Benjamin Grimm

I still say they should sign Darryl Strawberry. He can announce it himself from the press box at Shea.

The logs offer no insight regarding Bud Harrelson's popularity on June 4. (Sometimes the Google search words offer a clue. Not this time, though.) Jimmy Piersall won big on June 2. He had a large number of Google and Yahoo searches. No real clue as to why. You don't need to seek an explanation when David Wright finishes first. It's more of a surprise lately when he doesn't.

Do you have to somehow prove that you're a fan of FOX News?

Pitcher of the Month has become a real grab bag in the last year since Pedro and Glavine stopped winning it. And Soler's win is the biggest anomaly yet. To Edgy's earlier point, I think I tend to give a lot of points to starting pitchers too. I suspect that in most games I end up awarding more points to the starters than they get from the final tally.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OLIVER PEREZ, THE SCHAEFER METS PITCHER OF THE MONTH FOR MAY 2007!

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for June 3, 2007 (15 votes) Arizona Diamondbacks 4, New York Mets 1 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedOliver Perez33.052.20Carlos Gomez14.820.99Endy Chavez6.900.46José Reyes6.230.42Paul Lo Duca6.110.41Aaron Heilman3.600.24David Wright1.800.12Ramon Castro1.000.07Carlos Delgado1.000.07

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for June 2, 2007 (15 votes) New York Mets 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 1 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedJorge Sosa46.493.10Ruben Gotay39.662.64Carlos Delgado24.171.61José Reyes9.030.60David Newhan6.720.45Joe Smith5.970.40Pedro Feliciano5.530.37Ramon Castro5.440.36David Wright3.800.25Ben Johnson2.000.13Carlos Gomez1.190.08 CPF Schaefer Voting Results

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for June 1, 2007 (13 votes) Arizona Diamondbacks 5, New York Mets 1 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedJohn Maine36.532.81José Reyes12.350.95Ruben Gotay8.820.68Aaron Heilman6.330.49David Newhan6.200.48Julio Franco2.450.19Guillermo Mota1.000.08Carlos Gomez1.100.08

http://leaptoad.com/mets/jpeg/DavidWright1971.jpgCongratulations, and a big frosty mug of Schaefer beer, to May's Schaefer Mets Player of the month: DAVID WRIGHT.This is the third win for David; he previously won in August of 2005 and June of 2006. Wright led the Mets in several categories in May, including home runs (8), doubles (9), runs (17), and runs batted in (22). Carlos Delgado, who, like Wright, struggled in April also rebounded in May, finishing second in the overall voting. May's Pitcher of the Month is first-time winner Oliver Perez. Perez was 4-1 in May, with a 2.01 ERA in 6 starts. He led the Mets in innings pitched with 40.1 and in strikeouts with 35. CPF Schaefer Voting Results home page. Previous WinnersYearAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember2005Cliff Floyd Player of the MonthPedro Martinez Pitcher of the Month Mike Cameron Player of the MonthPedro Martinez Pitcher of the Month Cliff Floyd Player of the MonthPedro Martinez Pitcher of the Month José Reyes Player of the MonthPedro Martinez Pitcher of the Month David Wright Player of the MonthTom Glavine Pitcher of the Month Tom Glavine Player of the Month, Pitcher of the Month 2006Tom Glavine Player of the Month, Pitcher of the Month Carlos Beltran Player of the MonthPedro Martinez Pitcher of the Month David Wright Player of the MonthAlay Soler Pitcher of the Month Carlos Beltran Player of the MonthJohn Maine Pitcher of the Month José Reyes Player of the MonthSteve Trachsel Pitcher of the Month Carlos Delgado Player of the MonthOrlando Hernandez Pitcher of the Month 2007José Reyes Player of the MonthJohn Maine Pitcher of the Month David Wright Player of the MonthOliver Perez Pitcher of the Month Totals for May 2007 Through game of May 31, 2007 RankNamePoints1David Wright26.512Carlos Delgado21.283Oliver Perez19.604Paul Lo Duca16.225Damion Easley13.416Jorge Sosa13.027Endy Chavez12.958José Reyes12.579Tom Glavine12.3310Carlos Beltran11.2511Shawn Green9.6412John Maine8.2713Billy Wagner7.7014Orlando Hernandez7.5815Aaron Heilman6.6416Joe Smith6.4717Pedro Feliciano5.4918David Newhan5.2419Ruben Gotay5.0520Scott Schoeneweis3.1921Carlos Gomez3.0422Julio Franco2.9323Mike Pelfrey2.8524Ambiorix Burgos2.7625Guillermo Mota1.6226Moises Alou1.5327Ramon Castro1.2928Aaron Sele1.2429Ben Johnson0.3430Lino Urdaneta0.3231Jason Vargas0.25

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 31, 2007 (17 votes) New York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 2 NameTotal PointsPoints Awarded Player Performance Orlando Hernandez61.133.60(W) 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.José Reyes25.521.502-3, R, RBI, BB, SO, SB.David Wright16.860.992-4, 2B, RBI, SO.Billy Wagner14.640.86(Sv) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.Endy Chavez13.700.812-4, RBI.Joe Smith12.430.731.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Damion Easley11.310.672-4, R, 2B.Carlos Beltran8.430.501-1, R, RBI.Ben Johnson5.820.341-2, R, BB.Paul Lo Duca0.170.010-4.

Glavine 3 Schoeneweis 1 Mota 1 Wagner 1 Lo Duca 2 Wright 1 Easley 1

Four games will close on Wednesday: May 31 vs. SF: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6491 June 1, 2, and 3 vs. Arizona: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6502 http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6508 http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6514

He recently (in the strips being rerun in the daily papers) was caught stealing home with two outs in the ninth. He had represented the tying run.

The Mets might not place a pitcher on the staff. If they do, Perez might be a possibility as well as Maine and Wagner.

Note to ticketholders (I'm one of them): The Sunday July 1 game at Citizens Bank Park has been switched from 1:10 p.m. to 8:09 p.m. for ESPN.

I don't remember the URL, but I heard that there's a fan site out there somewhere that "celebrates" the 10,000 losses.

Here we go: Joe Ginsberg 1962-04-13 1962-04-15 Al Schmelz 1967-09-07 1967-09-24 Bob Johnson 1969-09-19 1969-10-01 Jay Kleven 1976-06-20 1976-06-27 Tom Edens 1987-06-02 1987-06-07 Kevin Brown 1990-07-27 1990-08-01 Juan Castillo 1994-07-26 1994-07-31 Mike Fyhrie 1996-09-14 1996-09-29 Charlie Greene 1996-09-15 1996-09-29 Dennis Springer 2000-04-22 2000-04-26 Jim Mann 2000-05-29 2000-07-02 Gary Matthews 2002-04-01 2002-04-03 Joe DePastino 2003-08-05 2003-08-06 James Baldwin 2004-05-10 2004-05-15 Scott Erickson 2004-07-19 2004-07-26 Brian Buchanan 2004-08-26 2004-08-29 Philip Humber 2006-09-24 2006-09-27 Lino Urdaneta 2007-05-06 2007-05-07

Looks like I'll have to post a list of guys who narrowly missed being on the one-game-only list. Stay tuned for a list of Mets who have played in exactly two games.

I was at this game, my first Shea visit of 2007. And just now, two days later, I realized that I witnessed Mets history, sort of. Prior to the start of the game, the Mets had played 28 games at Shea this season. That means that there were 53 home games remaining, plus another 81 in 2008 equals 134 remaining (regular-season) games at Shea Stadium before the move to Citi Field. Going into Saturday's game, the Mets had an all-time record of 1,786 wins and 1,652 losses at Shea since 1964. If they had lost all 134 remaining games, they'd end up at 1,786 and 1,786. So by winning on Saturday, the Mets clinched a winning record at Shea Stadium. It's funny. When sitting in the stands that day, looking out at the construction site beyond the outfield wall, I wondered if the Mets had clinched that winning record yet. It's strange that the thought occurred to me on the very day that they would get it done.

Maybe the Mets can lure Darryl Strawberry out of retirement. He's only five months older than Roger Clemens.

Okay, I can give you a more precise answer. To date, there have been 20: Jessie Hudson 1969-09-19 Francisco Estrada 1971-09-14 Don Rose 1971-09-15 Mac Scarce 1975-04-11 Luis Alvarado 1977-04-13 Doc Medich 1977-09-29 Bob Gibson 1987-07-25 Manny Hernandez 1989-09-16 Dave Liddell 1990-06-03 Kenny Greer 1993-09-29 Kevin Morgan 1997-06-15 Brad Clontz 1998-06-05 Dan Murray 1999-08-09 Ryan McGuire 2000-06-04 Brett Hinchliffe 2001-04-26 Gary Bennett 2001-07-24 Jason Roach 2003-06-14 Joe Hietpas 2004-10-03 Chan Ho Park 2007-04-30 Jason Vargas 2007-05-17

Alou in 2007 is starting to remind me of Reyes in 2004.

A bunch!

I hope Jose steals at least 67 bases this year. I'd rather see him as the single-season record holder than one-hit wonder Roger Cedeno. Jose is also climbing the all-time ranks in runs and hits.