Benjamin Grimm

I care about delaying free agency. I don't care about delaying arbitration.

Current projections: Marlins, .277 (45-117) Astros, .298 (48-114) The Mets (.386) and Cubs (.391) are the only other teams with a winning percentage under .400.

Found on the web: http://2guystalkingmetsbaseball.com/tag/dwight-gooden/ That's one of mine!

There was probably a gas leak in the truck.

Look how young (and thin) Mr. Met was!

I think he was referring to Claudette Colbert...

Zvon wrote: Grimm, you're the master of the '72 re-makes and that's just the way it is. Thank you!

Okay then! Not impressed at all!

I happened to see this on the Internet, and I'm quite impressed. If only they had known not to use an action shot for a 1972 card.

G-Fafif wrote: The interviewer suffers from that wanna-be disease of talking way too fucking much by way of asking a question before giving his guest a chance. That's a pet peeve of mine. I remember noticing that WFAN hosts were widely guilty of that, especially Francesa and Russo. I was reminded of that last week when my daughter was watching Teen Nick Countdown and Nick Cannon was asking a question of some cute young female singer, and instead of just asking the damn question, he went into a lengthy explanation of why he was asking the question and how his interest in her answer related to his own experiences. It was maddening.

Boo Radley! I love it! Best Mets nickname of the year! (It's even better than "Jake Monster.")

I'm really glad I had 1986. When I see photos of 100-year-old Cubs fans who have never seen their team win a World Series, I'm comforted to know that I'll never share that fate. (I was dimly aware of the Mets winning the World Series in 1969, but I can't count that because I was only six, and not at all interested yet.)

Just because Duda's better than any other outfielder or first baseman on the team, it doesn't mean he's good enough to be a starter on a contender, which is, I hope, still the goal. Maybe he'll get there, but until and unless he does, I think that the Mets need to find someone better. And yes, I did overlook Parnell. After Harvey, he's been the other bit of good news for this team.

Because he's not good enough.

Almost three quarters of the season still remains, so there's still time for things to take a major turn for the better. With that caveat aside, so far this year is looking like a near total disaster. My hope for 2013 was that the Mets would take a stride towards being the contender we've been looking forward to in 2014. Good seasons from Harvey, Niese, and Wheeler. D'Arnaud would establish himself. Ike Davis would rebound. Tejada would have a solid season. Duda would get it together. One or two of the young outfielders would show themselves to be viable starters. This would all leave the Mets a small spending spree away from being a 90+ win team. That's the everything-goes-right scenario. Other than Matt Harvey, none of this has happened. Now it looks like the Mets may have to go into the offseason looking for perhaps as many as three outfielders, a first baseman, a shortstop, maybe a starting pitcher, as well as the perennial remake of the bullpen. Should Ike Davis go to Las Vegas because it will be the magic potion that wakes him up again? No, that's not the reason. The reason is because he's AWFUL, and if he's no longer the first baseman of the future then the Mets should stop giving him innings and at bats and start trying alternatives. And Lucas Duda's not the answer either.

Well, the fans weren't going to the park to see the last-place Pirates.

On Showtime's Nurse Jackie (starring Mets fan Edie Falco) this week, a drunk and ranting Mets fan was brought into the Emergency Room after smashing his face against the side of a bus. He was enraged by the sight of a Yankees logo on the bus, so he bashed the logo with his face. He was wearing blue and orange, sort of a Mets jacket without any licensed MLB logos or insignia. At one point he shouted to an EMT, "Girardi is your mother's bitch!"

Harvey 0.75 Ankiel 3.5 Murphy 2.75 Tejada 1 Lyon 1 Rice 0.5

Voting for the games played against the Reds on Monday and Tuesday of this week will close on Friday afternoon, some time after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 5/20/13 - Reds 4, Mets 3 Schaefer PoTG, 5/21: Reds 4, Mets 0

That photo was on the back cover of the Daily News this morning, but with all of the text, I didn't notice that the ball was included in the photo. The "clean" version that you posted is much better. It's a great photo, and a horrible one, at the same time.

Looks like he'll still be with the Mets at least through the weekend.

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.

Frayed Knot awarded 10.1 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: Gee 1.09 Burke 0.69 Rice 1.09 Parnell 0.69 Murphy 1.98 Lagares 2.48 Wright 0.99 Tejada 0.99