Benjamin Grimm

Gee 1 Rice 1 Torres 1 d'Arnaud 2 Lagares 0.5

Young 1.5 Flores 1.5 Byrd 1

Harvey 2.5 Davis 1

My hope is that Lucas uses these last five weeks or so to bolster his trade value.

Has anyone been counting how many times Greg Burke has been promoted and demoted this year?

Maybe Batman and Superman can battle "Mr. Holland."

He'll be wearing uniform number 16.

Mets who were Tigers

I find it hard to believe that Richard Dreyfuss was up for the role of Batman.

Ultimate Mets Database Facebook page wrote: We got a request from a fan today, asking us for a list of Mets position players who appeared as a pitcher. Here's what we found: 1992 Bill Pecota 1999 Matt Franco 2000 Derek Bell 2001 Desi Relaford 2004 Todd Zeile 2012 Rob Johnson 2013 Anthony Recker

Very strange choice. Everyone's going to be reminded of that Daredevil flop.

Voting for both games played against the Braves this week will close on Monday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 8/20/13 - Mets 5, Braves 3 Schaefer POTG 8/21/13 - Braves 4, Mets 1 (10 Innings)

Any home runs?

Germen 1 Hawkins 1 Lagares 0.5 Murphy 0.5 Niese 4.5 Satin 1.5

Ashie awarded 10.5 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: Gee 3.81 Young 0.48 Murphy 0.48 Brown 0.48 Flores 1.9 Lagares 0.95 Byrd 1.9

It's really not at all about how good or bad he is. It's just to prevent the Mets from getting too many innings from young arms in meaningless September games. I was expecting a signing like this. I was actually thinking it might be Dontrelle Willis.

In the Mysterious Transaction thread, I did call for the Mets to sign a throwaway veteran starter.

Somewhere along the way, the term "pennant" has become rather quaint, hasn't it?

Got an e-mail from MLB this morning telling me that Mrs. Met defeated Serena Williams in a game of ping pong. By Dakota Gardner | Follow @dakotagardner The Miracle on Ice, Super Bowl XLII, Buster Douglas defeating Mike Tyson: all are historic, legendary sporting upsets. On Wednesday, another epic underdog story joined that pantheon of classic moments and will surely be etched into the memories of sports fans for decades to come. The Delta Open -- a round-robin table tennis tournament in Madison Square Park -- featured a pool made up of tennis champion Serena Williams, Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, Knicks guard Iman Shumpert, Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner and Mets mascot Mrs. Met. The winner would hold bragging rights over the entire New York sports scene -- no small prize for the competitive athletes present. Williams is an overpowering force in tennis, famous for her intimidating straight-set victories. The skills that make her so dominant on the court aided her well in the miniature version of her sport, helping her to coast to a quick 11-3 win over Gardner in the first match. After the game concluded, she quipped, "I keep score, so I just tell you the score after I win." Mrs. Met would be in for a battle. Williams faced off against Mrs. Met in the next round, and the lovable mascot appeared to have no realistic chance of beating the incumbent US Open champ -- her four fingers likely wouldn't give her as strong a grip on the paddle, thus allowing Williams to dominate the pace of play and spin of the ball. But, as so often happens in sports, the unexpected happened and those pre-match concerns were dismissed emphatically. Mrs. Met held close with Williams at the start of the match, with the first few points being split evenly. As the game wore on, Mrs. Met pulled away from the surprised Williams. The final score: Mrs. Met 11, Serena Williams 5. Mrs. Met had done the impossible. Williams went on to win the round-robin tournament after a decisive win over Lundqvist and a chippy, albeit victorious, matchup against Shumpert. Those fateful volleys against the Queens native, however, will surely be the enduring moment from the competition -- Mrs. Met was the only participant able to get the better of the notoriously determined tennis champ. Mrs. Met's victory against Serena Williams was unexpected, brilliant and electric -- in a word, it was Amazin'.

The guy who brought in Greg Burke shares some of the blame for what happened.

I'm sure things will be calmer next year once your quintuplets have been born.

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.