Benjamin Grimm

TransMonk wrote: After the Cardinals, are the Jays the team left that has won a championship most recently? I assume you're talking World Championship, and not league pennant. Let's see: Mets, 1986. Cardinals, 2011. Cubs, 1908. Dodgers, 1988. Blue Jays, 1993. Astros, never. Rangers, never. Royals, 1980. Unless it's St. Louis, somebody's going to end a lengthy dry spell.

Rubin's source is TBS's website. On Monday, they have Cubs-Cardinals at 5 p.m. and Mets-Dodgers at 8:30. For Tuesday, they have one game slotted at 8 p.m. The rest of the day is sitcom reruns of Seinfeld, Friends, and New Girl. It's possible that only one of the two National League series will go to four games, and if so, that one gets the 8 p.m. game. If both series have a Game 4, then it will be bad news for fans of Seinfeld, Friends, and New Girl. Mets-Dodgers would probably get the 8 p.m. slot over Cardinals-Cubs.

I'm happy with this news. I would have preferred a 6:30 time, but I'd rather have 8:30 than 1 p.m.

That one about Ike Davis is Kyle Farnsworth, isn't it?

I just saved it to my phone. It's the first song I have on there! (I've only had the phone since January.)

[list:e5su3cj6]Granderson RF Wright 3B Murphy 2B Cespedes CF Duda 1B Cuddyer LF d'Arnaud C Tejada SS deGrom P[/list:u:e5su3cj6] I'm not thrilled with sitting Flores, but I think I'd go with Ruben for the glove. And he's been hitting reasonably well too.

He'd probably only get one start in the Division Series, right? He won't be able to pitch until Game 3.

If the Mets win this series, my guess is that the player most likely to be awarded series MVP (is there such a thing for the Division Series?) is Jeurys Familia. I think Wright will be their most productive hitter.

Meet the Mets (Warning: Clicking the link will play an audio file.)

All this fuss about Kershaw and Greinke. You'd think that the Mets were facing Matt Wisler.

About 35 hours and 35 minutes to go!

Zvon wrote: Hits allowed: Rick Reed, 11. And Jones gets least hits allowed? I guess I missed that category. I'll have to add it before Friday's game begins. Least hits allowed, I assume, will be a multiple-player tie for zero.

Zvon wrote: I noticed that if I don't vote right after the game I never get back to vote. That will be a problem going forward. Starting next year it will no longer be possible to vote right after the game. Watch for further details after the World Series.

Gwreck wrote: Bartolo won pitcher of the month 4 times but was only #3 on the year. He won it three times in 2015. Once in 2014. (And once each this year for Harvey, deGrom, and Syndergaaard.)

In looking at this stuff, I noticed that John Maine started Game 1 of the 2006 NLDS. That seems a strange choice; the Mets clinched early enough to set their rotation. I don't recall what led to this happening. Did it have something to do with Orlando Hernandez's injury? Glavine started Game 2, and Trachsel started Game 3.

I agree that the champagne shower is a bit much for winning the one-game series. The same can be said for winning the Division Series, I guess. I think hugs, back slaps, and high fives should suffice. Save the champagne for winning actual titles: Division Championship, League Championship, and World Championship. But, you know, whatever. If they want to spray champagne, that's fine. It's not high on my list of gripes.

As I said, I know I'm in the minority, but I really don't like the current system. I mean, I like that the division title has a lot more meaning, but I very much dislike the one-game wild card playoff.

Gwreck wrote: I wonder how many players have been on postseason rosters without appearing in games. Ones that immediately come to mind: Ed Hearn and Randy Niemann (1986) Royce Ring and Ramon Castro (2006) I don't know who they are, but there have definitely been others. The Mets used only 22 players in the 1969 postseason, for example. They used the same number in 1973, 1986 (when there was only a 24-man roster), and 1988. They used 25 in 1999, 26 in 2000, and 24 in 2006. The 26 in 2000 would be because Derek Bell was injured in the NLDS and replaced (by whom?) for the NLCS. Was it Ring and Castro in 2006? Did the Mets have the same rosters in the NLDS and NLCS that year? I honestly don't remember. I do recall Hearn and Niemann in 1986. Mackey Sasser did play in the 1988 NLCS for the Mets.

How about this? It's sorted by game date by lineup position. It looks like the 100th postseason Met chronologically is the first alphabetically, Kurt Abbott. This list isn't in true order of appearance. In that first game, for example, Al Weis pinch ran for Art Shamsky in the fourth lineup spot, which puts him ahead of Ken Boswell on the list. If you want to refine the exact order, you'll have to take a look at how each game unfolded, but this should be a good starting point for anyone interested in doing that. [list:y93htvbk]1969-10-04 Tommie Agee 1969-10-04 Wayne Garrett 1969-10-04 Cleon Jones 1969-10-04 Art Shamsky 1969-10-04 Al Weis 1969-10-04 Rod Gaspar 1969-10-04 Ken Boswell 1969-10-04 Ed Kranepool 1969-10-04 Jerry Grote 1969-10-04 Bud Harrelson 1969-10-04 J. C. Martin 1969-10-04 Ron Taylor 1969-10-04 Tom Seaver 1969-10-05 Tug McGraw 1969-10-05 Jerry Koosman 1969-10-06 Nolan Ryan 1969-10-06 Gary Gentry 1969-10-11 Donn Clendenon 1969-10-11 Ron Swoboda 1969-10-11 Ed Charles 1969-10-11 Don Cardwell 1969-10-11 Duffy Dyer 1973-10-06 Felix Millan 1973-10-06 Rusty Staub 1973-10-06 John Milner 1973-10-06 Don Hahn 1973-10-07 Jon Matlack 1973-10-09 Harry Parker 1973-10-09 George Stone 1973-10-10 Willie Mays 1973-10-13 Ted Martinez 1973-10-13 Ron Hodges 1973-10-13 Jim Beauchamp 1973-10-14 Ray Sadecki 1973-10-14 George Theodore 1986-10-08 Lenny Dykstra 1986-10-08 Wally Backman 1986-10-08 Keith Hernandez 1986-10-08 Gary Carter 1986-10-08 Darryl Strawberry 1986-10-08 Mookie Wilson 1986-10-08 Ray Knight 1986-10-08 Jesse Orosco 1986-10-08 Rafael Santana 1986-10-08 Lee Mazzilli 1986-10-08 Dwight Gooden 1986-10-08 Kevin Elster 1986-10-08 Danny Heep 1986-10-09 Bob Ojeda 1986-10-11 Kevin Mitchell 1986-10-11 Tim Teufel 1986-10-11 Rick Aguilera 1986-10-11 Ron Darling 1986-10-12 Doug Sisk 1986-10-12 Sid Fernandez 1986-10-12 Howard Johnson 1986-10-12 Roger McDowell 1988-10-04 Randy Myers 1988-10-04 Gregg Jefferies 1988-10-04 Kevin McReynolds 1988-10-05 Terry Leach 1988-10-05 David Cone 1988-10-05 Mackey Sasser 1988-10-08 Dave Magadan 1999-10-05 Rickey Henderson 1999-10-05 Armando Benitez 1999-10-05 Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 John Olerud 1999-10-05 Mike Piazza 1999-10-05 Darryl Hamilton 1999-10-05 Turk Wendell 1999-10-05 Benny Agbayani 1999-10-05 Robin Ventura 1999-10-05 Roger Cede�o 1999-10-05 Dennis Cook 1999-10-05 Shawon Dunston 1999-10-05 Rey Ord��ez 1999-10-05 Masato Yoshii 1999-10-05 Melvin Mora 1999-10-06 John Franco 1999-10-06 Bobby Bonilla 1999-10-06 Todd Pratt 1999-10-06 Pat Mahomes 1999-10-06 Octavio Dotel 1999-10-06 Kenny Rogers 1999-10-08 Orel Hershiser 1999-10-08 Rick Reed 1999-10-09 Matt Franco 1999-10-09 Al Leiter 2000-10-04 Joe McEwing 2000-10-04 Rick White 2000-10-04 Lenny Harris 2000-10-04 Jay Payton 2000-10-04 Todd Zeile 2000-10-04 Derek Bell 2000-10-04 Glendon Rusch 2000-10-04 Mike Bordick 2000-10-04 Timo Perez 2000-10-04 Mike Hampton 2000-10-07 Kurt Abbott 2000-10-08 Bobby Jones 2000-10-11 Bubba Trammell 2006-10-04 Jos� Reyes 2006-10-04 Paul Lo Duca 2006-10-04 Carlos Beltran 2006-10-04 Carlos Delgado 2006-10-04 David Wright 2006-10-04 Billy Wagner 2006-10-04 Cliff Floyd 2006-10-04 Aaron Heilman 2006-10-04 Shawn Green 2006-10-04 Jos� Valentin 2006-10-04 John Maine 2006-10-04 Michael Tucker 2006-10-04 Chad Bradford 2006-10-04 Guillermo Mota 2006-10-04 Pedro Feliciano 2006-10-04 Endy Chavez 2006-10-05 Tom Glavine 2006-10-05 Julio Franco 2006-10-07 Chris Woodward 2006-10-07 Darren Oliver 2006-10-07 Steve Trachsel 2006-10-13 Roberto Hernandez 2006-10-13 Anderson Hernandez 2006-10-15 Oliver Perez [/list:u:y93htvbk]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, well, you should have won the division. That's fine, I get that. And I don't mind the extra jeopardy for the second-place team. What I really don't like is the unfair advantage for the third-place team.

How many players have played in postseason games for the Mets? At the moment, the count is 126. It will probably be quite a while before we get our 1,000 postseason Met. Here they are: [list:3d77lgu7]Abbott, Kurt (2000) Agbayani, Benny (1999, 2000) Agee, Tommie (1969) Aguilera, Rick (1986, 1988) Alfonzo, Edgardo (1999, 2000) Backman, Wally (1986, 1988) Beauchamp, Jim (1973) Bell, Derek (2000) Beltran, Carlos (2006) Benitez, Armando (1999, 2000) Bonilla, Bobby (1999) Bordick, Mike (2000) Boswell, Ken (1969, 1973) Bradford, Chad (2006) Cardwell, Don (1969) Carter, Gary (1986, 1988) Cede�o, Roger (1999) Charles, Ed (1969) Chavez, Endy (2006) Clendenon, Donn (1969) Cone, David (1988) Cook, Dennis (1999, 2000) Darling, Ron (1986, 1988) Delgado, Carlos (2006) Dotel, Octavio (1999) Dunston, Shawon (1999) Dyer, Duffy (1969) Dykstra, Lenny (1986, 1988) Elster, Kevin (1986, 1988) Feliciano, Pedro (2006) Fernandez, Sid (1986, 1988) Floyd, Cliff (2006) Franco, John (1999, 2000) Franco, Julio (2006) Franco, Matt (1999, 2000) Garrett, Wayne (1969, 1973) Gaspar, Rod (1969) Gentry, Gary (1969) Glavine, Tom (2006) Gooden, Dwight (1986, 1988) Green, Shawn (2006) Grote, Jerry (1969, 1973) Hahn, Don (1973) Hamilton, Darryl (1999, 2000) Hampton, Mike (2000) Harrelson, Bud (1969, 1973) Harris, Lenny (2000) Heep, Danny (1986) Heilman, Aaron (2006) Henderson, Rickey (1999) Hernandez, Anderson (2006) Hernandez, Keith (1986, 1988) Hernandez, Roberto (2006) Hershiser, Orel (1999) Hodges, Ron (1973) Jefferies, Gregg (1988) Johnson, Howard (1986, 1988) Jones, Bobby (2000) Jones, Cleon (1969, 1973) Knight, Ray (1986) Koosman, Jerry (1969, 1973) Kranepool, Ed (1969, 1973) Leach, Terry (1988) Leiter, Al (1999, 2000) Lo Duca, Paul (2006) Magadan, Dave (1988) Mahomes, Pat (1999) Maine, John (2006) Martin, J. C. (1969) Martinez, Ted (1973) Matlack, Jon (1973) Mays, Willie (1973) Mazzilli, Lee (1986, 1988) McDowell, Roger (1986, 1988) McEwing, Joe (2000) McGraw, Tug (1969, 1973) McReynolds, Kevin (1988) Millan, Felix (1973) Milner, John (1973) Mitchell, Kevin (1986) Mora, Melvin (1999) Mota, Guillermo (2006) Myers, Randy (1988) Ojeda, Bob (1986) Olerud, John (1999) Oliver, Darren (2006) Ord��ez, Rey (1999) Orosco, Jesse (1986) Parker, Harry (1973) Payton, Jay (2000) Perez, Oliver (2006) Perez, Timo (2000) Piazza, Mike (1999, 2000) Pratt, Todd (1999, 2000) Reed, Rick (1999, 2000) Reyes, Jos� (2006) Rogers, Kenny (1999) Rusch, Glendon (2000) Ryan, Nolan (1969) Sadecki, Ray (1973) Santana, Rafael (1986) Sasser, Mackey (1988) Seaver, Tom (1969, 1973) Shamsky, Art (1969) Sisk, Doug (1986) Staub, Rusty (1973) Stone, George (1973) Strawberry, Darryl (1986, 1988) Swoboda, Ron (1969) Taylor, Ron (1969) Teufel, Tim (1986, 1988) Theodore, George (1973) Trachsel, Steve (2006) Trammell, Bubba (2000) Tucker, Michael (2006) Valentin, Jos� (2006) Ventura, Robin (1999, 2000) Wagner, Billy (2006) Weis, Al (1969) Wendell, Turk (1999, 2000) White, Rick (2000) Wilson, Mookie (1986, 1988) Woodward, Chris (2006) Wright, David (2006) Yoshii, Masato (1999) Zeile, Todd (2000)[/list:u:3d77lgu7]

Before going to Cincinnati? I don't think so, because they hadn't won anything yet. The season still had a 163rd game to be played.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm rooting for MLB to come to their senses so that they will never again stage a "coin flip" playoff game to determine if the one of the 2nd & 3rd best teams in baseball can advance further in the postseason. I agree. I'm probably in a minority, but I'd like to see this Wild Card thing go to a best-of-three. With four days between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the Division Series, they could have squeezed it in. The Pirates have home field over the Cubs? Play the first game in Wrigley on Tuesday, and a day/night doubleheader in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. In this case, the two cities are close together. Would it be grueling if the two wild cards played on opposite coasts? Yes, but too bad. This year the won-lost records of the Cubs and Pirates were very close. But some year there might be a five- or six-game gap between the two wild cards. I really hate the idea of a team being able to make up such a gap with a one-game playoff.