Benjamin Grimm

Today was a good day for Mr. Met in the Yearbook Cover Derby. In all the years of Mets yearbooks, he's only been featured on the cover twice, in 1963 and again in 1976. And both of those covers were winners in the polls that closed today. The 1963 cover scored an easy 15 to 1 victory over the 1989 Revised Edition and the Bicentennial cover prevailed over John Stearns' 1978 action shot, 12 to 8. The bad news for Mr. Met? These two covers will face each other in an epic third-round showdown! ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

I'm not sure I see a reduced freedom here, unless it's the freedom to fly a drone over a crowded space. Shouldn't you also have the freedom to prevent a drone from flying over your property? If there was some strange drone flying over my house I would like to have the right to snag it and bring it down.

They need to get another outfielder or two on their 40-man roster.

Why bother trying to cure cancer when not getting cancer will just lead you to die of something else?

Thanks! Although I already have a lot of deGrom cards to choose from, I decided to create yet another one to reflect his new look. But if he continues to win Schaefer awards in 2018, I'll probably dust off some of the long-hair cards from previous seasons.

I guess that's a demotion he can't refuse.

When you said that Dom Smith was "on the way to Philly" I thought for a moment that he had been traded.

In our third unanimous result, and the first of the second round, the 1970 cover has ousted the 1984 cover by capturing all 14 votes cast. We're on another hiatus, by the way. All second-round polls have been posted and the third round will begin next Friday, May 18. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

I'm totally square. Never tried pot or even a regular cigarette. However, when the conversation turns to caffeine or Pop Tarts...

I got dragged to church every Sunday and every Holy Day of Obligation. I had eight years of catechism. I never really felt it, never believed it, never wanted it, and when I was old enough I walked away from it. Your son is a free-thinking human being and if he didn't want this, he'd know he had options.

All I know about cocaine is what I see on TV and in the movies and judging from that, it would seem that it has a nearly instant effect.

Centerfield wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Your son makes his own decisions. As you said, there are other Mets fan parents whose kids have decided to root for the Yankees. Yours didn't. Maybe he's rightfully put off by the smug attitude of their fans and decided he doesn't want to be one of them. For most things yes. But I don't know that I ever gave him the chance on this one. I really and truly believe that kids shares interests with their parents if they're by nature inclined to do so. Certainly that's true by the time they're 13 years old. Would he have been a Mets fan if you weren't? Maybe not. But he certainly had a choice.

Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points. Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points. Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points. Week ending April 21, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 8.78 points. Week ending April 28, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 5.18 points.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2018 APRIL 2018 Player of the Month: ASDRUBAL CABRERA For the first time ever, Asdrubal Cabrera is the Schaefer Mets Player of the Month. He finished a mere 0.47 points ahead of runner-up Jacob deGrom. Pitcher of the Month: JACOB deGROM Jacob deGrom makes Schaefer history this month with his 11th Pitcher of the Month award, breaking the record of 10 that he had shared with R.A. Dickey. Reliever of the Month: JEURYS FAMILIA This is the 12th time that the man whose name we don't know how to pronounce has been the Schaefer Reliever of the Month, and his first time since way back in August of 2016. (See below for a full listing of reliever points.) Bench Player of the Month: JUAN LAGARES Juan Lagares is the Bench Player of the Month for the second time. He totaled 2.05 points in games in which he was not in the starting lineup. Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Jacob deGrom 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Noah Syndergaard 2 Curtis Granderson 2 Michael Conforto 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 PITCHER OF THE MONTH JACOB deGROM 11 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 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Noah Syndergaard 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 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH JEURYS FAMILIA 12 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 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 BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Wilmer Flores 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 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 Cedeño 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 Brandon Nimmo 1 Dominic Smith 1 Leaders for Bench Players in April: 1 Juan Lagares 2.05 2 Adrian Gonzalez 1.74 3 Michael Conforto 0.93 4 Wilmer Flores 0.81 5 Brandon Nimmo 0.68 6 Jose Lobaton 0.36 Leaders for Relievers in April: 1 Jeurys Familia 7.77 2 Paul Sewald 6.70 3 Seth Lugo 6.45 4 Robert Gsellman 6.03 5 AJ Ramos 5.23 6 Hansel Robles 3.26 7 Corey Oswalt 2.21 8 Jerry Blevins 1.46 9 Jacob Rhame 1.09 10 Gerson Bautista 0.43 11 Matt Harvey 0.12

Your son makes his own decisions. As you said, there are other Mets fan parents whose kids have decided to root for the Yankees. Yours didn't. Maybe he's rightfully put off by the smug attitude of their fans and decided he doesn't want to be one of them.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Jinx! I guess I'll try again in another seven years.