Benjamin Grimm

Harvey 5 Murphy 1 Parnell 1 Tejada 1 Wright 1.5

There goes the season.

It may have something to do with fluid in his ears.

Voting for Monday's loss to the Phillies will close on Thursday morning. Schaefer POTG 9/17/12 - Phillies 3, Mets 1 SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Week ending April 14: Jon Niese, 6.63 points. Week ending April 21: Mike Pelfrey, 7.85 points. Week ending April 28: Lucas Duda, 8.00 points. Week ending May 5: Johan Santana, 5.71 points. Week ending May 12: David Wright, 8.95 points. Week ending May 19: David Wright, 6.76 points. Week ending May 26: David Wright, 6.66 points. Week ending June 2: R. A. Dickey, 10.51 points. Week ending June 9: Scott Hairston, 6.35 points. Week ending June 16: R. A. Dickey, 5.67 points. Week ending June 23: Chris Young, 6.81 points. Week ending June 30: Johan Santana, 7.03 points. Week ending July 7: David Wright, 7.65 points. Week ending July 14: Ruben Tejada, 3.42 points. Week ending July 21: David Wright, 7.10 points. Week ending July 28: Ike Davis, 9.24 points. Week ending August 4: R. A. Dickey, 7.73 points. Week ending August 11: R. A. Dickey, 5.07 points. Week ending August 18: Jon Niese, 9.42 points. Week ending August 25: R. A. Dickey, 8.84 points. Week ending September 1: Ike Davis, 9.65 points. Week ending September 8: Jason Bay, 4.85 points. Week ending September 15: Daniel Murphy, 7.24 points.

I don't like the idea of committing to Duda, though. I hope that if they do trade Davis, that there's a better player that they can turn to to play first base.

Voting for all three games from this past weekend's Milwaukee series will close on Wednesday morning. Curiously, the game with the fewest votes right now is the game that the Mets won. Schaefer POTG 9/14/12 - Mets 7, Brewers 3 Schaefer POTG 9/15/12 - Brewers 9, Mets 6 Schaefer POTG 9/16/12 - Brewers 3, Mets 0

Wins: G. Gonzalez, 19. R. Dickey, 18. J. Cueto 17. Strikeouts: C. Kershaw, 206. R. Dickey, 205. S. Strasburg, 197. G. Gonzalez, 196. ERA: R. Dickey, 2.67. C. Kershaw, 2.70. K. Lohse, 2.81.

Dickey 4 Murphy 1

Mets have more wins against the Phillies this year than against any other team.

Voting for last Wednesday's loss to Washington will close on Tuesday morning. Schaefer POTG 9/12/12 - Nationals 2, Mets 0

The Mets now need to go 16 and 0 to finish with a winning record, 15-1 to end at .500. They currently project to 73 wins and 89 losses.

Young 3 Francisco 0.5

It's getting some media attention. Although Kranepool's total is wrong, and I can do without that opening paragraph: Wright nearing Kranepool�s Mets hit record By DON BURKE Posted: 1:41 AM, September 16, 2012 MLWAUKEE � It is not exactly Derek Jeter chasing down Lou Gehrig to become the Yankees all-time hits leader. But as he closes in on becoming the Mets all-time leader in hits � a perch he could reach this week � reaching the milestone means a lot to David Wright. The 29-year-old third baseman entered last night�s game with the Brewers needing just seven hits to eclipse Ed Kranepool�s mark of 1,481 which has stood since 1979. Wright still needs seven hits after snapping his eight-game hitting streak by going 0-for-3 with a pair of walks and a pair of strikeouts in the Mets 9-6 loss to the Brewers. �I hope I get there,� he said. �Obviously, it means a lot to me personally. You just blink and, all of sudden, you have however many hits it is. ... It�s obviously very nice. But it�s difficult because of the difficult second half we�ve had. �I�m proud of the fact I�ve been able to stay healthy and be as consistent as I think I have for the last eight or nine years. You�re going to have some years, some weeks that are better than others. But I take a lot of pride in going out there and trying to prepare myself to play at a certain level. �� Wright said he never envisioned leading the Mets � or any major league team � in anything. �I was probably as surprised as anybody at the little bit of success I had early,� he said. �It still feels like, at some point, somebody�s going to pinch me and I�m going to wake up. ... To make it and be in the big leagues eight or nine years ... it has been surreal.�� Maybe, like Kranepool, all of Wright�s hits will come in a Mets uniform. He can become a free agent following next season and the team holds a $16 million option for 2013. The sides are expected to begin discussions on a new deal once this season ends. Wright said he thinks �it�s important�� when a player can spend his entire career in one uniform. �After the season is over, I�ll sit down with my family and, at some point, get my [agents] involved,� he said. �It�s going to be a lot of factors � not just contract figures. Obviously, there�s a list I�m going to make of what�s important to me and maybe what�s not so important.��

Davis 2.5 Murphy 2 Tejada 1 Duda 1

Duda 3 Murphy 3 Niese 3 Thole 0.5 Wright 0.5

I was wondering if perhaps they sac bunted more at home than on the road (to play for a tie) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Here are the numbers (of successful sacrifice hits) from the last few years: 2006 A 69 2006 H 84 2007 A 75 2007 H 68 2008 A 71 2008 H 75 2009 A 86 2009 H 73 2010 A 77 2010 H 70 2011 A 75 2011 H 85 2012 A 55 2012 H 54

Has Chuck Taylor ever appeared on a Topps baseball card wearing a cap that's not made of paint?

I was really into the WBC the first time around, to a degree that surprised me. The second time, I didn't pay a drop of attention. That surprised me too, because of how much I enjoyed it the first time.

I agree. While I'd be quite happy to be pleasantly surprised, the most optimistic I can get at this point is to figure 2013 will be spent positioning the team for possible contention in 2014, when the contacts of Bay and Santana are gone.

metirish wrote: Grim, how come when I link to what I am seeing in UMDB is goes to blank when I open the link? It's an HTML thing. That form is a POST instead of a GET.