Benjamin Grimm

Gee 4 d'Arnaud 2 Herrera 1

That would be THE BEST THING EVER!

One of my pet peeves is how "closers" don't get removed from a game until after they've blown a save. Mejia was clearly struggling yesterday, and Terry didn't even have anyone warming up in the pen. (And as far as I know, he still didn't have anyone starting to throw during the replay review delay.) I was ready to call Cincinnati and fire Terry on the spot, but I'm not sure I have that power. I hope, if the Mets do fire him, they'll pick someone who's at least willing to buck this strange orthodoxy.

Jeter clearly doesn't have an ounce of humility.

Bill Madden (yeah, yeah, I know...) said that the Red Sox are likely to trade Yoenis Cespedes, and that the Mets should be in on it. He also said that Cespedes would come "cheap" because 2015 is his walk year. (I have my doubts about that last part. I don't think that players are typically traded at all that much of a discount in their walk years.)

The Mets should offer the Marlins Bobby Abreu and "Cuppy." Take it or leave it!

Muddy Waters? Lazy Feets? I'm not sure who we're talking about here.

Exactly. My guess is that they didn't sell as many ads as they had planned. If so, they should have just absorbed the loss and taken it as a lesson learned. I hope there's a lot of backlash to this, not only from people who dislike Jeter and the Yankees, but also from those who are completely indifferent.

That's ridiculous. By not sharing their name here, all you're doing is sparing them some scorn.

UMDB Facebook Page wrote: The Mets have never played a game where they scored in all nine innings, but they came close last night in Cincinnati, scoring in eight of the nine innings. That was the fourth time in their history that the Mets scored at least one run in eight different innings, and the first time they did so outside of New York City. The previous three times this happened were in a 16-4 win over the Braves at Shea Stadium on July 20, 1985; in an 11-2 win at Yankee Stadium on June 29, 2002, and on September 29, 2007 at Shea, a 13-0 shutout of the Marlins on the second-to-last day of the season. This was a must-win game that briefly revived the Mets' flagging hopes for the 2007 playoffs, which were quickly dashed in the first inning of the following day.

Colon 2 d'Arnaud 2 Duda 1 Granderson 2 Herrera 1 Wright 2

Yeah, I don't get that either. I would absolutely refuse to pay the extra dollar. Either they give me that day's paper at the regular price, or don't give it to me at all.

Yes, but that's tougher in years like 1973 and 1976, where each position has its own icon. It's easiest in 1972, when the position wasn't indicated on the front of the card at all.

Edgy MD wrote: Did the Topps 1976 cartoon icons not have an Infield/Outfield designation? I was torn about which way to go for Eric Campbell. Although he's played more games in the infield than in the outfield, he's (to date, anyway) played more games in the outfield than any one specific infield position. And anyway, quirks like that are part of the charm of old Topps cards.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2014 Week ending April 5: Juan Lagares, 5.68 points. Week ending April 12: Eric Young, 4.89 points. Week ending April 19: David Wright, 5.25 points. Week ending April 26: Lucas Duda, 5.22 points. Week ending May 3: Chris Young, 5.50 points. Week ending May 10: David Wright, 5.58375 points. (Just 0.00042 ahead of Dillon Gee's 5.58333 points.) Week ending May 17: Jacob deGrom, 4.89 points. Week ending May 24: Curtis Granderson, 5.86 points. Week ending May 31: Jacob deGrom, 6.80 points. Week ending June 7: Jon Niese, 7.76 points. Week ending June 14: Curtis Granderson, 4.97 points. Week ending June 21: David Wright, 9.22 points. Week ending June 28: Lucas Duda, 5.28 points. Week ending July 5: Curtis Granderson, 5.53 points. Week ending July 12: David Wright, 6.70 points. Week ending July 19: Jacob deGrom, 4.28 points. Week ending July 26: Zack Wheeler, 7.37 points. Week ending August 2: Jacob deGrom, 8.57 points. Week ending August 9: Daniel Murphy, 8.76 points. Week ending August 16: Zack Wheeler, 6.81 points. Week ending August 23: Lucas Duda, 5.93 points. Week ending August 30: Juan Lagares, 5.61 points Voting for the two games listed below will close some time after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Schaefer POTG 9/1/14 - Marlins 9, Mets 6 Schaefer POTG 9/2/14 - Mets 8, Marlins 6

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2014 The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for August 2014 is first-time winner JUAN LAGARES, squeeking past Lucas Duda on the last day of the month to claim the title by a mere 0.07 points. Juan hit .268/.318/.392 in August with 2 home runs and a team-leading 4 doubles. His 14 RBI were second on the team to Duda. The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month is also a first-time winner, ZACK WHEELER. Zack was 3-1 in August, leading the team with a 2.81 ERA and 30 strikeouts. The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is JEURYS FAMILIA, for the third time this season. Jeurys pitched in 13 games in August, and had a 2.70 ERA over 13.1 innings. The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for August is ERIC CAMPBELL. Eric earned only 1.44 points this month in games that he didn't start, but that was enough to put him ahead of runner-up Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who had 1.29 such points. 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 Daniel Murphy 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Lucas Duda 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Matt Harvey 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 PITCHER OF THE MONTH R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Tom Glavine 3 Matt Harvey 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Jacob deGrom 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Zack Wheeler 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Brian Stokes 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Carlos Torres 3 Jeurys Familia 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 BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 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 Eric Campbell 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 Cede�o 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Lucas Duda 1 Chris Young 1

d'Arnaud 1.5 deGrom 3.5 den Dekker 1.5 Duda 0.5 Mejia 1 Nieuwenhuis 2

I would hope, that if I lived with my aging mother amid a sea of smelly old baseball crap, I'd be self-aware enough to at least know not to expose that fact to the entire Internet. Or did this guy have his photos hacked along with those of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton?

I was thinking the same thing. This guy is the Norman Bates of Mets fans.