Benjamin Grimm

Me neither, but there's no denying his celebrity. He's definitely been good at cultivating a particular image, and a lot of people have bought into it.

And they should stop at Taco Bell to get AM Crunchwraps for breakfast.

I thought that they had announced Syndergaard, but today I see that he'll be in the game, but perhaps in relief.

In this case, though, it seems that Ochoa didn't stop at third but went home where he was initially called out but then the call was reversed, I suppose because Mueller somehow interfered with the play. What's weird is that Crawford has the RBI in his career stats, but not on the box score for this particular game. And I do think that he did once have that RBI, since I got that box score data from Retrosheet some time around 2002. I'll have to look for any online accounts of the game from 1996.

I'm doing some pre-Opening Day reconciliation on the UMDB, comparing the play-by-play data (for the scorecards) to the box score data to the year-by-year line items. And this popped up. In 1996, Carl Everett had 16 runs batted in. That appears to be the official number. However, if you look at the game logs for that year, he only has 15 runs batted in. The UMDB box score has him driving in a run on August 20, 1996. But the box scores on Retrosheet and Baseball Reference don't have that RBI. I originally got the data from Retrosheet, so I can only assume that they went back and revised their box score at some point, but to me it appears that they did so incorrectly. Here's what happened: METS 8TH: Ochoa walked; Alfonzo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ochoa to second]; TOMBERLIN BATTED FOR ORDONEZ; MCCARTY REPLACED FERNANDEZ (PLAYING 1B); CREEK REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); C. JONES BATTED FOR TOMBERLIN; C. Jones was walked intentionally; EVERETT BATTED FOR B. JONES; Everett singled to left [Ochoa scored (error by Mueller), C. Jones to second]; Bill Mueller called for obstruction by 3B umpire Gary Darling; Alex Ochoa allowed to score which negated the putout at HP; Johnson singled to first [C. Jones scored (error by McCarty), Everett to third, Johnson to second]; BAUTISTA REPLACED CREEK (PITCHING); Espinoza reached on a fielder's choice [Everett scored, Johnson to third]; Jones beat the throw home on the fielder's choice; Gilkey out on a sacrifice fly to left [Johnson scored (unearned)]; Hundley walked [Espinoza to second]; Baerga popped to shortstop; 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 7, Giants 3. Baseball Reference wrote: Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Ochoa Scores/Adv on E5; Jones to 2B It sounds like Ochoa was thrown out at home, but then the umpire called interference on the third baseman Mueller, which allowed the run to score. Do fielders get charged with an error when there's an interference call? I would think that if the judgment was that Ochoa would have been safe at home if not for the interference, then Everett should get credit for the RBI. And apparently he did, in the season totals, but not in the box score. It seems that no matter what I do, there will always be a discrepancy, but my inclination is to credit Everett with the RBI in this game. Where's Hal the Referee when you need him? The forum's been slow lately, so I figured I'd toss this out there for us to chew on. What do you think?

I think you're the only person in the world who doesn't know how to use Google.

No apple! No bridge! No chop-shop 'hood! Not a single luxury! Like Robinson Crusoe As primitive as can be.

This is the tale of our castaways They're here for a long long time They'll have to make the best of things It's an uphill climb

If this was happening in New York the angst would be through the roof. I guess the angst may be high in Chicago but we (or I) just aren't aware of it.

We’re not big on school. This is exactly why he shouldn't be in the clubhouse. Keeping kids out of school is just a way of cultivating future Trump voters.

Schaefer Mets Player of the Month, September 2011. That led to the creation of this card: There was another month, later on, when it looked like Ruben might win another Schaefer award, but he fell short. I had prepared this card, never before made public until today:

I assume he flies in a V formation.

Yes, but at my age, not very much. I'll never have youthful memories of Citi Field, and those are the kind of memories that stir up nostalgia.

I do too. While I realize that, objectively, Citi Field is a nicer stadium, it will never hold the memories for me that Shea had. And of course I realize that's a factor of the generation I was born in. I do understand that younger fans will build their own memories at Citi Field.

We took a field trip to Jupiter when I was in elementary school. We all had our bag lunches, including a can of grape soda wrapped in aluminum foil so it would stay a little bit cool. When the bus finally arrived we found that the surface was gas, there was a gigantic red storm, the gravity was too much for the human body to handle and there was no breathable atmosphere. We had to get back on the bus and go back him. Quite a disappointment!

New forum rule : No blinking in 2016!

Those outfits look like something my mother might have made me wear on Easter Sunday when I was eight years old.

"Motor Kings" would work.

I vote to name them the "Bees".

This is what Amazon suggests for me: What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: It's weird but I feel like Syndy is our best guy right now. That's my feeling too. My hunch, at the moment anyway, is that he'll finish highest among Mets starters in the Cy Young voting this year. (And hopefully more than all pitchers from every other team as well!)

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: You guys are kicking ass. But the Beltran trade is not the last one with SFG. Hmmm... so that means that either number 19 or number 20 is a trade with the Giants.

My vote is for Syndergaard. I would want to reward him for being the only guy to beat the Royals last fall.

Terry Collins has a decision to make in the next couple of weeks. If it were up to YOU, to whom would you hand the ball on that Sunday night in Kansas City?

Chad Ochoseis wrote: 8/14/12 - Beltran to SFG for Wheeler? I'm gonna steal this one and put it in the 7/12/11 slot instead.