Benjamin Grimm

Maybe some day Iceman will replace Nightcrawler as the Mets closer.

Last call for Wednesday and Thursday's games in Atlanta: Wednesday's win: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6427 Thursday's loss: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6436 Voting will close tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Voting for all three of the Florida games will close on Thursday.

Sosa 2.6 Feliciano 0.5 Smith 0.8 Wright 1.2 Beltran 1.5 Delgado 0.8 Chavez 0.6 Easley 1 Reyes 0.5 Franco 0.5

metirish wrote: If I were a betting man I woould bet that the Mets wil lnot be in NO more than two seasons. My prediction is that, once the Phillies abandon Ottawa for Allentown, the Blue Jays will grab Ottawa and the Mets will get Syracuse.

Fine.

Yes. An everyday player is one that plays every day. How else can I interpret it?

Delgado 5 Maine 3 Chavez 1 Beltran 0.5 Burgos 0.5

I'm not arguing that he's better than Green or Alou. (Although he may be.) I'm just saying that just because he hasn't played every day, it doesn't mean he can't. Was Mookie Wilson a whole lot better than Endy Chavez is? I don't think so, and HE played every day for a championship team.

Because of the holiday weekend, I'll extend the voting for the last two games in Atlanta as well as for the entire Miami series. I'll post another reminder when it's closer to vote-closing time, but the Braves games will close on Wednesday and the Marlins games will close on Thursday.

If he's their third best outfielder he should play every day. And if he's not, he shouldn't. And if Alou returns and plays like a 40-year-old, then Endy might very well be their third best outfielder.

Well, I don't know about playing Endy AND Gomez every day, but if you're getting power from your other two outfield spots, I think it's worth considering. Mookie Wilson was an everyday player, and he didn't have much power either. I think given the age of Alou and Green, Endy will get plenty of starts in the outfield this year. He'll find his playing time. I just don't think it's fair to simply dismiss him as "not an everyday player."

="New York Times"] Feeling Well, Martínez Pays Mets a Visit By BEN SHPIGEL MIAMI, May 25 — In about the time it took for the clubhouse doors to open and shut in his wake, Pedro Martínez cracked wise about his teammates’ buzz cuts, shook roughly a dozen hands, hugged about five teammates, a trainer and a clubhouse attendant, and poured a drink for one of his thirsty sons. There is hardly anyone else in baseball who can make an entrance like Martínez, and he quickly backed that up with his trademark candor and ferocious confidence. In a 10-minute interview with reporters, a more chiseled Martínez proclaimed that he is in the best shape of his life, vowed that he will return to his outstanding late-1990s form with Boston and boldly remarked that he could pitch better than Roger Clemens. He eventually took a breath. “I feel really, really good,” said Martínez, who has been rehabilitating from off-season rotator cuff surgery in south Florida. “Really, really good, thanks to God. It’s like I’m rejuvenated. I feel like the good old ’96 and ’97 years.” The clubhouse staff, alerted to the possibility of his showing up, set up a locker for Martínez, complete with a No. 45 jersey, but it was no more than wishful thinking. He is throwing regularly from 230 feet on flat ground, plans to throw from a mound for the first time next month and is still on pace to rejoin the team in mid-August, General Manager Omar Minaya said. Coming from one of his punishing six-hour workouts, Martínez planned to watch the Mets’ game against the Florida Marlins from the dugout before getting back to work on Saturday. “I can’t afford to be traveling more than two or three hours between workouts,” Martínez said with a wink. Martínez does not look too far into the future. As proof, he said, he knows what his workout will entail for that day only when he shows up. But he said that, for the first time since he could remember, everything about him feels strong. His shoulder. His foot. His hip. “What’s so hard to actually handle is that I feel so well, and I wonder why I’m not on top of the mound,” Martínez said. “I don’t have any doubt that I’ll be like I was in the mid-90s again. I feel like I did in ’96, ’97, ’98, when there were days that I felt like I could pick it up and shoot it with no hesitation. That’s how good I’ve been feeling.” Between 1997 and 2000, Martínez went 77-25 with a 2.16 earned run average and won all three of his Cy Young awards. Expecting Martínez to duplicate those years, one of the best stretches in history, is unreasonable and a little improbable. All the Mets care about is his health, which, he said, is superb. Working with his personal trainer, Chris Correnti, Martínez usually throws on consecutive days, sometimes three in a row. When he does throw, he said he does not hold back. He does not ice his arm or take anti-inflammatory medicine, preferring to let his body heal naturally. He said he is running less than he has in the past. “Thanks to God, it hasn’t been an issue,” Martínez said. Martínez took long enough of a break from his regimen the other night to watch Clemens pitch for the Yankees’ Class AA affiliate, and what he saw surprised him. “I saw Roger pitch the other day and without a doubt, I can do that now,” Martínez said. “The Roger that I knew, that’s not him.” At 35, Martínez is nine years younger than Clemens, but for his first two seasons with the Mets his body had seemed about nine years older. Martínez underwent a physical renaissance, and now everything about him, he said, is better than it was before. Even his hair. Martínez joked how pleased he was to not be around when the rest of the team shaved their heads and said that he would not trim his bushy hair until the pitching coach Rick Peterson clipped his. But then Martínez realized something. “I don’t qualify yet,” Martínez said. “Until I’m on the active roster, I don’t qualify.” For Martínez , that cannot come soon enough. Original Pedro watching thread

Elster88 wrote: Endy is not an everyday player I guess that settles it then.

Centerfield wrote: Shawn Green has a break in a small bone in his foot. Day-to-day...DL a possibility per the SNY report. When/how did that happen?

OHernandez 4 Smith 1 Beltran 1 Lo Duca 2 Reyes 1 Chavez 1

Maybe he's worried that Misty May Not.

I thought the same thing, G, when I was reading this thread and learned that Bladergroen was a Duck.

VOTING FOR THIS GAME IS NOW CLOSED Totals for May 22, 2007 (13 votes) Atlanta Braves 8, New York Mets 1 NameTotal PointsPoints Awarded Player Performance Paul Lo Duca25.701.983-4.Carlos Beltran13.501.042-4, 2B.Ambiorix Burgos10.750.832.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Shawn Green5.500.421-4, R, SO.David Newhan4.700.360-1, RBI.José Reyes2.250.170-2, 2 BB.Endy Chavez1.500.120-3, SO.Jorge Sosa1.000.08(L) 4.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO.Aaron Sele0.500.042.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.Damion Easley0.500.041-4. CPF Schaefer Voting Results

Glavine 3 Schoeneweis 1 Heilman 1 Beltran 1 Delgado 1 Gotay 0.5 Lo Duca 0.5

Wayne Garland?

Schaefering for the Tuesday night loss in Atlanta will close on Friday: http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=6417 It's still a lightly voted game, so if you haven't voted yet (and plan to), please do so.

Perez 5 Smith 0.75 Wagner 0.75 Reyes 0.75 Wright 1.25 Lo Duca 1 Gomez 0.5

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Thanks! What was the issue? PS: Did we determine why Sid Fernandez has been so popular recently? A runaway SQL statement. Sid's recent popularity was due to a link from Howard Stern's web page.

Back in business.

No, but it's worth a try.