Benjamin Grimm

I prefer the Walgreens cap to the one with the Capitol Building on it. Simpler is better. The ideal baseball cap has the initial letter(s) of the city the team represents. The Orioles should have a B. The A's should have an O. (At least as long as they remain in Oakland.) The Blue Jays should have a T. (You see where I'm going with this...)

If they're 85% vaccinated then they probably have "herd immunity" among themselves, but they're still out and about mingling with other people. My guess is that those who are vaccinated but get sick anyway have probably had a high level of exposure. Maybe the players spent hours at a nightclub among the unmasked or something. Just speculation.

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Yes, he has. He could have insisted on talking about Qualcomm.

The May version of Lindor is more appealing than the April version.

Wow! How cool would it be if his name was Ghoryakhel? Missed opportunity by his parents there. That's a better name than Asdrubal! Maybe even better than Yennsey!

No roster moves (yet) for McNeil and Almora? If they're unavailable the Mets' bench will consist of two catchers and no one else.

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I literally laughed out loud at seeing, for the second time in just a few days, that goofy-looking guy getting his shirt pulled off by a mob of teammates.

My girlfriend is surprised that books about baseball even exist. She can't imagine what anyone could say about baseball.

It's too bad Carrasco isn't ready to step in. I guess for now I'd go with Stroman, Walker, Peterson, Yamamoto, Reid-Foley. (With Lucchesi and Gsellman on stand-by?)

=G-Fafif post_id=63796 time=1620659863 user_id=55] Willie Mays taking a 90th birthday lap in 2021 is the chronological equivalent of Babe Ruth hypothetically doing the same in 1985, Christy Mathewson in 1970, Walter Johnson in 1977, Lou Gehrig in 1993, Hank Greenberg in 2001, Mel Ott in 1999, Ty Cobb in 1976, Jackie Robinson in 2009, Gil Hodges in 2014, Roberto Clemente in 2024 (and Jacob deGrom in 2078).

Well, obviously we have to hope that's accurate. We've all seen day-to-day take a turn for the worse plenty of times before, so who knows?

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2021 http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/2020_NL_Strikeout_Leaders.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/JacobdeGrom1975.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/EdwinDiaz1970.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/JonathanVillar1973.jpg> APRIL 2021 Player of the Month: JACOB deGROM Pitcher of the Month: JACOB deGROM Reliever of the Month: EDWIN DIAZ Bench Player of the Month: JONATHAN VILLAR http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/potm_results.php?month=04&year=2021> Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 JACOB deGROM 11 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Michael Conforto 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Pete Alonso 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Noah Syndergaard 2 Curtis Granderson 2 Yoenis Cespedes 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 Wilmer Flores 1 Neil Walker 1 Jay Bruce 1 Asdrubal Cabrera 1 Brandon Nimmo 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Dominic Smith 1PITCHER OF THE MONTH JACOB deGROM 23 R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Bartolo Colon 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Noah Syndergaard 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Robert Gsellman 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Rafael Montero 1 Steven Matz 1 David Peterson 1RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 12 Seth Lugo 8 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Robert Gsellman 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 EDWIN DIAZ 2 Darren Oliver 1 Chad Bradford 1 Guillermo Mota 1 Joe Smith 1 Jorge Sosa 1 Scott Schoeneweis 1 Pedro Feliciano 1 Sean Green 1 Fernando Nieve 1 Hisanori Takahashi 1 Elmer Dessens 1 Jason Isringhausen 1 Frank Francisco 1 Josh Edgin 1 Scott Rice 1 Paul Sewald 1 Chasen Bradford 1 Wilmer Font 1 Chasen Shreve 1BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Wilmer Flores 5 Dominic Smith 4 Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Julio Franco 2 Damion Easley 2 Marlon Anderson 2 Endy Chavez 2 Josh Thole 2 Justin Turner 2 Scott Hairston 2 Andrew Brown 2 Lucas Duda 2 Juan Lagares 2 Brandon Nimmo 2 Amed Rosario 2 Eli Marrero 1 Michael Tucker 1 Ricky Ledee 1 David Newhan 1 Ramon Castro 1 Ruben Gotay 1 Robinson Cancel 1 Gary Sheffield 1 Alex Cora 1 Jeremy Reed 1 Omir Santos 1 Cory Sullivan 1 Chris Carter 1 Mike Hessman 1 Nick Evans 1 Jason Pridie 1 Willie Harris 1 Val Pascucci 1 Mike Baxter 1 Ronny Cedeno 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Gavin Cecchini 1 Michael Conforto 1 Jose Reyes 1 Devin Mesoraco 1 J.D. Davis 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Luis Guillorme 1 Robinson Cano 1 JONATHAN VILLAR 1 Leaders for Relievers in April: 1 Edwin Diaz 5.07 2 Miguel Castro 3.92 3 Trevor May 3.69 4 Aaron Loup 3.44 5 Robert Gsellman 3.14 6 Jeurys Familia 2.90 7 Sean Reid-Foley 2.42 8 Jacob Barnes 1.41 9 Joey Lucchesi 0.88 10 Trevor Hildenberger 0.38 11 Luis Guillorme 0.09 12 Dellin Betances 0.06 Leaders for Bench Players in April: 1 Jonathan Villar 3.17 2 Luis Guillorme 1.23 3 J.D. Davis 1.02 4 Kevin Pillar 0.41 5 Albert Almora 0.20 6 Dominic Smith 0.15 7 Jeff McNeil 0.01

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I created this post just as a quick way to see these charts from 1962 through today, because I was curious to see, at a glance, in which seasons the Mets strayed the least from the .500 mark. Other than the weird season of 2020, the seasons with the least extreme swings were 1975, 2005, and 2011. I also noticed that there are only four seasons in which the Mets never dipped below .500: 1985, 1998, 2006, and 2007. In only one of those seasons did the Mets make the post-season, although they came very close in the other three. Here are the charts, for whatever infotainment they may provide: http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1962> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1963> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1964> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1965> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1966> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1967> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1968> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1969> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1970> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1971> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1972> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1973> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1974> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1975> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1976> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1977> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1978> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1979> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1980> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1981> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1982> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1983> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1984> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1985> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1986> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1987> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1988> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1989> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1990> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1991> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1992> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1993> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1994> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1995> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1996> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1997> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1998> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=1999> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2000> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2001> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2002> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2003> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2004> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2005> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2006> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2007> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2008> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2009> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2010> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2011> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2012> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2013> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2014> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2015> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2016> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2017> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2018> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2019> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2020> http://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2021>

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I think I'm seeing a different set of commercials since I'm not in New York. A lot of "Big Pizza" and purple iPhones.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: And there are are lot reasons to ask, two of the best players on the team just had a fistfight in the middle of a game. Was there really a fistfight???

Ooooh! A picture of a rat! I'd rather see Yamamoto than Lucchesi. We've seen enough of Lucchesi for a while.

LAST CALL! All games played in April will be closing on Monday morning.

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