Benjamin Grimm

I think it means he'll be in a large vat of sauce, and won't know how to get out of it.

When eyebrows go bad... Those people are fleeing rather leisurely, aren't they? I'm guessing this isn't their first giant eyebrow attack.

Not a lotta votes yet for the series against the Phillies, but nevertheless, all three games will close on Wednesday, some time after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 6/21/13 - Mets 4, Phillies 3 Schaefer POTG 6/22/13 - Phillies 8, Mets 7 Schaefer POTG 6/23/13 - Mets 8, Phillies 0

I just watched the Mets Insider look back at the no-hitter. (It was on my TiVo, recorded June 3.) Boy, that was fun. And at the end, even knowing what would happen, I got goosebumps. They did a nice job of revisiting that night, with commentary from Gary, Ron, and Howie as well as "talking head" shots with Terry and Josh Thole, among others.

I'm getting tired of Yahoo Contributor Network posts showing up in my Google News search results. These things look like actual news articles, but when you read them you often quickly see that they're something considerably less than that. This one is so awkwardly written in spots that I thought it must have been by someone for whom English is a second language, but it's written by a guy named Bryan from Oregon. This is my favorite line from the article: The organization is beginning to show some signs of being a proactive clubhouse both internally and externally, and the answer will be in youth on the mound and in the outhouse. Yeah! "Youth in the outhouse!" That's what the Mets need!

Voting for the final two games of last week's series in Atlanta will close on Tuesday afternoon after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 6/19/13 - Braves 5, Mets 3 Schaefer POTG 6/20/13 - Mets 4, Braves 3 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.

Nice going, all you cougars out there!

Wait... what? Wright gained 150,000 votes in twelve minutes? Wow!

If I ever make a David Aardsma baseball card, I'm going to be tempted to use this image:

Edgin 0.5 Murphy 1 Quintanilla 2 Valdespin 3 Young 2

Byrd 0.8 Harvey 4 Lagares 0.3 Lyon 0.4 Wright 2.5 Young 2

dinosaur jesus wrote: The question is whether he had complete control before he released it, and I think it's pretty clear that he did. I don't think he did. I think the ball was briefly grasped firmly in the glove, but it rolled out before he completed the motion of catching the ball. I say it was the correct call. (I say that, again, without having read the rule. Doing so might change my opinion.)

Frayed Knot wrote: But it's the right call even if an odd one -- and, yeah, I've seen it go against the Mets as well. Just pointing out that there's a practical limit to how long you can enforce the 'clean transfer' thing. I think the thing here is that the glove hand was still in its follow-through motion after catching the ball when the ball rolled out. So even though there was a moment or two where the ball was solidly grasped in his glove, it's hard to argue that he ever had "control" of the ball. I don't know exactly how the rule is worded, but I think the spirit of the rule should be whether the fielder had control of the ball, where he could decide what he wanted to do with it; throw it to the infield, toss it into the stands, wipe his nose with it, lick it, whatever. Revere never really had that possession.

It looked to me like Teufel intervened in time, but I'm not sure.

Thanks for pointing that out. Meanwhile, here's the actual official Schaefer voting instructions, as complied by Frayed Knot six years ago.

Kevin Burkhardt wrote: Mets at Phillies. 4pm on PIX 11. Lucas Duda back to NY for tests on his oblique. 100% odds he heads to DL. Return of Ike? Geez, they're dropping like flies.

Adam Rubin wrote: PHILADELPHIA -- John Ricco acknowledged the Mets are soliciting trade offers for outfielder Collin Cowgill, who was designated for assignment after Tuesday's game in Atlanta. The assistant GM added, though, that the Mets would try to get Cowgill through waivers and send him to Triple-A Las Vegas if they were unable to get a suitable deal rather than release Cowgill. Cowgill can be in limbo for up to eight days before the Mets initiate the waiver process. Cowgill, who was acquired from the Oakland Athletics last offseason for minor league infielder Jefry Marte, hit .180 with two homers in 61 at-bats with the Mets.

And I need to find them, I suppose, so I can update the link on this page.

No problem! The rules actually are written somewhere and posted on this forum, but it's been years and I'm not sure where to find them!

Andrew Keh, New York Times wrote: John Ricco, the Mets� assistant general manager, said the tear was discovered through a magnetic resonance imaging exam on Friday, the day after Niese was pulled from a game because of discomfort around his shoulder. Niese, a 26-year-old left-hander, was placed on the disabled list. He will rest for two weeks and then have another M.R.I. exam, at which point the team doctors are expected to make a recommendation on whether surgery is necessary. The Mets hope a procedure will not be necessary. Rotator cuff injuries � shoulder ailments as a whole, really � are considered ominous. The rotator cuff refers to the muscles that move the shoulder; the tendons that connect the muscles to the bone are susceptible to tearing. For some athletes, surgery can be avoided if the surrounding muscles are strengthened to the point that they can compensate for the weakened tendon. Pitchers who resort to rotator cuff surgery generally require several months to return to game form. Ricco said the team doctors believe Niese�s partial tear could be small enough that surgery will not be needed. Furthermore, the doctors indicated that the tear could start to heal on its own. Ricco was unwilling to offer a best-case return date. �He�s going to rest for two weeks, and I�m not going to speculate beyond that,� he said. �We have a plan for the next couple of weeks, and we�ll see how that goes.� Niese missed a start earlier this month after he was found to have shoulder tendinitis. An M.R.I. administered on May 30 revealed no structural damage. After skipping one rotation turn, Niese came back to pitch twice before Thursday�s outing, when he said he began to experience pain again. According to Ricco, the current tear occurred sometime after the initial first test. So it could start to heal on its own, and if it doesn't, they might be able to strengthen the surrounding muscles, so that he can pitch with the tear. I don't know how likely either of those things are to actually happen, but it seems that that's what we need to be rooting for.

I think the Phillies announcers may be the least informed about the Mets (and, I assume, other Phillies opponents) than any other crew.

vtmet wrote: I don't know the rules of the POTG...was commentary & quotes allowed? or is it just supposed to be a score card? Yes, the POTG threads are just for votes; I paste the entire thread into a spreadsheet that tallies the votes, and non-voting posts make the whole process fall apart. You can make some comments in the same post with your votes, but if you do, please refrain from using numeric characters. (I've noticed that metsmarathon is aware of this rule, for which I'm grateful.) BAD: "I gave Wright 1 extra point for his catch in the 8th inning." GOOD: "I gave Wright one extra point for his catch in the eighth inning."

Hefner 2.6 Lagares 1.85 Parnell 1 Rice 1 Torres 1 Wright 0.7 Young 1.85