Benjamin Grimm

I wish he had. Didn't he hit a killer home run for the Cardinals against the Mets in 1985?

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The good news is that he did a lot of that accumulating in 2015.

Gary just reporting this now.

Is he a "natural" center fielder? Does he go ahead of Roger Lagares on the depth chart?

If only Doug Peterson had a chance to have Mike Plawecki as his catcher...

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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=42476 time=1596326567 user_id=68] When's deGrom's next start?

I'm not at all surprised that many players are not taking this seriously. They're a cross-section of America, after all, and they're young and think they're invulnerable. During one of the ESPN telecasts opening weekend, they talked to someone (forget who, but he was a Mets fan with a Strawberry jersey hanging on his wall) who was familiar with Korean baseball and he discussed the peer pressure that players feel to not screw this up. In South Korea even one positive test result would lead to the entire league being suspended for two weeks.

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A little more fiber in his diet will take care of that.

I've decided what name the Braves should choose when they're eventually forced to rebrand themselves. I had been looking for a name that tied into the history of baseball in Atlanta, but all I could find was the Atlanta Crackers, and that won't do. But the answer lies in the franchise's history in Boston. Before they were the Braves, they were the Boston Bees. So I humbly suggest that they become the Atlanta Bees.

=LWFS post_id=42357 time=1596242695 user_id=84] Wait: We're allowed to score runs after we load the bases?

Rene Rivera is on the IL, I think Gary said

Even if it's just a ten-game season, I'll be glad to have had it.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn't do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season, sources familiar with the conversation told ESPN. According to the article, the shutdown may come as soon as Monday. State and local governments have pressured baseball about players skirting the mandates outlined in the league's 113-page operations manual, sources told ESPN. Broadcasts that have shown players high-fiving, spitting and not wearing masks have left government officials wondering how seriously players are taking the protocols, sources said. Further, there is concern about off-the-field choices, with one high-ranking official saying: "There are some bad decisions being made." https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29572885/sources-mlb-commissioner-warns-shutdown-players-do-better-job-managing-coronavirushttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29572885/sources-mlb-commissioner-warns-shutdown-players-do-better-job-managing-coronavirus

I agree that the season seems doomed, but I'm taking an opposite approach. Most Mets seasons don't end with a trip to the playoffs anyway, so I might as well enjoy each game on its own merits. And I have plenty of time to waste! My wife is gone, my girlfriend is (for the duration) socially distant as is everyone else except for my kids, who although still living with me are young adults and don't put many demands on my time at all. I'll cherish each game as if it was the last, because each one very well might be.

I know what you mean. The fun is definitely lessened by the fact that it's propelled by a deadly disease, which is a bummer. But the utter craziness of the season is fascinating. We'll (hopefully) never see anything like this again. If they manage to find a way to keep playing through October, there are any number of nutty surprises ahead.

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When I first became a Mets fan, there had been fewer than 200 Mets. I signed up some time after the 1971 season began, so it's likely that Jon Matlack (July 11, 1971) is the first Met over whom I have seniority.

How long before we run out of Marlins? It's going to be REALLY hard to complete this season.

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I think I'm starting to lose confidence in Edwin Diaz.