Benjamin Grimm

We'd all be grooving on the historical redemption.

I'd like to see him leave baseball and get a job as a press spokesman for circus clowns.

For that to happen, we only need two happy outcomes over the six games that will be played in Queens and Washington from Friday to Sunday. [table:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]Happy Outcomes[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]Monday Morning Lead[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]Magic Number[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]0[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]5[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]9[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]1[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]6[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]8[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]2[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]7[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]7[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]3[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]8[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]6[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]4[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]9[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]5[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]5[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]10[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]4[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][tr:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]6[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]11[/td:2axbf3f2][td:2axbf3f2]3[/td:2axbf3f2][/tr:2axbf3f2][/table:2axbf3f2]

Bour 3 Cosart 3.5 Prado 2 Ramos 1.5

Definitely! Meanwhile, at Baseball Prospectus, the Mets NL East title odds have dipped slightly since the last update a few days ago, from 99.9% to a mere 99.7%. I've decided to add the most likely Wild Card teams to the World Championship odds list, since one of the division leaders, the Texas Rangers, is ranked below all four of the teams who are currently in line to end up as wild cards. World Championship odds. (Current division leaders in bold.) Blue Jays 21.2% Dodgers 19.1% Mets 10.0% Cardinals 9.3% Royals 8.9% Astros 8.9% Yankees 6.1% Cubs 5.7% Pirates 4.8% Rangers 4.4%

Gary Cohen and today's Daily News says that the Mets are on SNY tonight, but SNY's website says otherwise. Was it a late change? I plan to watch on TiVo-delay, so maybe I'll record on two channels, Extra Innings and MLBN. If I found out that Extra Innings is a YES telecast, then I can switch to the other.

That's a significant number as well. Ideally the Mets will clinch before Washington comes to town. It will save us all a lot of stress.

Yesterday the Mets were idle, and the Nationals lost to the Marlins. Yesterday's game was just one of many, probably inconsequential in the long run, but it definitely makes today look quite a bit brighter after the previous couple of days. The Mets lead increases from 7.5 to 8 and the magic number and the NHOP both decreases, from 10 to 9 and from .303 to .281, respectively. 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 1783-6375-7189320.281

Singular Happiness!!

Robles 0.5 Wright 1

I would have updated this earlier, but it's been a busy day. Although, I suppose if the update were a happier one I would have found the time. Yesterday was the second bad day in a row. (It's still too early to worry, I say worriedly.) The Nationals won and the Mets lost. The division lead drops to 7.5 games. The magic number remains at 10. And the NHOP rises above the .300 mark, from .286 to .303. Remember how happy we were when the lead got to 7 games after the Mets finished up in Washington? We figured the division was all but clinched. Well, right now the lead is a half game larger than it was then, the magic number has dropped by 7, and the NHOP has declined .063 points. So, despite the anguish of the last two days, The Mets are still in better shape now than they were then. The next few days have the potential to be bumpy. The Mets play a three-game series against the Yankees in Queens while the Nationals host the Marlins for four games. I'm going to set a rather pessimistic "goal": If the Mets have a 6-game lead on Monday morning after all this is done, the magic number will be 8, with each team having 13 games remaining. (The NHOP would be .308, slightly higher than it is now.) But the Mets schedule would be rather easy for the next ten games, and over that period they should be able to get the magic number down to zero. If the Mets have a lead of more than 6 games on Monday morning, all the better. If the Mets, for example, take two of three from the Yankees and the Nationals split with the Marlins, the lead will be 8 games, and the magic number will be a mere 6. Let's see what happens! 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 1683-6375-707.510330.303 Upcoming schedule for Mets and Nationals: MetsNationalsSeptember 17MiamiSeptember 18New York (AL)MiamiSeptember 19New York (AL)MiamiSeptember 20New York (AL)MiamiSeptember 21AtlantaBaltimoreSeptember 22AtlantaBaltimoreSeptember 23AtlantaBaltimoreSeptember 24At CincinnatiSeptember 25At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 26At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 27At CincinnatiPhiladelphiaSeptember 28CincinnatiSeptember 29At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaSeptember 30At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaOctober 1At PhiladelphiaAt AtlantaOctober 2WashingtonAt MetsOctober 3WashingtonAt MetsOctober 4WashingtonAt Mets

Gwreck wrote: Technically, I believe Christie is actually a Met-loving douchebag. Yes, he is. He's one of us. (I'm referring to the adjective, not the noun.)

Wow... Does this mean that from now on Newsday will be published in French?

It definitely does feel that way. More than it did in 2006.

I think they can win the NLDS, but I have my concerns about the NLCS. (That seems to be the general feeling around here.) The recent starts from deGrom and Harvey have tempered my optimism somewhat. Hopefully with sufficient rest they'll be in better shape three weeks from now.

If he's going to be in the $30 million per year range, then the Mets should back off. But if he's going to be closer to the $20 million range, then I'd hope they roll the dice. Six years, $120 million is risky, but not crazy risky. If they can get him for that, and Howard Megdal approves, I'd like to see them do it.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to think either. It all depends on the state of the Mets finances. How much can they afford to gamble? I have no idea. I'd like to think that they've reached a point where they can take on more risk than they have in previous years, but only Howard Megdal knows for sure.

To each his own. I got sick of that paragraph twenty years ago.

The thing is, he's written various versions of that same paragraph about ten thousand times.

They should get a backup catcher named Artificialmuto.

A considerably weaker lineup than yesterday's. Let me guess: The Miami starting pitcher is left handed?

The article in the Post loves pointing out that the News is struggling. Daily News columnist Mike Lupica out as Zuckerman swings ax (Although I suspect that the Post is struggling just about as much. It's not a good decade for newspapers.) I won't miss any of those three guys. I just hope they keep David Hinckley.

Wow!

Voting for Monday night's win over Miami will close on Thursday, some time after 10 a.m. And remember, there's still a couple of hours remaining to cast your votes for the weekend series in Atlanta. (See previous post.) Schaefer POTG 9/14/15 - Mets 4, Marlins 3