Benjamin Grimm

Gary just said that the Mets are considering starting deGrom in Game 4 four of the NLDS on three days rest.

Was he also known as "Vinegar Bend"?

He's been eclipsed by Tejada. I never would have guessed that that would happen, but it has, at least for the time being. I think we can expect to see Ruben get more starts in the postseason than Wilmer does.

If the Mets had held on to win Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS, Al Leiter would have started Game 7, which would have made him the only Mets pitcher ever to get starts on two consecutive days.

I agree, but there are four off days coming up. Any momentum, good or bad, will dissipate over the next four days. Friday is a fresh start, for both teams. I'm not feeling overly optimistic right now about the series against the Dodgers, but it's entirely possible that the Mets will roar back to life by the end of the week.

Jacob deGrom, today's starting pitcher, will also be the starting pitcher the next time the Mets play an official game, Friday's Division Series opener in Los Angeles. How often has something like this happened? The same pitcher starting two consecutive games? This will be the tenth time, but of the previous nine occurrences, eight have been because the pitcher who started the last game of one season started the first game of the next season. The only previous time the Mets had the same pitcher start two consecutive games in the same year was in 1973, when Tom Seaver started the final game of the season on October 1 and then pitched the first game on the NLCS in Cincinnati on October 6. The eight times when the pitcher who started the final game of the regular season was also the opening pitcher of the following season are: [list:2jez02wd]Jack Fisher (1965 and 1966) Tom Seaver (1968 and 1969; 1871 and 1972; 1975 and 1976) David Cone (1991 and 1992) Al Leiter (2000 and 2001) Mike Pelfrey (2010 and 2011) Bartolo Colon (2014 and 2015)[/list:u:2jez02wd]

You may have missed it; Schaefer is going to continue next year but the voting method will be different. It may result in a further decline in participation, but it will also require a lot less of my time, which is a trade-off I'm willing to make. Look for an announcement this offseason. For those who don't vote but just read these monthly threads, the only difference you're likely to not is that there will no longer be all of those "Schaefer POTG" threads floating around in this forum.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Bell, Beauchamp, Backman, Bubba, and Bobby are all correct, which completes this quiz. 1969 (2) Ed Charles, J.C. Martin. 1973 (2) Willie Mays, Jim Beauchamp 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) Wally Backman 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, Orel Hershiser, Octavio Dotel, Masato Yoshii, Kenny Rogers 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton, Kurt Abbott, Derek Bell, Bobby Jones, Bubba Trammell 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel, Cliff Floyd, Michael Tucker, Chris Woodward, Darren Oliver, Chad Bradford, Roberto Hernandez It's a little interesting how the numbers are consistently higher in recent years. Is there more turnover now than there was in the 70's and 80's? Or are rental players more common? Or is this just coincidence. This year the list is likely to be on the long side, although it may fall short of seven. I'm thinking Murphy, Cespedes, Colon, Johnson, and Clippard are the best bets. Uribe too, if he plays.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Jesus Alou All correct answers are already posted, but thanks for playing!

Bell, Beauchamp, Backman, Bubba, and Bobby are all correct, which completes this quiz. 1969 (2) Ed Charles, J.C. Martin. 1973 (2) Willie Mays, Jim Beauchamp 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) Wally Backman 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, Orel Hershiser, Octavio Dotel, Masato Yoshii, Kenny Rogers 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton, Kurt Abbott, Derek Bell, Bobby Jones, Bubba Trammell 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel, Cliff Floyd, Michael Tucker, Chris Woodward, Darren Oliver, Chad Bradford, Roberto Hernandez

Dan Uggla? ??

Jeurys Familia, I should point out, just missed sweeping all six Reliever of the Month awards for 2015. After the game of September 29 had been tallied, Familia was still in the lead for September. The 0.33 points that Addison Reed earned on the final day of the month put himself over the top.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 Player of the Month: YOENIS CESPEDES Pitcher of the Month: BARTOLO COLON Reliever of the Month: ADDISON REED Bench Player of the Month: KELLY JOHNSON Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 Johan Santana 6 Carlos Beltran 5 Jose Reyes 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 Jacob deGrom 1 Noah Syndergaard 1 Curtis Granderson 1 YOENIS CESPEDES 1 PITCHER OF THE MONTH R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Jacob deGrom 4 BARTOLO COLON 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Noah Syndergaard 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 8 Brian Stokes 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Darren Oliver 1 Chad Bradford 1 Guillermo Mota 1 Joe Smith 1 Jorge Sosa 1 Scott Schoeneweis 1 Pedro Feliciano 1 Sean Green 1 Fernando Nieve 1 Hisanori Takahashi 1 Elmer Dessens 1 Jason Isringhausen 1 Frank Francisco 1 Josh Edgin 1 Scott Rice 1 ADDISON REED 1 BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Julio Franco 2 Damion Easley 2 Marlon Anderson 2 Endy Chavez 2 Josh Thole 2 Justin Turner 2 Scott Hairston 2 Andrew Brown 2 Eli Marrero 1 Michael Tucker 1 Ricky Ledee 1 David Newhan 1 Ramon Castro 1 Ruben Gotay 1 Robinson Cancel 1 Gary Sheffield 1 Alex Cora 1 Jeremy Reed 1 Omir Santos 1 Cory Sullivan 1 Chris Carter 1 Mike Hessman 1 Nick Evans 1 Jason Pridie 1 Willie Harris 1 Val Pascucci 1 Mike Baxter 1 Ronny Cedeño 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Lucas Duda 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 KELLY JOHNSON 1

All correct. (We already had Matt Franco, though.) 1969 (2) Ed Charles, J.C. Martin. 1973 (2) Willie Mays 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, Orel Hershiser, Octavio Dotel, Masato Yoshii, Kenny Rogers 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton, Kurt Abbott 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel, Cliff Floyd, Michael Tucker, Chris Woodward, Darren Oliver, Chad Bradford, Roberto Hernandez

Gwreck wrote: Lenny Harris was on the '99 Diamondbacks Correct! And that concludes this quiz. Nolan Ryan Felix Millan George Stone Jesse Orosco Danny Heep David Cone Shawon Dunston Orel Hershiser Lenny Harris Tom Glavine

Syndergaard 5 Niese 0.5 Lagares 1

batmagadanleadoff wrote: You left out Hershiser. Oops. 1969 (2) Ed Charles, J.C. Martin. 1973 (2) Willie Mays 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, Orel Hershiser 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel, Cliff Floyd, Michael Tucker

No to Foster, Gooden, Strawberry, and Claudell Washington. We now have eight of the ten: Nolan Ryan Felix Millan George Stone Jesse Orosco Danny Heep David Cone Orel Hershiser Shawon Dunston Tom Glavine EDIT: I missed Shawon Dunston. We have nine of the ten.

Cliff Floyd: Yes. Michael Tucker: Yes! (I thought he'd be the last to be guessed. I have almost no memory at all of Michael Tucker.) Bob McClure and Jim McAndrew, no. J.C. Martin: Yes. That closes out 1969. 1969 (2) Ed Charles, J.C. Martin. 1973 (2) Willie Mays 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel, Cliff Floyd, Michael Tucker

Danny Heep is correct. That closes out 1986. 1969 (2) Ed Charles 1973 (2) Willie Mays 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, Danny Heep 1988 (1) 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel

Murphy bumbled what would have been an inning-ended double-play grounder and Harper makes the Mets pay for it with a two-run homer.

Millan, Stone, and Hershiser are all correct.

Here's who we have so far. The numbers after each year indicate the number of players required to complete the list. 1969 (2) Ed Charles 1973 (2) Willie Mays 1986 (3) Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell 1988 (1) 1999 (7) Bobby Bonilla, Shawon Dunston, John Olerud, 2000 (7) Mike Bordick, Matt Franco, Mike Hampton 2006 (7) Steve Trachsel

I think that those of us who don't live in New York are much less aware of him.