Benjamin Grimm

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2013 Week ending April 6: John Buck, 7.21 points. Week ending April 13: Matt Harvey, 9.04 points. Week ending April 20: David Wright, 6.24 points. Week ending April 27: David Wright, 4.68 points. Week ending May 4: Ruben Tejada, 5.03 points. Week ending May 11: Matt Harvey, 5.94 points. Week ending May 18: Daniel Murphy, 10.08 points. Week ending May 25: Daniel Murphy, 6.86 points. Week ending June 1: Daniel Murphy, 5.80 points. Week ending June 8: Omar Quintanilla, 4.59 points. Week ending June 15: David Wright, 6.68 points. Week ending June 22: Omar Quintanilla, 5.20 points. Week ending June 29: Matt Harvey, 8.78 points. Week ending July 6: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 6.19 points. Week ending July 13: Jeremy Hefner, 8.13 points. Week ending July 20: Marlon Byrd, 4.46 points. Week ending July 27: Matt Harvey, 10.15 points. Week ending August 3: Daniel Murphy, 4.59 points. Week ending August 10: Wilmer Flores, 5.73 points. Week ending August 17: Marlon Byrd, 5.96 points. Week ending August 24: Marlon Byrd, 5.74 points. Week ending August 31: Daniel Murphy, 6.68 points. Week ending September 7: Daniel Murphy, 4.46 points.

Only three votes! This sets a new record (I think) for patheticness.

Change the fa�ade of Citi Field so that it looks more like Shea than Ebbets Field. Lighter colored bricks, and big corrugated tin rectangles. And what the heck, some neon baseball players too.

I'm rooting for WABC. They could broadcast the games between Dan Ingram and Johnny Donovan.

SteveJRogers wrote: my sister, just wants baseball in general pushed on him Why should anything be "pushed on him"? Let him develop his own interests.

Edgy MD wrote: WFAN is awful. That says it all. On the day the 2013 season ends, I'm removing 660 AM from the preset in my car radio.

Lefty Specialist wrote: What are they doing to get kids involved? Well, they do have a Mets Kids Club, and they do that "kids run the bases" thing a few times a year. And don't they have a weekly show in SNY aimed at kids? I know they once did, but I don't know if it's still on.

Gee 1 Feliciano 0.5 Black 1 Murphy 0.75 Turner 1.5 Duda 0.75 den Dekker 0.75

Wheeler 4.8 Lagares 1

Voting for all three games played against the Indians last weekend will close on Friday afternoon, some time after 2 p.m. The middle game of the series is very low on votes; only three people have posted in that thread. Schaefer POTG, 9/6/2013: Indians 8 Mets 1 Schaefer POTG 9/7/03 - Indians 9, Mets 4 Schaefer POTG 9/8/13 - Mets 2, Indians 1

Are you kidding? We had a "Does Brandon Nimmo Suck?" thread in 2004, when he was eleven years old!

Me too. I only have good thoughts about Tim McCarver. He (and Steve Zabriskie) made watching the Mets fun again. I've only occasionally heard his voice since he left the Mets telecast, and I have no opinion on his current work.

The Brewers (and the Padres) perhaps got the ugliest color scheme in those 1972 cards. They're so ugly that I just love them.

And Romper Room!

Shin-Soo Choo�s name has arisen before as the man the Mets might spend on this winter, most notably by our John Harper several months ago. As the offseason draws closer, I can tell you that chatter linking the team to Choo is spreading, both around the league and inside the organization. �Hearing Choo is the guy they like,� said one rival executive last week, and he isn�t the only one in the industry making that connection. I ran that by a Mets official who has been briefed on Sandy Alderson�s thinking, and got this response: �I�m hearing that, too.� A second Mets source said that the team liked Choo -- this is no state secret, as the Cincinnati outfielder has a .425 on-base percentage this year (.389 career), with 20 home runs -- but are not interested in engaging in a crazy bidding war for the 31-year-old Scott Boras client. Basically, the Mets really like the player, but are comfortable turning elsewhere if the market outpaces what they expect (this is an unsurprising public position). If the Mets sign Choo, they would not want use him in center field, as the Reds have. Rookie Juan Lagares� brilliant defense probably prevents the team from spending on that position, and one team source noted that Choo would fit perfectly in right field, replacing the surprising production the team received this year from Marlon Byrd, albeit with a higher OBP. The Mets will probably look to sign or trade for a second corner outfielder. Eric Young Jr. has done well during his extended audition, but the team views him more as a fourth outfielder (and some in the organization would like to see Young at second base more often). Choo is not without his flaws. Ideally, he would be a few years younger -- and hitting better than .209 against lefties this year. You certainly don�t want to make a borderline platoon player your big offseason signing, though Choo�s .242 lifetime average in that category is slightly more comforting. It is important to note that the Mets have not yet begun their formal meetings about free agency, so these ideas are at an early stage. Whatever stage this is, though, people at Citi Field and elsewhere are anticipating that Choo will be a target.

I was hoping they'd be in Seattle in July. That may really work out for me.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: It may make you yawn, but it matters to me. I like having the Mets on AM radio because I can't get New York City FM signals where I live. I don't spend a whole lot of time listening to the Mets on the radio, but I do like having it as an option. Get the MLB At Bat app. it's amazing, giving you all the Mets games -- and any other game you want. I listen in the car and at home all the time. That would involve getting a smart phone, and I have no intention of doing that any time soon. I guess if I decide to not keep up with the times, I can expect to be left behind. Not having the Mets on the radio would have been a much bigger problem for me 25 years ago than it would be in 2014.

It may make you yawn, but it matters to me. I like having the Mets on AM radio because I can't get New York City FM signals where I live. I don't spend a whole lot of time listening to the Mets on the radio, but I do like having it as an option.

That hockey coach looks more like Captain Kangaroo to me.

Tom Selleck

Lutz 0.25

HahnSolo wrote: I thought the best snack for watching baseball were Wise potato chips. I've heard that it's peanuts and Crackerjack.

It would be nicer if they were regular season games. It makes sense, I guess, for the Blue Jays to try to expand their fanbase into Quebec. I doubt that this is their first step in that effort, but who knows?