Benjamin Grimm

Holy crap! Once again I've totally forgotten that the Mets were playing a day game! Not only am I no longer the fan I was thirty years ago, I'm not even the fan I was five years ago.

Then they'll have to battle it out to see who will be the 1000th Met!

Colon 0.5 Granderson 1.5 Verrett 1

Granderson 1.5 Niese 3 Parnell 1.25 Plawecki 0.5

Voting for the three games played in Atlanta this past weekend will close on Friday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 6/19/15 - Braves 2, Mets 1 Schaefer POTG 6/20/15 - Braves 6, Mets 4 Schaefer POTG 6/21/15 - Braves 1, Mets 0

That's probably what's been keeping Mike Piazza out.

Edgy MD wrote: OK, I'll say it: David Wright. I seem to recall that he played for the Mets at one point.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I always thought it was Cardinal fans. At least he didn't write "GET A BRIAN."

None of the remaining answers ever played for the Mets I would say that this hint rules out Granderson, Cuddyer, and Francoeur.

Anthony DiComo, of MLB.com, provides some reason to think that things may not turn out as badly as we fear. Is Wright pain-free when walking, or is he still having trouble with everyday movement? -- @Dfitz9477 via Twitter There is still so much confusion regarding Wright's status, and for good reason. He's been out so long already, spinal stenosis is such a rare condition for a baseball player and so on and so forth. To be clear: Wright is not experiencing pain with everyday activities. To set the record a bit straighter, I recently talked to two spine experts at Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery. Neither doctor had examined Wright personally, but after being briefed on his condition, their consensus was that it was not necessarily something that should prematurely end Wright's career. While it is almost certain that Wright will need to manage his spinal stenosis from now until retirement, a return to his pre-2015 level of production seems possible. It is important to note that Wright is dealing with lumbar (lower back) stenosis, which tends to be far less serious than the cervical (neck) stenosis that ended New York Giants running back David Wilson's career. "You can have stenosis and be pain-free for years," said Dr. Frank Cammisa, the doctor who operated on Wilson and chief of spine service at the Hospital for Special Surgery. "If you can settle down this incident, he doesn't have to have surgery for it. Whereas in general, if you have significant stenosis in the neck, that causes problems with the function of the cord. Then you have to operate." In other words, while it's possible Wright's condition will grow worse, there's a very good chance he will be able to manage it and play pain-free for a significant period of time. Perhaps even years. "You can manage the pain," said Dr. Andrew Sama, the fellowship director of spinal surgical service at HSS. "In older patients, we do surgery. But a lot of treatment is not surgical. You can modify your activity and how you do things." The Mets say that the All-Star break is a realistic expectation for Wright's return. That may be ambitious, and Wright's medical team out in California will push that target back as much as necessary. The goal is to return without setbacks, ideally, for the rest of his career.

It doesn't have to mean that.

I think he should at least be on the Hall of Fame ballot. I think that Bonds and Clemens and those guys brought as much disgrace, and probably more, to the game than Rose did, and they're on the ballot. They don't look like they're going to get elected, and I doubt that Rose would either. And as for that, I don't care one way or the other if Pete Rose ever gets into the Hall of Fame. That place is a mess anyway, and I'm mostly disconnected from thinking about who's in and who's not.

Voting for the two games played in Toronto last week will close on Tuesday morning after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 6/17/15 - Blue Jays 8, Mets 0 Schaefer POTG 6/18/15 - Blue Jays 7, Mets 1

d'Arnaud 3 Granderson 2

deGrom 4 Tejada 1 Cuddyer 1

Harvey 4 CTorres 1

Chick- Fil-A closed on Sundays anyway.

Someone just needs to photoshop in a TV and a Braves cap:

I assume you mean trade Lagares for Carlos Gomez? That's an interesting thought. Gomez is a year and a half away from free agency. Makes $8 million this year, $9 million next year. The Brewers would be getting a little younger, and a guy with a team-friendly contract, but also with a bad elbow.

I recognize Oliver Perez, Willie Randolph, Endy Chavez, and John Maine. The other guy is... Orlando Hernandez?

I'm grateful to the Nationals that they continue to lose whenever the Mets do.