Benjamin Grimm

It's not reasonable to expect every fan to pay attention to every pitch. The score may be 10 to 0 and you're chatting with your friend. You may be helping your kid put mustard on his hot dog. Or paying the vendor for your beer. Or reading the "fun facts" on the scoreboard. Or any number of things.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Is that a stadium scoreboard, or some computer app scoreboard. (Or something else)? That's what displays on GameDay at MLB.com. I have no idea what that C column is. Of course, I've only been watching baseball for 43 years.

What do the green dots in the "C" column mean? I'm drawing a blank here.

Ogden Nash would be proud of that.

Voting for all four games played against the Rockies in Denver last week will close on Thursday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 5/1/14 - Rockies 7, Mets 4 Schaefer POTG 5/2/14 - Rockies 10, Mets 3 Schaefer POTG 5/3/14 - Rockies 11, Mets 10 Schaefer POTG 5/4/14 - Mets 5, Rockies 1

Colon 3 Murphy 1

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I used to live for hammering Ms. Met I totally misinterpreted that the first time I read it.

I predict that Ashie will be giving up on deGrom within a few weeks of his eventual promotion.

Abreu 0.45 Farnsworth 1 Granderson 1.6 Murphy 1.4 Niese 4.85 Wright 0.7

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Day 1, 05/01/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (1). Day 2, 05/02/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (2) Day 3, 05/03/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (3) [crossout]Day 4, 05/04/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Chris Young, Eric Young. Sitting: Lagares (1).[/crossout] Day 4, 05/04/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (4) Day 5, 05/05/2014. Starting outfield: Eric Young, Granderson, Abreu. Sitting: Lagares (1), Chris Young (1) (Chris Young also sitting.)

Centerfield wrote: Great job BG. I think Lagares would have had a great shot at this had he not gotten hurt. He was fairly well ahead of everyone at the time he went on the DL, and retained that lead until some time around the game of April 21.

This could have been the year that Bobby Parnell finally knocked Brian Stokes off his perch, but no... I have to suspect that Stokes first messed with Bobby's neck, and then with his arm. Or maybe he hired Tanya Harding to do it.

Duda 0.5 Gee 4.2 Granderson 0.9 Lagares 1.4 Murphy 1 Wright 1 CYoung 1

I don't think I've ever seen those cards with the extra text stamped on them. (I also have to confess that I don't know what "O-Pee-Chee" is, although it sounds familiar.) I suppose I could have make a blue-bordered 1972 Ike card showing him in a Pirates uniform with the word TRADED stamped across the image, but the 1979 card I used is one that I've had in my pocket for a couple of years, one that was prepared when he was a strong candidate for Player of the Month. (I'm guessing the second half of 2012, but I'm not sure.) I still have one unused card for a player who's still with the Mets. I'll make it public when he leaves the Mets or wins a Schaefer award.

Eric Young was scratched because of an eye injury suffered during batting practice.

Day 1, 05/01/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (1). Day 2, 05/02/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (2) Day 3, 05/03/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (3) [crossout:3naydb4t]Day 4, 05/04/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Chris Young, Eric Young. Sitting: Lagares (1).[/crossout:3naydb4t] Day 4, 05/04/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (4) Oops� The lineup at game time differs from what was originally posted. Eric out, Lagares back in.

Day 1, 05/01/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (1). Day 2, 05/02/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (2) Day 3, 05/03/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (3) Day 4, 05/04/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Chris Young, Eric Young. Sitting: Lagares (1).

I'd consider switching Mejia and Matsuzaka, but for a different reason: to conserve Mejia's innings so that he can last longer into the season. I'd still like to see Jenrry as a starter long-term, although if everything goes well (which virtually never happens!) there will be several pitchers who will be squeezed out of the Mets rotation over the next couple of years. Time will tell if Mejia is one of them, and if so, if his exit is to the bullpen or to another club.

CYoung 1.3 Duda 1.3 Granderson 1.3 Murphy 2.3 Recker 1.3 Rice 1 Wright 1.5

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the key to this game is to have our starting pitcher go more than five innings, and give up fewer than seven runs. They didn't heed my sage advice.

It's looking like this isn't much of a "rotation" so far, huh?

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2014 The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month and Pitcher of the Month for April 2014 is JONATHON NIESE. This is Niese's fourth time as Pitcher of the Month and first time as Player of the Month. He had the best ERA (2.20) among Mets starters, and had a 2-2 record with 24 strikeouts and 8 walks in 32.2 innings over five starts. The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is CARLOS TORRES. Carlos pitched in 13 games in April with a 2-0 record and a 1.20 ERA over 15 innings. He struck out 17 batters and walked 6. This is the second time that Torres has received the Schaefer award for the month's best reliever. The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for April is IKE DAVIS. Ike had been the overall Player of the Month twice, in September 2010 and April 2011, but this is the first time he has won Schaefer coming off the bench. Ike was traded to the Pirates in April, so unless he returns to the Mets some day, this is likely the last Schaefer award that he will win. Ike's win this month was mostly, but not entirely, due to his walk-off grand slam against the Reds on April 5. . Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 13 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 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 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

I think the key to this game is to have our starting pitcher go more than five innings, and give up fewer than seven runs.