Benjamin Grimm

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Remember when Tyler Flowers used to perform with a puppet named "Madame"?

I was like, "Hey! I know that guy! (Sort of.)

Where is everybody? 2-run double by Wright puts the Mets up 4-1. Now the middle of the fourth.

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So far, this experiment seems to be working. Last year, the average number of votes per game hit an all-time low of 6.9753. As we can see, each season (with the exception of 2011) had a lower average than the preceding season. 2016, however, is currently on pace to have our best participation ever. [list:1jpwaj73]2006 13.1914 2007 12.5988 2008 10.8025 2009 10.3086 2010 9.1420 2011 10.3704 2012 8.0617 2013 7.9074 2014 7.3148 2015 6.9753 2016 13.2142[/list:u:1jpwaj73] The flip side of this, though, is that April is typically higher than the season average. I think that some voters stop voting once they miss a game or two and realize that they won't have a perfect voting record. Of course, that's not necessary. Infrequent voters are as welcome as the regulars. Here are the April averages since 2006: [list:1jpwaj73]2006 21.2917 2007 14.5000 2008 13.4000 2009 16.6667 2010 12.5652 2011 12.2963 2012 11.5652 2013 11.3600 2014 9.5600 2015 9.7391 2016 13.2142[/list:u:1jpwaj73] While this isn't shaping up to be our best April ever, it's looking like it has a chance to be the best April in the last seven years. Thanks to everyone who's been playing along!

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‘Natural’ pitchers East Meadow, L.I.: It’s uncanny how much Noah Syndergaard and Jacob DeGrom resemble my spinster sisters. Except for their attire they could be twins.

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TransMonk wrote: I'm digging the new system for sure. Glad to hear it! I actually thought the new method would discourage participation, because of the delay between when the game ends and when you can vote, and because there are no longer Schaefer threads floating around the forum to server as reminders. But so far that hasn't at all proven to be the case.

If you want me to update the name on your earlier votes I can do that. (Just let me know which names you used on which games.) Because all this stuff is stored in a database now I'll be able to post end-of-season totals for each individual.

Voters who have voted in five or more games: [list:13xm8cje]TransMonk 11 Benjamin Grimm 11 TMF 11 Zvon 10 G-Fafif 9 OhSheaCanKC 9 86Dreamer 8 A Boy Named Seo 8 vic sage 8 Ashie62 8 Johnny 7 Fman99 6[/list:u:13xm8cje] Frequent voters will be automatically enrolled in our Schaefer Loyalty Program, which will make you eligible to win valuable prizes, including AM Crunchwraps!

Two-week warning: All games played through yesterday, April 17, will be closing in two weeks, on or about May 2. I'll post another reminder as the day draws closer. If you've been taking advantage of the longer window for voting and have some catching up to do, please be sure to do so in the next couple of weeks.

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That's an absurd reaction to "Sometimes they deserve stark criticism, sometimes modest criticism, sometimes no criticism. Sometimes they deserve criticism, but the criticism they get is wrongheaded. That's fair, isn't it?"

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That's terrible! I hope things turn out okay.

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Not a bad idea, but it's not something I'm going to get to any time soon. It sounds like it should be an easy thing to do, but it would probably take me a while to find the spot where I'd have to make the change.

So far this season 23 of the 25 Mets who have played have received Schaefer points. The only two exceptions are Steven Matz and Eric Campbell.

Thanks! That exceeds my goal of having them be 40 per cent of the fun!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cast your vote! Bumping this to the next page.

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