Benjamin Grimm

And so is Rodriguez at first base.

Cool! Thanks.

Where do you find the voting results? I've long considered putting such info on the UMDB for guys who get votes but don't win Cy Young, MVP, and ROY.

When was the last time a Mets player got even a single vote for Rookie of the Year? Is it possible that it's all the way back to Gregg Jefferies in 1988?

This article could go in any of several threads, but I pasted it here because it implies a Cub interest in Fukudome: ="The Denver Post"] Rockies prepared to lose Matsui, Torrealba Saturday, Nov 10, 2007 11:02 am EST The Denver Post reports the Colorado Rockies are prepared to deal with the potential loss of two starters. If the Chicago Cubs offer a three-year contract to Kazuo Matsui, as expected, and the Florida Marlins or New York Mets bid $4 million a year for Yorvit Torrealba, which possible, the Rockies are prepared to lose both starters. The Cubs want Matsui for his speed. They also believe he could ease the transition for Kosuke Fukudome, if they land the Japanese free-agent center fielder. The Rockies have offered Torrealba two years, but he wants to test the free agent waters before deciding on the Colorado offer.

The lettering on the back of his jersey reminds me of the t-shirt that Alex Rodriguez' wife wore to Yankee Stadium earlier this year.

I looked it up. Nope, it's not Ken Boswell, although he did play the whole game and went 1 for 10.

Just a guess here: Ken Boswell?

Cute. A few chuckles. Nothing remarkable though. I gave it two stars. (I would have done 2.5 if that was an option.)

Our Gold Glovers are also Silver Sluggers. This year's Mets winners are Carlos Beltran and David Wright. (Last year it was Beltran and Reyes for the Mets.) AMERICAN LEAGUE AL C Jorge Posada, NYY 1B Carlos Pena, TB 2B Placido Polanco, DET 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY SS Derek Jeter, NYY OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA OF Magglio Ordonez, DET DH David Ortiz, BOS NATIONAL LEAGUE NL C Russell Martin, LAD 1B Prince Fielder, MIL 2B Chase Utley, PHI 3B David Wright, NYM SS Jimmy Rollins, PHI OF Carlos Beltran, NYM OF Matt Holliday, COL OF Carlos Lee, HOU P Micah Owings, ARI

http://leaptoad.com/mets/metannual.php?ThisYear=1993&tabno=C Another new chart.

If only there was a "Wifey Watch" back in the early 80's.

Wow, and I thought the Rockies were wearing ugly uniforms. That alternative "sailor suit" look that the Nationals have is hideous.

Here's Brant Rustich

The key question about Jon Rauch is, of course, by acquiring him would we be "sticking it to the Yankees?" If the answer is no, then we need to look somewhere else.

I'd like to steal J.C. Romero from the Phillies.

Letting fans in the stadium post messages to the scoreboard is a dumb idea and they were just asking for this kind of trouble. If they have to do such a thing, it should be structured so that somebody has to click "Approve" to allow a message to be posted instead of "Deny" to keep it from being posted. Maybe that's the "additional safeguard" that's been put in place. And you're right, $25,000 is awfully cheap. The Cardinals should just cut her a check and let this issue fade away.

Oops. I fixed the UMDB error. Here's a list of the 32 Mets players who batted right handed but threw left handed: +------------------------------+ | Mark Carreon | | Carlos Diaz | | Shawn Estes | | Don Florence | | Rob Gardner | | Paul Gibson | | Ed Glynn | | Joe Grzenda | | Eric Gunderson | | Mark Guthrie | | Mike Hampton | | Rickey Henderson | | Bob Hendley | | Willard Hunter | | Randy Jones | | Cleon Jones | | Bobby Jones | | Jeff Kaiser | | Kevin Kobel | | Jerry Koosman | | Ron Locke | | Ken MacKenzie | | Tug McGraw | | Bob Miller | | Vinegar Bend Mizell | | Bob Myrick | | Randy Niemann | | Darren Oliver | | Jesse Orosco | | Gordie Richardson | | Dick Rusteck | | Brent Strom | +------------------------------+

And Valadius has it!

Hahn is onto something.

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I hope you cleared that with our attorneys.

I wouldn't include Pelfrey. I think we're going to need him as a starter next season.

I'd definitely offer to Glavine and Castillo. Maybe to Lo Duca, but not to Green.

I think they should offer arbitration to Glavine. He seems pretty intent on signing with Atlanta. They might as well get a draft pick from the Braves.