Benjamin Grimm

Was it Walter who was called "death to left-handed hitters?"

We should try to collect 2,000,000 pennies.

3. He got arrested for stealing $20,000 worth of copper. Let's see if that puts him in Jeff Reardon territory for UMDB hits. I'm guessing it won't.

There might be some "born and died" guys who went somewhere else in between. (Lee Mazzilli almost fit that category. And Tom Seaver SHOULD have. I can't think of any actual examples off the top of my head, though.) I can get the list of pure Mets directly: Edwin Almonte Bob Apodaca Kevin Baez Rick Baldwin Lute Barnes Blaine Beatty Jim Bethke Mike Bishop Bruce Boisclair Craig Brazell Leon Brown Mike Bruhert Eric Cammack Juan Castillo Kelvin Chapman Willie Collazo Mardie Cornejo Joe Crawford Ray Daviault Joe DePastino Steve Dillon D. J. Dozier Mike Draper Jeff Duncan Francisco Estrada Pedro Feliciano Shaun Fitzmaurice Don Florence Brent Gaff Danny Garcia Ron Gardenhire John Gibbons Mike Glavine Carlos Gomez Greg Harts Aaron Heilman Bill Hepler Anderson Hernandez Rick Herrscher Joe Hietpas Eric Hillman Jerry Hinsley Ron Hodges Scott Holman Mike Howard Pat Howell Jessie Hudson Philip Humber Jeff Innis Chris Jelic Rod Kanehl Takashi Kashiwada Jay Kleven Satoru Komiyama Dae-Sung Koo Ed Kranepool Dave Liddell Ron Locke Terry McDaniel Carlos Mendoza Lastings Milledge Joe Moock Bob Moorhead Al Moran Kevin Morgan Carlos Muniz Billy Murphy Dennis Musgraves Bob Myrick Danny Napoleon Tito Navarro Brian Ostrosser Mike Pelfrey Brock Pemberton Grover Powell Rich Puig Bob Rauch Prentice Redman Jos� Reyes Jason Roach Grant Roberts Les Rohr Luis Rosado Don Rowe Dick Rusteck Doug Saunders Al Schmelz Dave Schneck Ted Schreiber Joe Smith Esix Snead Alay Soler Randy Sterling Pat Strange Randy Tate George Theodore Jorge Toca Joe Vitko Bill Wakefield Matt Watson David Wright

Geez, I didn't even know umpires had faces.

Last year's Gold Glove for the Mets: Beltran. Silver Slugger: Beltran and Reyes.

I guess Wright's looking good for a Silver Slugger this year. Do we expect the Mets to get any Gold Gloves? Beltran is probably the most likely.

He shouldn't be a broadcaster. He should be a politician.

I don't think this has been enough of a tangent to warrant a spin off yet; we'll have to see how (and if) it develops. And no, as far as I'm aware, discussion of religion hasn't been declared off limits. (Religion, like just about everything else, has popped up throughout the forum from time to time.)

Maybe his new faith doesn't consider Catholics to be true Christians.

Yes, the 20 starters that the Mets used in 1967 is an all-time high.

I recognize the two guys in the front, of course. Who are the other three?

I've figured out how to dynamically create graphics from the data in the Ultimate Mets Database. So far I've applied this forbidden knowledge two different ways. For the first example, click on the little yellow box next to the year in any player's offensive statistics: http://leaptoad.com/mets/profile.php?PlayerCode=0230 For the second example, click on the new "Charts and Graphs" tab for any Mets season: http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/metannual.php?ThisYear=2006&tabno=C The possibilities are (almost) limitless, and I'm open to suggestions. So if you have any, please share them.

Oops! Fixed.

He's off to a big start today, too. He's looking good to actually win the month. And it's rare that somebody not named David Wright does that.

30 David Wright 29 Carlos Beltran 28 José Reyes 27 Oliver Perez 26 John Maine 25 Tom Glavine 24 Carlos Delgado 23 Orlando Hernandez 22 Moises Alou 21 Aaron Heilman 20 Billy Wagner 19 Shawn Green 18 Paul Lo Duca 17 Jorge Sosa 16 Luis Castillo 15 Lastings Milledge 14 Pedro Feliciano 13 Ramon Castro 12 Ruben Gotay 11 Damion Easley 10 Endy Chavez 9 Marlon Anderson 8 Carlos Gomez 7 Joe Smith 6 Pedro Martinez 5 José Valentin 4 Scott Schoeneweis 3 Guillermo Mota 2 Aaron Sele 1 Mike Pelfrey

I was hoping the Mets would get a shot at him.

Wow! They REALLY battled!

The Rockies hot streak is even more remarkable when you consider how well-timed it was. I hope they become the first team ever to have an 11-0 post season.

I remember how strange it was to see Rube and Piggy in Braves uniforms. It seemed odd that after coaching for Hodges, Berra, and Frazier (not to mention McMillan) that their wagons ended up getting hitched to Torre. The difference was, I think, that this was the first managerial change under the new regime and I guess Frank Cashen wanted to do a complete purge. Strange to think that Rube Walker was employed by Doubleday and Wilpon for two seasons. They seem to represent completely different eras in Mets history.

Joe Torre, of course, was hired that offseason to manage Atlanta, and in 1982 the team jumped to an early lead in the NL West, and the Braves went on to lose the NLCS to St. Louis that October.

A lot can change in 26 years.

His head looks enormous.

Red Sox win. Rockies win.

Here it is, with the phone number excised. He made two posts: Joe wrote: Fred Wilpon is a horses ass, a complete boob. He can call me any time, 610-xxx-xxxx, I don't expect a call, he has no nuts. Dude, sell the Mets, you are a clown. How the f did you make all that money?????, Blind squirrel theroy (a blind aquirel will find a nut every now and then), from daddy? Call me man, please. I said it 10 years ago, as long as Wilpon or his dopey sivler spoon son , is in control of my team, they will not win, ever. Omar must have pictures of Fred's wife with Johnny Holmes or whoever, sell the team Fred. I don't know who is the bigger dope, Fred or Omar. You are an incompetent idiot. Call me you friggen coward, you have my #. Joe wrote: I sent an e-mail, I'll be waiting from a response from the clowns...er the Wilpons. "Tell us why you love Mike Piazza"....... you friggen dopes, In case you didn't know, Piazza dosen't play here any more. Un-effin-believabel. I am not terribly interested in jokes or silly jokes or comments, that term is a sillly joke. You effers ar not interested in anything but $, those clowns , aka the team stole Freds $, you are a losing orginazation, always will be with the Wilpon's as owners. Tell Freddy to call me, if he can scrounge up a nut. joe - 610-xxx-xxxx. These were posted on September 30, just after the Mets lost that last game to the Marlins and got eliminated.