Benjamin Grimm

I'm not 100 per cent convinced that Byrd can't be a contributor to a contending Mets team in 2014, should they actually be a contending team.

You'd better avert your eyes then.

The reviews I've read weren't awful, but from what I've heard, the box office was dreadful. The movie seems to be dead on arrival, much like John Carter was a couple of years ago. After having endured two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, I have no desire at all to see this movie.

Buck 2.5 Burke 0.5 Byrd 2 Davis 0.5 Murphy 1.5 Nieuwenhuis 0.5 Quintanilla 1

Brown 1 Byrd 0.75 Hefner 5 Parnell 1.25 Satin 2

Voting for all four games played last week against Arizona will close on Tuesday afternoon, some time after 2 p.m. The July 4 game is still a little light on votes. This will be the final tallying for a while. I leave for vacation on Wednesday morning, and probably won't do any tallying until I return at the end of the month. Please do keep voting, even though I won't be posting any reminders. When I return to the United States on July 26, I plan to pretty quickly catch up on the 15 games that are scheduled to be played between July 5 and July 24. Schaefer POTG-7/1/13 Mets-5 Dbacks-4 (13inn) Schaefer POTG 7/2/13 - Mets 9, Diamondbacks 1 Schaefer POTG, 7/3/2013: D'Backs 5 Mets 3 Schaefer POTG, 7/4/2013: D'Backs 5 Mets 4 (15)

metsguyinmichigan wrote: For many baseball fans, Yasiel Puig is the ONLY reason they�d want to watch the All-Star Game. I disagree with this. Matt Harvey, Bryce Harper, and a bunch of other guys might disagree with this. He's not saying that Yasiel Puig is the only reason that anyone would watch the game. He's saying that there are many people who are only interested in Yasiel Puig, people who aren't interested in Bryce Harper or Matt Harvey. And that may very well be true.

Davis 2 Lagares 2 Nieuwenhuis 4 Wheeler 1 Young 1

That is pretty crazy, isn't it? Bobby Parnell can pass him this year, but he'd have to win each of the remaining three months. I suspect that it's Parnell who's giving Stokes most of his sleepless nights.

Gee 3 Hawkins 1 Nieuwenhuis 1.5 Parnell 1 Recker 1.5 Torres 2

Burke, wasn't it?

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2013 The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for June 2013 is, for the first time, MATT HARVEY. In 6 June starts, Harvey was 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 39 innings. Matt's 20.08 Schaefer points for the month were just over 2 points ahead of runners up Marlon Byrd (17.94 points) and David Wright (17.76 points). Byrd, .282/.347/.482, had 4 homers and drove in 16 runs in June. Wright, .333/.393/.569, also homered 4 times, and had 11 rbi. The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month for June is MATT HARVEY, who is now a three-time winner and has been the Mets most Schaefered pitcher in each of the three months so far this season. The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is first-time winner CARLOS TORRES. In 6 games in June, Carlos has a 1.00 ERA over 6 games. He struck out 9 batters, walked 2, and allowed 4 hits in 9 innings. The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for June is first-time winner JOSH SATIN. It was a light month, Schaefer-wise, for bench players. Satin won with a mere 1.51 points coming off the bench, just ahead of Andrew Brown's 1.40. Of course, by the end of the month Josh was frequently appearing in the Mets starting lineup, which naturally limited his bench appearances. 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 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Daniel Murphy 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 PITCHER OF THE MONTH R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Tom Glavine 3 Matt Harvey 3 Jonathon Niese 2 Orlando Hernandez 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Dillon Gee 1 Chris Capuano 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Brian Stokes 5 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Bobby Parnell 3 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 Billy Wagner 1 Aaron Heilman 1 Duaner Sanchez 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 Carlos Torres 1 BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Jordany Valdespin 3 Mike Baxter 1 Justin Turner 1 Scott Hairston 1 Ronny Cede�o 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1

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.

MFS62 wrote: Burke recalled? Yes. Burke seems to be going between New York and Las Vegas about once per week.

Wright 1 Young 0.8 Satin 1.3 Byrd 1 Marcum 1.5 Brown 1.5 Torres 0.5 Quintanilla 0.5 Hawkins 0.8 Parnell 1.1

Aardsma 0.7 Edgin 1 Harvey 0.5 Murphy 1.5 Parnell 0.7 Satin 1.5 Wright 1.5

Hefner 5 Recker 2 Quintanilla 1 Satin 1 Young 1

What would happen if you did stand in the way? Do you have the power to block a deal?

It never occurs to me to compare him with Derek Jeter. I'm more likely to think Cal Ripken. Other possibilities... Brooks Robinson? Carl Yastrzemski? Kirby Puckett?

Thanks! I feel much better now!

Now I really feel old. My son is 16.