Benjamin Grimm

It's 8/8, and Dillon Gee is 8-8.

Where's the old guy with the brooms?

I would've too, but it will be Hawkins.

Aardsma gets out of it. Does he take the mound in the ninth for the four-out save?

Rice walks Tulo, enter Aardsma.

And he gives way to Scott Rice with 2 outs in the 8th. Total pitches: 85. Rice comes in with the tying run on first.

Gee: enters the 8th inning having thrown only 77 pitches.

Zvon wrote: Lets just move Wright to first and get it over with. Wilma gets third. Why would you prefer Flores at third and Wright at first to the other way around?

Not before including his more than 50 years in the Mets broadcast booth!

Wilmer's up with nobody out and the bases loaded!

First time I've seen Ralph Kiner this year. He's no kid anymore, is he?

Buck 0.75 Byrd 0.5 Davis 0.75 Flores 1.25 Harvey 6 Quintanilla 0.75

Yes, it was. The 1999 shutout by Rogers was, and still is, the latest first complete game in Mets history. The only other time that the first one came after the 100th game was Johan Santana in 2008, in the 105th game.

This is perhaps a little less stupid than the previous item I posted here: Ultimate Mets Database Facebook page wrote: Complete game shutouts have become a lot more infrequent than they used to be. But the Mets have had at least one complete game shutout in each of the 52 years of their existence. The first one of 2013 for the Mets came last night, when Matt Harvey shut down the Colorado Rockies, 5 to 0 in the 111th game of the season. Those of us (and you know who you are!) who don't want the Mets to be shut out of shutouts had reason to be nervous that this would be the first year without a shutout. But there have been a few seasons where we've been left waiting for even longer: 1995, Bobby Jones, game 122. 2008, Johan Santana, game 124. 2011, Chris Capuano, game 130. 1999, Kenny Rogers, game 138. 2009, Pat Misch, game 156. The fun fact about 2009 is that after waiting until game 156 for the first CG/ShO, the Mets got their second one of the season just seven days later, from Nelson Figueroa, in their 162nd and final game. The only time the Mets got a CG/ShO on the first game of the season was in 1993, with Dwight Gooden on the mound. Jerry Koosman performed the trick in the second game of the 1968 season, and Jon Matlack did the same in 1976. The last time the Mets got their first CG/ShO in April was in 2005, when Aaron Heilman shocked legions of Mets fans by pitching a one-hitter against the Marlins on April 15. Here's the full list: 1962 Al Jackson Game 15 1963 Carl Willey Game 14 1964 Al Jackson Game 5 1965 Al Jackson Game 68 1966 Jack Hamilton Game 14 1967 Don Cardwell Game 16 1968 Jerry Koosman Game 2 1969 Jerry Koosman Game 14 1970 Tom Seaver Game 8 1971 Tom Seaver Game 6 1972 Tom Seaver Game 4 1973 Jerry Koosman Game 20 1974 Tom Seaver Game 16 1975 Jerry Koosman Game 18 1976 Jon Matlack Game 2 1977 Tom Seaver Game 4 1978 Craig Swan Game 5 1979 Craig Swan Game 14 1980 Mark Bomback Game 16 1981 Pete Falcone Game 100 1982 Charlie Puleo Game 31 1983 Tom Seaver Game 9 1984 Dwight Gooden Game 29 1985 Dwight Gooden Game 5 1986 Dwight Gooden Game 12 1987 Sid Fernandez Game 46 1988 Ron Darling Game 7 1989 Bob Ojeda Game 64 1990 Sid Fernandez Game 13 1991 Dwight Gooden Game 59 1992 David Cone Game 20 1993 Dwight Gooden Game 1 1994 Bobby Jones Game 29 1995 Bobby Jones Game 122 1996 Jason Isringhausen Game 60 1997 Bobby Jones Game 51 1998 Al Leiter Game 45 1999 Kenny Rogers Game 138 2000 Mike Hampton Game 72 2001 Rick Reed Game 58 2002 Al Leiter Game 16 2003 Steve Trachsel Game 67 2004 Tom Glavine Game 44 2005 Aaron Heilman Game 10 2006 Alay Soler Game 61 2007 Tom Glavine Game 76 2008 Johan Santana Game 124 2009 Pat Misch Game 156 2010 Jon Niese Game 60 2011 Chris Capuano Game 130 2012 Johan Santana Game 47 2013 Matt Harvey Game 111

Voting for Tuesday's win over the Rockies will close on Friday afternoon, some time after 4 p.m. Schaefer POTG 8/6/13 - Mets 3, Rockies 2

If Duda or Davis does anything to establish some trade value between now and the end of the season, then they should be traded. Davis has spent too much time sucking for me to ever have confidence enough in him to give him the regular job. They have to find someone else. And I'm not at all impressed with Duda. He's not awful, but he's not good enough to be a regular player on a contending team.

I was just thinking first base for 2014, and then let the chips fall where they may. It sounds like Wilmer may very well be able to provide about 20 homers per season, which is about what we got from Keith (of course, Keith also provided a Gold Glove) and more than we'd get from Magadan. A first baseman with Carlos Delgado power is great, but not necessary.

I find myself hoping that he can be next year's first baseman.

You're right. The last time the Rockies lost a game at Citi Field had been in 2010.

Too bad we can't come up for a cure for assholes.

Wow! After praise like that, you totally should have hit on his niece!

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.