Benjamin Grimm

I looked at the Mets and Giants schedules (fun fact: http://www.giants.com belongs to the NFL team, not the MLB team) for common off dates in case there's a need to make up today's game. These are the available dates, and the cities that each team will be in on the day before and the day after: [list:12ux2ed5]May 16: Mets Denver-New York; Giants Phoenix-San Diego May 26: Mets Washington-New York; Giants San Francisco-Denver July 21: Mets Chicago-Miami; Giants Boston-Bronx August 22: Mets San Francisco-St. Louis; Giants San Francisco-Los Angeles September 8: Mets Cincinnati-Atlanta; Giants San Diego-San Francisco[/list:u:12ux2ed5] It looks like the best option would be July 21. The Mets would have to make a one-day stop in Queens between games in Chicago and Miami. The Giants will be in New York anyway, with a game scheduled at Yankee Stadium the following day. The second-best option is probably August 22, the day after the Mets end their series in San Francisco, but that would mean the Mets would lose a home game and the Giants would gain one. Hopefully this is all moot, and the Mets will get to squeeze in a victory over the Giants today at Citi Field.

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Cespedes nine consecutive games with an extra base hit breaks record set by Ty Wigginton. Also, I think Granderson may have set a record for most times going first to third.

Zvon wrote: That was deGrom's 1st walk of the season? wow. Well, remember it's only his third start.

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Or Walker either.

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reigning NL batting champion Dee Gordon of the Miami Marlins was suspended 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, Major League Baseball said soon after he got a key hit Thursday night in a win at Dodger Stadium."

And I didn't even have to go to Peru to make it happen!

I'm hoping they lose 121 games.

My feeling right now is that the division will be determined by the head-to-head between the Mets and the Nationals. (Strange that their first meeting won't be until May 17; all of the other divisional opponents have already met the Mets.) Six games in May: hopefully they'll come at a time when the Mets are hot and the Nats are not.

I'm not suggesting it should be dropped. But stuff like this seems pretty stalkerish to me: Edgy MD wrote: And we know the flame was still burning as recently as Valentine's Day 2014: [fimg=400]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgfF2sEIYAA-uSA.jpg[/fimg] However, I think the finds-it-creepy faction is the minority opinion.

Not entirely, I'm afraid. Keep an eye out for one of the future Schaefer announcement graphics.

This thread is so consistently creepy!

It's okay. I was able to fix it, but please be sure to check that you haven't already voted before voting again. Thanks! Also, since I'm here in this thread, I'll post another reminder that all games played through April 17 will be closing on Tuesday morning, May 3.

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That briefly looked like trouble.

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I was glad to see that the Rockies didn't let arbitration eligibility get in the way of Trevor Story being named the starter at short. What happens when Jose Reyes comes back? Please tell me that his large salary doesn't automatically give him his place back. The Rockies aren't going to send Story down when Reyes comes back, are they? The guy is overpaid and has a bad attitude, not to mention he apparently beats his wife. I know cutting him requires the management group to admit they made a big mistake in bringing him here in the first place. Story has earned a starting spot with his early play. Chris and Nancy: This is a hot topic that I will linger over the Rockies until the Reyes situation is resolved. As you probably know, Reyes will not go to trial in Hawaii on charges of domestic abuse after his wife refused to testify. Major League Baseball, however, can still suspend Reyes under its new domestic violence policy. That decision would come any day now, though I imagine there are still issues to be worked out with the players' association. My guess is that commissioner Rob Manfred will suspend Reyes from between 30-50 games, but that's just a guess. Others believe he'll get an 80-game suspension. OK, now on to your questions. First of all, Story will not be sent down if or when Reyes returns. I think the Rockies are committed to Story as their starting shortstop. He's earned the job and he's having an historic early season. I'm not saying Story will never be sent down to Triple-A. If he falls into a prolonged slump — something that could happen given his youth and proclivity to strike out, he could be optioned to Triple-A. I don't think that's going to happen, and I know that Story won't be bumped for Reyes. Another big question is what the Rockies will do with Reyes once MLB makes its decision. He's owed $48 million over the next two seasons (counting a $4 million buyout after 2017). Would the Rockies actually eat that contract money and simply release Reyes? They just might. Here is what owner Dick Monfort told me last week. I asked him: Will the public relations aspect to the Reyes decision and the fans reaction to it play a part in what you do with him? Monfort replied: "I'd like to know exactly what exactly happened. It's easy for us all to speculate on whatever happened. But until we really know, it's hard. You're dealing with a guy's life, too. But if he did something wrong, he should pay for it." Monfort wants to be fair to Reyes and respect his legal rights, but this is a major quandary for the Rockies and MLB. There is a public relations angle at work here. Here is what I think could happen: • Reyes will be suspended for 30-50 games and will subsequently lose money for each game he misses. • I do not think the Rockies will be able to trade Reyes to another team, because of his high salary and his current, controversial situation. • The Rockies will sit tight while Reyes serves his suspension, then they will release him, thus saving some of the money originally owed him, but still having to eat the remainder of his contract. In other words, I don't see Reyes playing for the Rockies again. This is only my prediction of what could happen. There could be legal ramifications of which I am not aware. Plus, we really don't know what happened in that hotel room in Hawaii. This I know, Story is the starting shortstop for now and for the future. Rockies Mailbag

I was a little worried there for a while that Cabrera's decision not to go for the double play in the ninth might cost the Mets the game.

I agree with you on that. It's time to bring back the Cleveland Spiders.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: And I think it was on ESPN recently where another on-air personality wore a "Caucasions" t-shirt with a logo of a white guy instead of CHief Wahoo. I think that was actually on the air, and not on social media. Seems like an inconsistent policy. Somehow you entirely missed the point of the Caucasians shirt. Anyone who was offended was supposed to take away a lesson, that Chief Wahoo is also offensive and should be retired. Or do you think the Caucasians shirt is offensive but Chief Wahoo isn't? That's an inconsistent policy!