Benjamin Grimm

I completed the grid today, with a not-so-impressive rarity score of 200. But I managed to use two lesser-known brothers of Hall-of-Fame pitchers: Paul Dean and Henry Mathewson.

We have our Final Four! This is the first year that the Daily News has fewer than two remaining covers at this stage of the competition. The New York Post returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2020. Newsday holds the current advantage, with two covers, but they'll be facing off against each other, guaranteeing that the final battle will be between Newsday and either the News or the Post. Although Newsday has won the last four Derbies, following four straight wins from the News, there has never been a final round that didn't feature at least one Daily News cover. Will that streak end this year? We'll soon find out! Voting for both polls in our semi-final round will start on Monday, February 5. Round 5.01 REDEMPTION vs THIS MUCH! Round 5.02 FORCE OF JULY vs THEY DON'T GOT IT FINAL FOUR [TABLE] [th]Year[/th][th]Daily News[/th][th]New York Post[/th][th]Newsday[/th] 2015310 2016211 2017211 2018211 2019202 2020211 2021202 2022301 2023112 [th]Totals[/th]19611

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Edgy MD wrote: He only bought the A's after trying to take over the Giants as minority owner to move them to Tampa. Not to San Jose, where all the Richie Rich Giant fans can have easy access, but to Tampa, whose baseball legacy speaks for itself. Was this some time in the mid-1970s? At least at that point, Tampa hadn't yet established its poor legacy. Also around that time, I seem to recall a guy named Marvin Davis who wanted to move the Athletics to Denver.

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The sixth release of the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook was posted late yesterday, and it's entirely devoted to Bud Harrelson. The first article is from 1963, when Bud signed his first contract with the Mets, and it runs through his playing career, his coaching career, his managing career, and even his singing career. https://leaptoad.com/mets/scrapbook.php?pageNumber=2&tabno=DSpotlight on Bud Harrelson http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00490.jpgGator Star Signed by Mets San Francisco Examiner June 9, 1963 Bud Harrelson, a 19-year-old third baseman from Hayward, California, has signed a contract with the New York Mets. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00474.jpgA 'Big' Man at Short for the Herd Buffalo Evening News April 24, 1965 Bud Harrelson is 20 years old and playing for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. His height (5'8") and weight (152 pounds) are noted, as will happen many times over the course of his playing career, but he's also regarded as potentially the best shortstop in the International League. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00446.jpgMets' M'Millan Was Hit by Virus New York Daily News September 8, 1965 Mets veteran shortstop Roy McMillan (whose name is oddly abbreviated as "M'Millan" in the headline) has been suffering from a respiratory virus. This has given young prospect Bud Harrelson a chance to get some playing time and, according to News columnist Dick Young, he's not quite ready yet. Apparently he gives ground balls "the old dipsy-do from the side." http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00441.jpgCan Roy Do It Again For Mets? New York Daily News September 13, 1966 As the 1966 season draws to a close, veteran shortstop Roy McMillan is facing shoulder surgery, and his future is in doubt. Should the Mets trade for a new shortstop? Or should they give the job to another veteran, Ed Bressoud? Or is it time to turn to young prospect Bud Harrelson? http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00448.jpgMets Thin Man Slays Giants Newsday September 17, 1966 A big day at the plate for Bud Harrelson. He hits two triples and steals home in a 5-4 win over the Giants at Candlestick Park. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00443.jpgWes Counts on Young Bud To Blossom Into Star SS New York Daily News March 1, 1967 As 1967 spring training gets underway, there's going to be a competition for the starting shortstop job. Veteran Roy McMillan is still in the mix, but manager Wes Westrum is touting young Bud Harrelson who, he says, could be another Maury Wills. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00445.jpgSay Bud! Harrelson May Be Top SS in NL New York Daily News July 6, 1967 Bud Harrelson has claimed the Mets starting shortstop job and as his confidence has grown, his performance has improved. Plus, a Bill Gallo cartoon, "Quick Change (Relief) Artist" featuring Hal Reniff. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00481.jpgReal Surprise: He's No Loser, This Young Met The Tennessean August 27, 1967 Tennessee sportswriter Bud Burns expresses surprise that the "hapless expansion" Mets (in their sixth season) have a quality player in Bud Harrelson. Burns doesn't seem to appreciate defensive skills. He says that Harrelson's "lowly" batting average "overshadows anything else he had ever done." http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00486.jpgHe Makes Light of His Weight Problem Los Angeles Times April 8, 1968 In this UPI article from April 1968, carried in the Los Angeles Times, Bud Harrelson discusses his struggles to keep his weight on. In the previous season, his production tailed off as fatigue caught up with him during the summer months. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00456.jpgBud Harrelson Is No Joke To New York Mets' Foes Zanesville Times Recorder July 21, 1968 A wire-service article from 1968 profiles Bud Harrelson. It opens with some Henny Youngman style jokes about Bud's light weight and goes on to describe some of the good-natured ribbing that Harrelson gets from his teammates. Bud also discusses his approach as a leadoff hitter. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00396.jpgBud Harrelson, by Bruce Stark New York Daily News September 26, 1969 One in a series of portraits of the 1969 Mets by cartoonist Bruce Stark for the Daily News. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00484.jpgHe Met the Challenge Oakland Tribune October 14, 1969 As Bud Harrelson is playing in the 1969 World Series, a reporter from his native Bay Area checks in on Bud's high school baseball coach Don Curley, who remembers Bud as a "4-foot-10-inch teenager." http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00442.jpgYoung Ideas New York Daily News February 5, 1970 It's spring training, 1970 and Bud Harrelson is a defending World Champion shortstop. In Dick Young's column, Bud reflects on his recovery from knee surgery in 1968 and how, as a minor league player attending a Mets game in San Francisco, he gained confidence when he witnessed his future mentor Roy McMillan make an error. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00447.jpgYoung Ideas New York Daily News April 29, 1970 In Dick Young's column, Bud Harrelson talks about the reaction to his first out-of-the-park home run. When asked for an autograph, Bud offered to sign it "Baby Ruth". http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00483.jpgMets' Bud Harrelson A Lover, Not a Fighter The Times (Munster, Indiana) July 9, 1970 Three years before the now legendary fight with Pete Rose, Bud Harrelson took a few steps towards the mound and had to be restrained when he felt that Cardinals pitcher Jerry Reuss was throwing at him. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00451.jpgBud Harrelson: Batting Expert Florida Today May 13, 1971 Bud Harrelson, known as a glove but not a bat, is leading the Mets with a .329 batting average and has recently had a nine-game hitting streak. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00449.jpgMet Star Turns Singer: Bud Harrelson Doesn't Do Anything Halfway Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN) December 26, 1971 Bud Harrelson performs at a country-western bar in Woodridge, New Jersey. The article includes a photo of Buddy strumming on a guitar. (This explains why Bruce Stark later pictured Bud playing shortstop with a guitar on his back in his full-color caricature in the Daily News Sunday comic section.) http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00475.jpgUmpires disturb mild Bud Harrelson New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ) July 7, 1972 A tough loss to the Padres has Bud Harrelson fuming over some umpiring calls. He vows to no longer be a "nice guy". http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00041.jpgBud Hit the Reds Where It Hurt Newsday October 8, 1973 Bud Harrelson provided Pete Rose and the Reds with some bulletin board material after the second game of the 1973 NLCS. These words would soon, famously, lead to an on-field brawl between the two players at Shea. Also includes an article about Game 2, "Up Up and Away Soared Superfoul". http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00116.jpgSlide by Rose Sparks a Free-for-All; Fans Toss Garbage, Reds Walk Off Field New York Daily News October 9, 1973 The now legendary Mets-Reds brawl during the 1973 NLCS, with Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson squaring off. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00444.jpgPete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way New York Daily News October 11, 1973 After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, the M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00488.jpgPete, Bud "kiss, make up" The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio) January 29, 1974 At an offseason baseball writers dinner, Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson show there are no hard feelings as Bud presents Pete with a "Good Guy" award. The article includes a photo of the two players flanking a smiling Yogi Berra. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00477.jpgBud: Someone Missed Boat Tampa Tribune March 20, 1974 Bud Harrelson regrets that he and Pete Rose didn't do a television commercial together. Plus, a chat with Wayne Garrett, who appears to be establishing himself as the third baseman the Mets have been waiting for. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00479.jpgHarrelson Faces Surgery and Misty Future New York Daily News May 21, 1975 As Roy McMillan once mentored young Bud Harrelson, Buddy is now mentoring his perceived successor, Mike Phillips. The Mets veteran shortstop, still only 30 years old, is struggling with a bad knee and is enduring a lot of pain. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00450.jpgBud Harrelson Worked Hard to Work Things Out New York Daily News March 25, 1976 Bud Harrelson has endured a bad knee, a broken marriage (his wife ran off with a younger man) and a failed business, but in spring 1976 he feels things are looking up. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00102.jpgHarrelson Has Trouble With Some Answers Newsday December 9, 1977 Bud Harrelson contemplates a possible end to his time with the Mets http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00453.jpgHarrelson Wants Trade -- Won't Play for Mets New York Daily News March 4, 1978 After the Mets reacquired Tim Foli to be their starting shortstop, Bud Harrelson has asked to be traded. He doesn't want to be a backup infielder on a team that won't be a contender. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00485.jpgA Phillie now Journal News (White Plains, NY) March 25, 1978 In retrospect, it's sad to see how jubilant Bud Harrelson is in this photo as he packs his bags to leave the Mets after having been traded to Philadelphia. But the Mets were going nowhere and the Phillies, in 1978, were the powerhouse team in the division. And as we now know, Bud's association with the Mets is still far from over. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00491.jpgNewest Mets' player is less than thrilled Poughkeepsie Journal March 25, 1978 Bud Harrelson has been traded to the defending NL East Champion Phillies, but the player who came back in return, Fred Andrews, is slated to be a Triple-A player for an also-ran team. Not a good turn of events for Fred, who has 16 big league games under his belt but who would finish his career in Tidewater. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00223.jpgWhen a Diamond Becomes a Ring Newsday August 2, 1983 Newsday "TV Sports" columnist Stan Isaacs reviews a recent Mets broadcast on Sportschannel. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00467.jpgMets' farm team hires Harrelson Citizen Register (Ossining, NY) June 7, 1984 Bud Harrelson gets his first managing gig, with Little Falls of the Single-A New York-Penn League. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00452.jpgBuddy System at Little Falls Newsday July 15, 1984 Newsday's Tom Verducci checks in with Bud Harrelson as he works the minor league circuit as a manager of the Mets' Single-A affiliate in Little Falls, New York. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00455.jpgThis one's for you, Bud (Harrelson) New York Daily News September 9, 1984 Bud Harrelson has concluded his first season as a minor league manager, winning a Manager of the Year award and the New York-Penn League championship at Little Falls. This article includes praise for Bud from a future Mets shortstop, Kevin Elster. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00493.jpgMets' Harrelson: This Bud's for you, Columbia The State (Columbia, SC) January 19, 1985 Bud Harrelson is the new manager of the Columbia Mets of the South Atlantic League. In this article he reflects on what he learned the previous year at Little Falls in his first season as a professional manager. He's also photographed wearing what looks to be a ridiculously large button on his jacket. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00459.jpgMets Wonder Who'll Be At 3d New York Daily News May 17, 1985 Bobby Valentine is leaving his position as the Mets third-base coach to manage the Texas Rangers. Among the candidates to replace him: Sam Perlozzo, Bill Robinson, and the eventual choice, Bud Harrelson. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00487.jpgMets, former mentor enjoy reunion Columbia Record (Columbia, SC) July 30, 1985 Bud Harrelson left his job managing the Columbia Mets during the 1985 season in order to join Davey Johnson's big-league coaching staff. In this article, Bud is interviewed while on a return visit to Columbia, where he reflects on his time there and on some of the differences between being a minor-league manager and a major-league third-base coach. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00489.jpgHarrelson saw all the action Poughkeepsie Journal October 27, 1986 The bottom of the tenth inning of Game Six of the 1986 World Series is surely the most legendary half inning in Mets history. Bud Harrelson was the third base coach as the monumental events unfolded, and in this article he shares his perspective. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00476.jpgMets' Harrelson displayed a touch of class and heart New York Daily News February 18, 1987 The term "class act" gets used a lot, and in this Daily News column by Howard Cosell, we see how aptly it applies to Bud Harrelson. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00454.jpgSuddenly, Bud's Stock Is Blue Chip Newsday October 23, 1988 In October of 1988, Marty Noble of Newsday speculates that Bud Harrelson's chances of becoming a big league manager are looking good. He's being considered for a position with the White Sox, but he may eventually succeed Davey Johnson, if Mike Cubbage doesn't. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00471.jpgNew faces, old result: Buddy's Mets lose New York Daily News May 30, 1990 Davey Johnson has been fired and Bud Harrelson is the new manager of the Mets. He doesn't get off to a good start, however. The Mets lose his debut game 2-1 in Cincinnati. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00472.jpg'A good choice' New York Daily News May 30, 1990 When Davey Johnson was fired, the Mets considered Bud Harrelson and Mike Cubbage to succeed him. Harrelson got the job, and an endorsement from his rival. Cubbage would eventually get the job, but only for seven games as an interim manager in 1991 after Bud's firing. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00473.jpgBud, this one's for you; Davey gets thumb New York Daily News May 30, 1990 The Mets fire manager Davey Johnson, and his third base coach, Bud Harrelson, is his replacement. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00460.jpgLittle Buddy Could Make Big Difference Newsday May 31, 1990 As Bud Harrelson takes the helm as Mets manager, Newsday columnist Joe Gergen looks back at how Buddy got to where he is, and also at what may lie ahead. Gergen points out that Bud is the only one of Gil Hodges' Mets players to become a manager. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00469.jpgOn The Path Of Hodges Newsday June 1, 1990 New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00470.jpgNew Name Is on Door, But Mets Need More Newsday June 1, 1990 As Bud Harrelson takes over the Mets, he's faced with a flailing team and a number of discontented players. This article includes grumbling from Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00482.jpgMets leave the worrying to Harrelson Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) July 14, 1990 The Mets are thriving under their new manager. They've won 28 of their first 38 games under Bud Harrelson's leadership. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00480.jpgBud: Elster Situation Difficult Newsday February 22, 1991 Mets manager Bud Harrelson, in his first (and ultimately only) spring training as skipper, discusses some of his options regarding several players on his roster, including Kevin Elster, Keith Miller, and Mark Carreon. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00492.jpgMets' Harrelson can't stand radio static, too bad Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) May 5, 1991 Tony Kornheiser, of the Washington Post, blasts Mets manager Bud Harrelson for ducking not-so-tough questions from Howie Rose on WFAN. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00478.jpgYes, It's Been One Year With Bud at the Helm Newsday May 29, 1991 Bud Harrelson has now managed 162 Mets games, over parts of two seasons, and Mets VP Al Harazin is expressing patience. Bud has a 24-19 record so far in 1991 and he's 94-68 overall. It's strange to see that there are questions about Harrelson's job security at this point. As we now know, things would take a turn for the worse. An 8-21 record in August would doom the club, and Bud would be gone before the season's end. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00289.jpgCone Does It His Way Newsday June 5, 1991 A disagreement among pitcher David Cone, manager Bud Harrelson, and pitching coach Doc Edwards led to an in-game finger-poking confrontation in the Mets dugout. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00458.jpgIt Must Look Familiar to The Boss Newsday August 8, 1991 Things are going poorly for the Mets, and Marty Noble speculates on Bud Harrelson's future. He determines (incorrectly, as time will prove) that Bud won't be fired but that his contract simply won't be renewed. This article includes a sidebar that speculates on who will follow Harrelson. Among those listed is future interim manager Mike Cubbage and future permanent manager Dallas Green, but no mention of the actual eventual selection, Jeff Torborg. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00457.jpgBud's gotta go! New York Daily News August 9, 1991 Daily News columnist Mike Lupica calls for the immediate firing of manager Bud Harrelson -- before it's too late to save the season. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00462.jpgIt Hurts: Out of spotlight, Harrelson begins healing process Newsday October 1, 1991 Bud Harrelson, back at home in Hauppauge, Long Island, reflects on his recent firing as Mets manager. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00463.jpgBud Didn't Understand Newsday October 1, 1991 Marty Noble takes a sympathetic, but unvarnished, look at Bud Harrelson's recently concluded tenure as Mets manager, and outlines his failings. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00464.jpgThe New Pastime: Dancing on Graves Newsday October 1, 1991 Newsday columnist Joe Gergen laments the tone of the media's coverage of the firing of Bud Harrelson as Mets manager. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00468.jpgBuddy I Knew Was on the Ball Newsday October 2, 1991 Newsday columnist Carole Agus shares a personal remembrance of Bud Harrelson and a game of ping pong. She says that Bud was one of the most stylish and sexiest men she's ever met. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00465.jpgThis, Bud, is for you New York Daily News October 17, 1991 U.S. Congressman Bob Mrazek writes a letter to the Daily News' Voice of the People defends Bud Harrelson after the abuse he feels the Mets manager received after his firing. He says that Bud "is a good and decent man who acted honorably and well in a tough profession." http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00461.jpgSomething to quack about New York Daily News June 25, 2000 Bud Harrelson is the co-owner, and manager, of the unaffiliated Atlantic League team, the Long Island Ducks. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00466.jpgHey Bud, This Night's For You Newsday August 4, 2018 Mets legend Bud Harrelson, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, has his uniform number 3 retired by the Long Island Ducks. http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00494.jpgEveryone's Buddy: Beloved '69 champion Harrelson dies at 79 New York Daily News January 12, 2024 Obituary for Bud Harrelson, Mets All-Star shortstop, coach, manager, broadcaster, World Champion, and a member of the club's Hall of Fame.

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Of course we have to be skeptical, but I hope it's true that Megill and his new splitter will make him elite. Maybe he'll go from being the Mets' Mike Scott to being the Astros' Mike Scott. (Or perhaps The Office's Michael Scott?)

Oops! You got a premature peek under the hood. That was supposed to have been saved as a draft. Please disregard.

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I'm feeling a bit optimistic about Manaea. I think he'll be at least as useful as Taijuan Walker was.

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I think this is good news.

Mine was Don Hahn.

They are. Andy Martino said recently (on Mets Hot Stove) that he doesn't expect that to happen, but he won't rule out Steve Cohen making an impulsive change of mind. I would love to see them add Soler but the conventional wisdom (for whatever it's worth) is that Vientos and Stewart will be doing the DHing this year.

I still expect them to add somebody. It just won't be David Robertson. On Mets Hot Stove they floated three names, including Hector Neris. (I don't remember the others.)

I'm just dropping into this thread to mention that it's almost February, and Jordan Montgomery and Blake Snell are still out there. I find this surprising. We're only a few weeks away from "pitchers and catchers". I'm not expecting that either of these guys will be Mets, but I do wonder what's going on. Yamamoto has been out of the way for a while now.

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A Boy Named Seo wrote: DON'T GOT IT is a pretty perfect photo and it feels rare that one of these news places doesn't go too heavy handed with the blocky headline, but here they really used restraint and they laid the text out so well. It looks like Nimmo is pulling up so he doesn't bump into the "G" and the ball rolling up the arm of Marte is a damn period to end the sentence. Well said! And it convinced me to change my vote.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: That Ben Grimm did DIDDLY SQUAT to protect our elections. I think you're confusing me with Nikki Haley. Or Nancy Pelosi. Or somebody.

All polls from the fourth round are now open for voting. By this time next week, we will have established our Final Four. Fifth-round voting, our semi-finals, will commence on Monday, February 5.

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I wouldn't say that they're in "full rebuild". This is an adjustment year, but it's not a back-up-the-truck year.

I wasn't aware until this latest news that Sports Illustrated had been reduced from a weekly to a monthly publication. When did that happen?

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