Benjamin Grimm

When Tom Koehler signs his contract, he has to mark it with an X.

Isn't that Dwight Schrute's cousin?

Could it be because they've got some crazy little women there?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Terry sez Kelly Johnson to DH in Game 1, so I'm guessing the lineup be: Grandy Wright Muffy Cespedes Duda D'Arnaud Johnson Flores Hovvey That lineup is missing an outfielder. Maybe something like this? Granderson Wright Murphy Cespedes Duda d'Arnaud Conforto Flores Johnson

Okay, how about this? I think when cities get expansion teams (or renamed relocated teams) they should name their team after the minor league teams that used to play in that city. The San Diego Padres did this. The Miami Marlins. The Milwaukee Brewers. Kansas City, however, did not. Instead, they took the name Royals which should have gone to another 1969 expansion team, the one in Montreal. It should have been the Montreal Royals. And the Kansas City Blues. (The Kansas City Monarchs would have been a good choice too.)

I think you've taken too many Edgy pills. Okay, it's not a "question" but it's a "request for information."

Q: Describe what it's like to be in the World Series. A: It's a great feeling. It's what we play for, beginning in spring training. There are just so many ways to ask and answer the same question.

I don't think I need to hate them. I just want them to lose four of the next seven games, and then they can all get on with their lives.

I think The Sporting News is more in need of a comeback than Matt Harvey ever was.

I think he failed to be an adequate choice as a starting outfielder. I think he's a better-than-average right-handed bench player.

I was very happy for the layoff, but I'm ready to jump back into the fray. About 33 and a half hours to go.

Well, there's what seems, and what actually is. He undeniably had a bad September, but in July and August he was a valuable role player: [list:1655ef1k]July, 10 games: .310/.355/.510 August, 17 games: .375/.423/.583[/list:u:1655ef1k]

New York Mets traded Amos Otis and Bob Johnson to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy on December 3, 1969. New York Mets purchased Jerry May from the Kansas City Royals on May 14, 1973. New York Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan Jones on May 7, 1976. New York Mets sold Ken Sanders to the Kansas City Royals on September 17, 1976. New York Mets traded Kevin Kobel to the Kansas City Royals for Randy McGilberry on June 17, 1980. New York Mets traded Juan Berenguer to the Kansas City Royals for Marvell Wynne and John Skinner on March 31, 1981. New York Mets signed free agent Jerry Martin of the Kansas City Royals on March 17, 1984. New York Mets traded Tucker Ashford to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Edens on April 1, 1984. New York Mets traded Tim Leary to the Kansas City Royals for Frank Wills on January 18, 1985. New York Mets traded Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone and Chris Jelic on March 27, 1987. New York Mets traded Terry Leach to the Kansas City Royals for Aguedo Vasquez on June 9, 1989. New York Mets traded Archie Corbin to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Tabler on August 30, 1990. Kansas City Royals signed Dan Schatzeder of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 4, 1990. New York Mets traded Gregg Jefferies, Kevin McReynolds and Keith Miller to the Kansas City Royals for Bret Saberhagen and Bill Pecota on December 6, 1991. New York Mets traded Vince Coleman to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin McReynolds on January 5, 1994. New York Mets traded Jason Jacome and Allen McDill to the Kansas City Royals for Derek Wallace, John Carter and Geno Morones on July 21, 1995. New York Mets traded Al Shirley to the Kansas City Royals for Brent Mayne on December 19, 1995. New York Mets signed free agent Craig Paquette of the Kansas City Royals on December 23, 1997. New York Mets purchased Jermaine Allensworth from the Kansas City Royals on August 10, 1998. New York Mets sold Tim Spehr to the Kansas City Royals on August 31, 1998. New York Mets traded Jonathan Guzman to the Kansas City Royals for Shane Halter on March 23, 1999. New York Mets traded Derek Wallace to the Kansas City Royals for Jeremy Jackson on August 13, 1999. New York Mets traded Dan Murray to the Kansas City Royals for Glendon Rusch on September 14, 1999. New York Mets traded Endy Chavez to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Curry on March 30, 2001. New York Mets traded Graeme Lloyd to the Kansas City Royals for Jeremy Hill on July 28, 2003. New York Mets traded Jaime Cerda to the Kansas City Royals for Shawn Sedlacek on January 26, 2004. Kansas City Royals signed Doug Mientkiewicz of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 16, 2005. New York Mets traded Jeff Keppinger to the Kansas City Royals for Ruben Gotay on July 19, 2006. New York Mets traded Brian Bannister to the Kansas City Royals for Ambiorix Burgos on December 6, 2006. Kansas City Royals signed Brian Lawrence of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 1, 2008. Kansas City Royals claimed Joaquin Arias of the New York Mets on waivers on November 4, 2010.

Gross! I hope they get him off the field before the game starts.

National Weather Service wrote: Kansas City, Missouri Tuesday A chance of showers after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 58. East northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tuesday Night A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Not too bad, especially if it really does end before 8 p.m. (The thing I'd really hate to see happen is a lengthy rain delay that causes the game to start after 10 p.m.) Wednesday's forecast calls for sunshine.

Edgy MD wrote: Cuddy isn't sucky! If I have to put it on a bumper sticker, I will! I have no idea why Willets is so consistently down on Cuddyer. While it's true that he hasn't been as good as the Mets had hoped, and that he hasn't played up to his salary, he's certainly been a contributor.

Just to ponder some possibilities... The weather forecast for Kansas City for Tuesday includes showers. If there's a rainout, then I imagine we'd lose the travel day, playing games 1 and 2 on Wednesday and Thursday and then to Citi Field on Friday. What would that mean for Game 5, then? Harvey on three days rest? Or a start for Colon or Niese instead?

Well, then we'd better hope he's not a jinx!

The Mets have won the N.L. East every year that they've been on SNY, except for the years that Kevin Burkhardt was their sideline reporter. We loved Kevin, but I'm afraid he was holding the Mets back.

The Mets have been really good at jumping out to early leads lately. Naturally, we hope that continues.

It's always fun to see a photo of a dog licking its nose. It's like they sense the camera and decide it's a good time to lick their noses. I'm sure that if humans could do that, that would be the standard for posed photographs. Instead of "Say Cheese!" it would be "Lick Your Nose!"

Word is that it will be Harvey in Game 1, followed by deGrom, Syndergaard, Matz.

We've discussed Ben Zobrist in this forum more than once. Zobrist Let us now resume our pursuit of a new shortstop And in this thread the idea of trading Steven Matz for Zobrist was floated, but nobody wanted to claim responsibility for proposing the deal.

Ooooh! A paragraph!

Yup. That's what he said.