Benjamin Grimm

Can we add Edgardo Alfonzo to the 40-man roster?

Cespedes 0.5 Clippard 1 Colon 3 Duda 0.5 Murphy 1.25 Tejada 2.5 Wright 1.25

Yeah, the Nationals can easily go 6-2. Most of those games are against the Braves and the Phillies.

seawolf17 wrote: You shouldn't. You've got street savoir faire.

The Mets continue to stumble toward their first NL East title in nine years. Yesterday was another loss to the Atlanta Braves, but the saving grace was that the Nationals lost their second straight game to the Orioles. The division lead holds at 6.5 games. The magic number drops from 6 to 5, and the NHOP, more volatile than ever as the number of remaining games shrinks, drops from .261 to .238. If all goes well (or, more accurately, if five out of six games go well) the Mets can clinch the division as early as Saturday. All we know for sure is that the Mets will still be in first place on the morning of the last day of September. The Mets are still in much much better shape than they were in 2007, but their recent 3 and 6 stretch has certainly frayed our nerves a bit. At this point eight years ago, the Mets lead was 1.5 games (The Mets were 84-68 and the Phillies were 83-70), and even with their horrendous season-ending tailspin, they only dropped 2.5 games in the standings over their last ten games. Hopefully this will provide a measure of comfort! DateMets RecordNationals RecordMets LeadMagic NumberGames RemainingNHOPAugust 356-5054-501571140.500August 457-5055-501561120.500August 558-5055-512541100.491August 658-5056-511.5541090.495August 759-5056-522.5521070.486August 859-5157-521.5521050.495August 959-5257-531.5511030.495August 1060-5258-531.5501010.495August 1161-5258-542.548990.485August 1262-5258-553.546970.474August 1363-5258-564.544950.463August 1463-5358-574.543930.462August 1563-5458-584.542910.462August 1663-5558-594.541890.461August 1763-5558-594.541890.461August 1864-5559-594.540870.460August 1964-5660-593.540850.471August 2064-5660-60439840.464August 2165-5660-61537820.451August 2266-5661-61536800.450August 2367-5662-61535780.449August 2468-5662-615.534770.442August 2569-5663-615.533750.440August 2670-5663-626.531730.425August 2771-5664-626.530710.423August 2871-5764-636.529690.420August 2971-5865-635.529670.433August 3072-5866-635.528650.431August 3173-5866-646.526630.413September 173-5966-656.525610.410September 274-5967-656.524590.407September 374-5968-65624580.414September 474-6069-65524560.429September 575-6070-65523540.426September 675-6171-65423520.442September 776-6171-66521500.420September 877-6171-67619480.396September 978-6171-68717460.370September 1079-6171-687.516450.356September 1180-6171-698.514430.326September 1281-6171-709.512410.293September 1382-6172-709.511390.282September 1483-6173-709.510370.270September 1583-6274-708.510350.286September 1683-6375-707.510330.303September 1783-6375-7189320.281September 1884-6376-7188300.267September 1984-6477-7178280.286September 2084-6578-7168260.308September 2185-6578-716.57250.280September 2285-6678-726.56230.261September 2385-6778-736.55210.238 Remaining schedule for Mets and Nationals: MetsNationalsSeptember 24At CincinnatiBaltimoreSeptember 25At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 26At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 27At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 28CincinnatiSeptember 29At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaSeptember 30At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaOctober 1At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaOctober 2WashingtonAt MetsOctober 3WashingtonAt MetsOctober 4WashingtonAt Mets

I wish my lip-reading skills were a little better than they are. What's David saying there? It looks to me like "Not!"

Maybe KILL KILL KILL has run its course. Should we try SURVIVE SURVIVE SURVIVE?

I was really thinking that Bartolo was going to go nine and give the bullpen a day off. That's not at all likely to happen tomorrow with Matz.

Somebody page Davey Johnson!

It's over! Orioles win!

Old friend Darren O'Day to close for Baltimore

I switched to this game as soon as the Mets ended. Going into the bottom of the ninth. Three outs away from avoiding a disastrous dsy.

I can't believe the Mets are going to drop two of three to Atlanta.

Also surprising: Bartolo Colon has won more often than anyone else, four times. Three wins each for Duda and Harvey, and twice for Cespedes, deGrom, and Murphy.

Maybe I was misremembering. I guess Yogi wasn't the first; maybe he was the first since Joe McCarthy. I should have remembered Sparky Anderson. He joined the list the same year that Dick Williams did. LaRussa's another story. I try not to think about him.

I remember when Yogi was the only manager in baseball history who had won a pennant in both leagues. (1964 Yankees and 1973 Mets.) Since then, Dick Williams has done it. (Athletics and Padres.) Anyone else? Or is it still just those two?

Yoenis Céspedes' 12.89 Schaefer points are the most that any Met has earned in a single week so far this season. SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK, 2015 Week ending April 11, 2015: Travis d'Arnaud, 4.86 points. Week ending April 18, 2015: Lucas Duda, 8.80 points. Week ending April 25, 2015: Matt Harvey, 6.45 points. Week ending May 2, 2015: Daniel Murphy, 8.63 points. Week ending May 9, 2015: Bartolo Colon, 4.92 points. Week ending May 16, 2015: Wilmer Flores, 6.25 points. Week ending May 23, 2015: Noah Syndergaard, 5.95 points. Week ending May 30, 2015: Lucas Duda, 7.14 points. Week ending June 6, 2015: Bartolo Colon, 8.43 points. Week ending June 13, 2015: Jacob deGrom, 8.08 points. Week ending June 20, 2015: Matt Harvey, 4.94 points. Week ending June 27, 2015: Matt Harvey, 7.52 points. Week ending July 4, 2015: Steven Matz, 6.00 points. Week ending July 11, 2015: Jacob deGrom, 5.82 points. Week ending July 18, 2015: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 6.08 points. Week ending July 25, 2015: Bartolo Colon, 5.15 points. Week ending August 1, 2015: Lucas Duda, 12.32 points. Week ending August 8, 2015: Curtis Granderson, 7.28 points. Week ending August 15, 2015: Daniel Murphy, 5.64 points. Week ending August 22, 2015: Yoenis Céspedes, 6.34 points. Week ending August 29, 2015: Logan Verrett, 5.95 points. Week ending September 5, 2015: Bartolo Colon, 11.37 points. Week ending September 12, 2015: Yoenis Céspedes, 12.89 points.

d'Kong76 wrote: The other is, "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." This one makes sense and doesn't which is why it's so great. I thought of Yogi and that quote just yesterday, not knowing that it was during the final hours of Yogi's life. I was thinking that maybe nobody would go to see the pope because it would be too crowded.

Cuddyer 0.5 Gilmartin 1 Murphy 1.5 Robles 0.5 Wright 2

Yogi was the third person to hold the title of oldest living Met. His predecessors were Gil Hodges, who never actually grew old and Warren Spahn. The new title holder is Dave Hillman, whose name is a lot less illustrious than those who came before him.

Cady is "toothsome."

I was pondering the same thing and decided that, rather than overly complicate it, to keep it as it is. Hopefully it will become moot, and the NHOP will expire before the Nationals play the Mets.