04/2008 Jorge Sosa 0.66 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 05/04/2008 Billy Wagner 0.63 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sv 05/04/2008 Pedro Feliciano 0.1 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 4, 2008 (13 votes) New York Mets 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana45.973.546.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 8 SO.Jos� Reyes18.301.411-3, 2 RBI, BB, SO, SB.Marlon Anderson15.801.221-1, RBI.David Wright14.281.101-4, R, HR, RBI, SO.Jorge Sosa8.600.66(W) 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Billy Wagner8.250.63(Sv) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Ryan Church6.950.530-4, BB, SO.Carlos Beltran4.050.311-4, R, 2 SO.Carlos Delgado3.850.301-4, R, 2B, SO.Moises Alou1.800.141-4, SO.Pedro Feliciano1.250.100.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Luis Castillo0.900.070-3, R, BB.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 3, 2008 (9 votes) Arizona Diamondbacks 10, New York Mets 4 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceCarlos Delgado20.502.281-4, R, HR, 3 RBI.Ryan Church8.000.892-4, R, SO.Jorge Sosa7.500.831.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Aaron Heilman7.150.791.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.Raul Casanova3.950.441-4, RBI, SO.Carlos Beltran3.300.371-3, 2 R, BB.Mike Pelfrey1.500.17(L) 5.0 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 2, 2008 (8 votes) New York Mets 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohn Maine23.552.94(W) 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO.Jos� Reyes17.602.204-5, 3 R, 2B, 2 3B, SB.Ryan Church17.052.132-4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI.David Wright14.301.793-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SO.Joe Smith1.900.241.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.Carlos Delgado1.500.192-4, RBI, BB.Duaner Sanchez1.250.161.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Pedro Feliciano1.150.140.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.Moises Alou0.750.090-3, BB.Carlos Beltran0.500.060-3, R, 2 BB, SO, SB.

I generally give points to relief pitchers based on the score and the number of innings pitched. If they pitch one inning or less, they have to have been unscored upon. (Or at least, no earned runs.) If they pitch more than one, they can earn points from me even if they're not scoreless. A scoreless inning in a tie- or one-run game gets more from me than a scoreless inning when the Mets have a three-run lead. So if Feliciano pitches a scoreless 8th when the Mets are up 2-1, and then the Mets score two more runs and Wagner pitches a scoreless ninth with a 4-1 lead, I'll give more to Feliciano. I also give more points to guys who come in with runners on base and get out of the jam (something Wagner almost never gets a chance to do) or to guys who face three tough hitters, as opposed to the bottom of the order.

AG/DC wrote: Do they still own Shoreham? Keyspan isn't the old LILCO. LILCO was replaced by the Long Island Power Authority. (LIPA.) I recently read the Wiki article about the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant prompted by the recent anniversary of Three Mile Island.

This is one of the things about corporate naming that bugs me, beyond the hideousness of some of the names. (3Com Park? Yeesh.) There's no stability in the park's name. (I keep forgetting, for example, that Bank One Ballpark is now Chase Field. Nor do I remember the current name of Pacific Bell Park.) I know old-style ballpark names have changed in the past. (Tiger Stadium had at least two previous names, and Shibe Park and Sportsman's Park were both renamed.) But at least those name changes were a lot less frequent. Now stadium names are too transient. I think it has to affect the way they're thought of and how they'll be remembered.

I gave a point to Perez for going 6 innings. (My policy is to always give something to a pitcher who goes 6.) I'm giving nothing to Figueroa. My line in the sand is six innings. Nothing for 5 bad innings, a sip for 6.

Heilman 1.5 Feliciano 0.5 Smith 0.25 Church 1 Pagan 1.25 Schneider 1 Castillo 1 Reyes 1 Alou 0.75

AG/DC wrote: Cynthia is obviously not trying to show Alex up, but rather, to her mind, expand his story by showing the soft side to a hardened warrior. That was my take, too. She's trying to humanize him, but what she's doing instead is adding to his mockability.

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AG/DC wrote: Anybody who can find that Foster-Kingman-Valentine poster, please post it. If I remember it correctly, it's a good MbtN shot of their backs adorned with 15-26-17, ready to do some damage. I seem to remember it as the 1982 scorecard cover.

AG/DC wrote: Bollux, my favorite Mets year is and may well remain 19, 19, 1983. Mine is 1985, but I do understand the affection for 1983. It was the first year in a long time that it was fun to be a Mets fan again. (Seaver! Strawberry! HERNANDEZ!) I had a friend, a fellow Mets fan, who was away in the Air Force that year and pretty much missed the season. When he came home at Christmastime I told him the Mets had turned a corner and were about to become a good team. He thought I was crazy (we thought that EVERY year) but I finally managed to convince him that the feeling was different this time, genuine. Fortunately, 1984 proved me to be correct.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I figured he got it from reading the attached article but I think I'm the only guy who does that anymore, and I hardly ever do. I too am much more likely to read a pasted article than a linked one.

A non-specific apology would suffice.

I think Namor was born that year...

By the end of the season I was getting calls from 12 different major league teams and eventually signed with the New York Mets. I guess that means he was undrafted?

I like how pitchers used to be called "twirlers."

The April Player of the Month results met with a resounding thud of disapproval, but we'll continue nonetheless. Tomorrow is, once again, Wacky Wednesday, and all three games from the weekend series in Phoenix will be closed and tallied tomorrow morning. If you plan to vote but haven't yet, please try to do so today. Schaefer POTG 5/2/08 - Mets 7, Diamondbacks 2 Schaefer POTG 05/03/08 D'backs 10, Mets 4 Schaefer POTG 5/4/08 - Mets 5, Diamondbacks 2

Schoeneweis 0.5 Sosa 0.5 Perez 1 Beltran 1.25 Delgado 0.75 Alou 1 Reyes 0.5

I've been told that it's fun to be a jerk at the ballpark.

metirish wrote: Bannister? That's the one!

Has that deal been Omar's biggest klunker? Or is there another worse one that I'm mentally blocking out?

Iron Man 2 has already been announced by Marvel Studios. It opens on April 30, 2010. Thor will open just over a month later.