Benjamin Grimm

Why are all the true prodigies in high school? I don't think I've heard that before. Is it because the better players choose to start their professional careers sooner? I imagine that the lure of a big signing bonus would induce a lot of kids to opt out of going to college.

Thanks for noticing! Finding a new way to portray David Wright was definitely something I took into consideration. I have very few openings left for David; I've already cheated once by going outside the 1970's for that Kranepool card. All that's left in my favorite baseball card decade are 1974, 1976, and 1979.

Thinking that D-Day was on June 5 isn't as bad as thinking that 1944 was 50 years ago.

I'm with Vic on this one. I want them to take the best available player, and I hope that player is a college position player. I'm particularly hoping for a power-hitting outfielder.

I think it might be, yes.

Matsuzaka had 3.86 points as a starter and 5.23 as a reliever.

Voting for Monday night's win in Philadelphia will close on Friday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 6/2/14 - Mets 11, Phillies 2 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.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2014 The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for May 2014 is DAVID WRIGHT. This is David's first win since July 2012. He has been Player of the Month a record 14 times. He led the Mets in batting average (.320) and hits (41). His slugging percentage (.461) and runs batted in (15) were second to Curtis Granderson (.465 and 17) who held the May lead in Schaefer points as late as May 27. The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month is JACOB deGROM. Jacob is, obviously, a first-time winner as May 2014 was his first month ever in the major leagues. In 4 starts in May, he was 0-2, but had a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings. The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is first-time winner JEURYS FAMILIA. Familia appeared in 18 games in May and had and 0-0 record with 1 save and a 1.93 ERA over 18.2 innings. The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for May is ERIC CAMPBELL. Eric earned 1.68 points in May in games in which he was not in the starting lineup, finishing ahead of Bobby Abreu (0.99) and Ruben Tejada (0.64). Last month's winner, former Met Ike Davis, still holds the season lead and has a shot at winning Bench Player of the Year on the strength of his April walk-off grand slam. 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 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Lucas Duda 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Matt Harvey 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 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 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Jacob deGrom 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Brian Stokes 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Carlos Torres 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 Jeurys Familia 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 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 Eric Campbell 1

Carlyle 1 Duda 2 Granderson 1 Murphy 1.5 Tejada 1 Torres 1

At the time of his death, Zimmer was the tenth-oldest living Met. Willie Mays takes over his spot in the Top Ten, and Willard Hunter moves into the Top Twenty. Player Birth Date Age Berra, Lawrence Peter (Yogi) May 12, 1925 89 years, 24 days Hillman, Darius Dutton (Dave) September 14, 1927 86 years, 265 days Thomas, Frank Joseph (Frank) June 11, 1929 84 years, 359 days Pignatano, Joseph Benjamin (Joe) August 4, 1929 84 years, 305 days Piersall, James Anthony (Jimmy) November 14, 1929 84 years, 203 days Craig, Roger Lee (Roger) February 17, 1930 84 years, 108 days Landrith, Hobart Neal (Hobie) March 16, 1930 84 years, 81 days Lary, Frank Strong (Frank) April 10, 1930 84 years, 56 days Friend, Robert Bartmess (Bob) November 24, 1930 83 years, 193 days Zimmer, Donald William (Don) January 17, 1931 83 years, 138 days Mays, Willie May 6, 1931 83 years, 30 days Marshall, Rufus James (Jim) May 25, 1931 83 years, 11 days Sherry, Norman Burt (Norm) July 16, 1931 82 years, 325 days Fernandez, Humberto (Chico) March 2, 1932 82 years, 95 days Bressoud, Edward Francis (Ed) May 2, 1932 82 years, 34 days Taylor, Samuel Douglas (Sammy) February 27, 1933 81 years, 98 days Altman, George Lee (George) March 20, 1933 81 years, 77 days Hicks, William Joseph (Joe) April 7, 1933 81 years, 59 days Charles, Edwin Douglas (Ed) April 29, 1933 81 years, 37 days Green, Elijah Jerry (Pumpsie) October 27, 1933 80 years, 221 days =#0080FF]Hunter, Willard Mitchell (Willard) March 8, 1934 80 years, 89 days

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wow... it looks like this is the first IGT I've started since June 8, 2011. Maybe I'll try again in another three years minus four days.

Wow... it looks like this is the first IGT I've started since June 8, 2011.

This is the first IGT I've started in 2014. Let's see how it goes... Starting Pitchers New York: Matsuzaka (2-0, 2.45 ERA) Chicago: Jackson (3-5, 4.81 ERA)

Black 0.5 den Dekker 1.4 Granderson 2 Wheeler 4.8

Voting for the middle three games of the recent Philadelphia series will close on Thursday morning, some time after 10 a.m. This will close out the month of May. Schaefer POTG 5/30/14 - Phillies 6, Mets 5 (14 Innings) Schaefer POTG 5/31/14 - Mets 5, Phillies 4 (14 Innings) Schaefer POTG, 6/1/2014: Mets 4 Phillies 3 (11)

This is totally becoming a Munsters forum, and I didn't see it coming at all.

I agree; the original dimensions were absurd and I'm glad they added that blue fence. I don't think further adjustments are necessary. Has anyone tracked how many homers, both by the Mets and by visitors, have gone over the blue fence but would not have been home runs in 2009?

And why would they be worrying about paying a high salary to Ike Davis in 2107, when he'll be 120 years old? Or even 2017 for that matter? I think they traded him because he's shown the ability to suck really badly for extended periods.

I heard the third of those home runs on a little transistor radio while sitting in the waiting area at Penn Station.