Benjamin Grimm

Pitched for the Tidewater Tides as late as 1990.

I guess that proves it then.

For some reason I can't determine, a lot of people are Googling Ed Glynn today.

The slump is affecting all of us. We're scuffling right now.

Green 2 Reyes 1 Wright 1 Gomez 1 Delgado 1 Schoeneweis 0.2 Mota 0.4 Feliciano 0.8

Ed Kranepool with a win on June 11. Perhaps because he was the answer to SNY's Aflac Trivia Question. (Which Met had the most base hits before turning 24 years old?)

Over to New Orleans for a moment, the Daily News reports today that Ambiorix Burgos has been shut down because of elbow pain.

All three games of the Detroit series will close on Wednesday. The two losses are still undervoted. Please vote if you haven't done so! Friday's win: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6560 Saturday's loss: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6568 Sunday's disaster: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6575

I can't solve any of them, but as for number 1, I suspect that Willie never liked Trachsel, and his walking off the mound in the NLCS was the last straw. I think there had to be prior problems/tension that we're not aware of.

I think 15 in each league could work, and it may actually be easier to schedule than the current mess.

I should also point out that June 15 isn't all bad. The Mets made one of their best trades ever on that same date in 1983.

And you can still get solace today from the fact that he has no Wikipedia entry. And Lorn Brown does!

You can see for yourself: http://www.unfunny.com/

That may be, but Glavine in a hardhat reminds me of Dukakis in an army tank. And his referring to Citi Field as "our new home" rings false as well, because it's pretty unlikely that he'll still be with the Mets in 2009.

The reason I don't think the trade of Seaver ultimately mattered is because the Mets were going to be disassembled anyway. The turning point for the franchise was probably the death of Joan Payson, which left the team in the hands of people who were more interested in saving money than in running a winning team. Seaver and Kingman were just the first to go. Anyone who was going to earn a high salary were sure to follow. The Mets, from 1977 until the team was sold after the 1979 season, were a small market team, operating much like the Royals or Pirates do now. They were actually probably in small market mode earlier than that, but it wasn't until June of 1977 that it became more apparent. The 1976 team won 86 games, and, 13-year-old that I was, I thought it meant better days were ahead. Their failing to participate in that first big season of free agency (after the 1976 season) should have been a clue. I actually entertained thoughts of Reggie Jackson coming to the Mets.

I did find a database where I could look it up. Boswell was with the Mets through 1974. The 69ers on the 1977 Mets once Seaver was traded were just Koosman, Harrelson, Kranepool, and Grote.

The ace is the best pitcher on the staff, whether it's Tom Seaver or Mark Bomback. If there are five candidates for the title of "ace" then that can be a very good thing, if all five have merit, or a very bad thing, if none of them do. Let's put it this way, though: You have tickets to a Mets game three weeks from now. (To far out to map out the rotation.) Who are you hoping is the pitcher? I asked myself this question just now and my answer was Oliver Perez. A week from now I might feel differently.

]foolish men paying homage to their childlike selves whom they have not outgrown Any adult who cares about a sports team (myself included) is being childish. Kept in the proper perspective, it's a harmless indulgence.

I wonder what why playing his entire career with the Mets would have prevented Seaver from tending to a vineyard in 2007? I remember Tom Seaver's farewell press conference. It was played on Channel 5 news and I taped the audio on my cassette recorder. I probably still have that somewhere, but I have no clue where to begin to look for it. I also remember sitting on a curb with my friends the next day (looking back it was like a Charlie Brown and Linus moment) contemplating the bleak future ahead for the Mets. It's also easy to forget how many 69ers were still on the team at the time of the trade: Koosman, Harrelson, Grote, Kranepool, and (maybe) Boswell. I was 14 when the trade happened, an age where time unfolds much more slowly than it does for me now. The 1973 World Series was already a distant memory. The period between 1977 and 1983, with the seven consecutive losing seasons, seemed to last forever. (Much longer than the interval between 2000 and 2006, for example.) I don't think Mets history was altered in any appreciable way by the trade. The Mets were doomed to a long period of suckiness whether Seaver stayed or went. I have to wonder what the Pirates, Phillies, and whoever offered, and if they might have ultimately been better deals. (Who knows? A good young player arriving in 1977 might have put them over the top in 1984, for example.)

Heilman 1.3 Beltran 1 Reyes 1.8 Wright 1.8 Lo Duca 1.7 Ledee 1.4 Gotay 1

Yeah, that's where I'm coming from too. I don't have a "purist" objection to seeing the Mets play the Royals or the Devil Rays every few years. It's just that I liked it better when the Mets played 18 games every year against teams in their division, and 12 against every team in the West. I realize that three divisions makes that nice balance impossible, but getting rid of those interleague games would help somewhat. I'd rather see more games against other teams in the NL. It's crazy that the Mets only make one trip each year to Chicago, St. Louis, LA, etc.

Wright 3 Gomez 2 Reyes 2

I've never worn an earring in my life, and I never will. But if I did, it wouldn't be giant hoops like those. I'd be so afraid of catching one of them on something and tearing my ear off.

TransMonk wrote: I don't even care about the rival games. I can't really say that I do, either. If I had a vote, I'd stop interleague play and restore a little bit of normalcy to the schedule.

There were 14 interleague games being played today, and which game does ESPN use to highlight as its Sunday night game? Braves-Cubs. Except for when some of the designated rivals play, does anyone get all that revved up about interleague games? I know I don't.