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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    Wrong domain name. We're now at thecranepool.net
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    It's not hard when you use Google: http://archives.thecranepool.net/17000/f1_t17065.shtml http://archives.thecranepool.net/22400/f1_t22455.shtml Sheesh.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    Voting for all games played between July 1 and July 22 will close on Friday morning, August 12, some time after 7 a.m.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    So it was more like "Ernie Douglas Syndrome"?
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    Sounds like an example of "Cousin Oliver Syndrome".
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    Cast your vote!
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    Cast your vote!
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    I like it. It's worthwhile just to get out from under the obligation to Bastardo for next year. (This advantage might be mitigated, depending on the amount of cash that was sent to Pittsburgh.)
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Cast your vote!
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    Cast your vote!
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    Shhhhh! I'm lurking!
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Cast your vote! REMINDER: =#400080]As noted in the Schaefer thread, there will be a bit of a hiatus in voting availability because I'll be traveling the next two weeks. I may or may not be pasting box scores, but even if I do, it will be sporadic. If you prefer to make your voting choices while the memory of the game is fresh, you may want to consider recording your points offline somewhere. I'll be returning around August 5 and will try to get caught up quickly after that.
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    Thank you!
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    We're going to leave tomorrow on a roughly two-week jaunt. I can't promise that I'll paste any box scores into the UMDB during that time; I almost certainly won't be doing it every morning, so there will be a Schaefer disruption. We expect to return around August 5. This means that all or most games played between July 23 and August 5 will have a delayed start to voting. If your preference is to make your choices shortly after the game is played, while your memory is still fresh, I suggest logging your Schaefer points for each game offline somehow. Or, if you prefer, you can catch up in two weeks after I get caught up with the box scores. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    Article in the Daily News this morning reveals that Piazza's plaque will have 83 words. My first draft, which opened this thread, had 46, so I came in under by 37 words. Vic Sage's revision had 130 words, which was high by 47. The actual text, as far as I know, had not yet been revealed.
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    Cast your vote!
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  18. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm so sorry! Now his plaque will be forever tainted!
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    Many months later, I caught two errors in this. Vic Sage wrote: MIKE PIAZZA LOS ANGELES, N.L. 1992-1998; FLORIDA, N.L. 1998; NEW YORK, N.L. 1998 – 2005; SAN DIEGO, N.L. 2006; OAKLAND, A.L. 2007 62ND ROUND DRAFT PICK BY L.A. DODGERS BECAME 1993 N.L. ROOKIE OF YEAR, 10-TIME SILVER SLUGGER, AND 12-TIME ALL-STAR. HIT RECORD 396 HOME RUNS AS A CATCHER (427 OVERALL), WITH A .308 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE, 1048 RUNS, 1335 RBI, AND .922 OPS (ALL-TIME LEADER AMONG CATCHERS WHEN HE RETIRED). LED DODGERS TO 1995 N.L. WESTERN DIVISION TITLE AND 1996 N.L. WILD-CARD; FUELED N.Y. METS’ RUN TO 1999 N.L. EASTERN DIVISION TITLE AND 2000 N.L. PENNANT; FINISHED CAREER BY HELPING S.D. PADRES TO 2006 N.L. WESTERN DIVISION TITLE. HIS POST-9/11 GAME-WINNING HOME RUN AT CITIFIELD PROVED CATHARTIC FOR NEW YORK CITY AND THE NATION. ALSO, A METROXEXUAL HEADBANGER WITH BACNE, DOGGED BY PERSISTANT RUMORS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND STEROIDS USE… BUT HE NEVER GOT CAUGHT, SO WE GUESS HE DIDN'T DO IT.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    Most frequent voters, through 92 games: G-Fafif 92 Benjamin Grimm 92 TMF 92 Ashie62 90 OhSheaCanKC 88 Johnny 87 TransMonk 85 LWFS 61 Zvon 57 A Boy Named Seo 14 vic sage 13 soupcan 12
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    We took a crack at this in January: Write Mike Piazza's HOF plaque
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    I always remember there being a Mets logo where that "creepy face" is. But I do recall hearing that it was originally intended to be an early version of Diamond Vision but it didn't work out. I wonder when they gave up on that experiment? I first started watching the Mets in 1971 and by then the Mets logo was definitely in place.
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Cast your vote!
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    Frayed Knot wrote: Gary's wrong about the pitchers' numbers on the Shea scoreboard, there absolutely was a time when you had to check the program in order to find out which number corresponded with which pitcher. But didn't the scorecard indicate the pitcher's uniform number rather than some arbitrary sequential number? It wouldn't be 1 Cuellar 2 Dobson 3 McNally 4 Palmer. (Would it?)
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    All-time leaders in Saves. Familia is in a position where he can rapidly move from 8th place to 5th place. 1. John Franco 276 2. Armando Benitez 160 3. Jesse Orosco 107 4. Billy Wagner 101 5. Tug McGraw 85 6. Roger McDowell 84 7. Francisco Rodriguez 83 8. Jeurys Familia 81 9. Neil Allen 69 10. Skip Lockwood 65
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