Benjamin Grimm

The Mets have played in five games in which nine or more home runs were hit. In 1967, there was a game with eleven homers. The other four games all had exactly nine: June 11, 1967, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Chicago Cubs 18, New York Mets 10 HR: Ron Swoboda, Jerry Grote, Bob Johnson, Jerry Buchek, Adolfo Phillips 3, Randy Hundley 2, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks. April 28, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY New York Mets 8, Philadelphia Phillies 6 HR: Charlie Neal 2, Frank Thomas, Gil Hodges, Jim Hickman, Don Demeter 2, Clay Dalrymple, Tony Gonzalez. September 8, 1998, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Phillies 16, New York Mets 4 HR: Edgardo Alfonzo, Jermaine Allensworth, Rico Brogna 2, Bobby Estalella 2, Kevin Sefcik 2, Marlon Anderson. April 26, 2001, Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Brewers 12, New York Mets 8 HR: Mike Piazza 2, Edgardo Alfonzo, Desi Relaford, Angel Echevarria 2, Jos� Hernandez, Tyler Houston, Devon White. April 19, 2005, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA New York Mets 16, Philadelphia Phillies 4 HR: Jos� Reyes 2, Victor Diaz 2, Mike Piazza, David Wright, Doug Mientkiewicz, David Bell, Chase Utley

John Cougar Valdespin awarded 11 points, and his votes were prorated as follows: dickey 5.45 davis 2.27 valdespin 1.36 duda 0.45 wright 0.45

Ceetar wrote: I think part of the reason the fans don't seem as "in to it" at Citi Field is because there is less cowbellman. I think it's because they haven't finished with a winning record since the last year at Shea.

Gee 4.5 Hairston 1.5 Nickeas 1 Parnell 0.5 Valdespin 1 Wright 1.5

Voting for Tuesday night's 5-0 win (this is the game Santana started) will close on Friday morning. Schaefer POTG, 06/19/12 Mets 5, Baltimore 0

Yeah... the backendedness of the contract is what will make it a killer. Jose will be making the most money when he'll likely be well past his prime. And if that's the case, he'll be totally untradeable; a complete albatross.

Swept. Sweep. Swept. Sweep. For the next series coming up, the Mets need to break this pattern.

Wright just keeps getting closer and closer, doesn't he? It seems like it's been a long time since Kranepool has added to his total.

Wow... Bud Harrelson doesn't even make the list.

"I didn't know the Lone Ranger was Jewish!"

I don't know if any of you recall the Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium. (I know I don't.) But the good news is... he wrote a book! And it was even reviewed by a rabbi! (You don't see that every day.) I just received the following in a promotional e-mail message: For Immediate Release: New Book About New York Mets published on Kindle Meeting the Mets: A Quirky History of A Quirky Team, volume one of a two-part retrospective on the history of the New York Mets, has been published on Amazon Kindle. It will be available also in a print-on-demand format from Gyldan Edge Publishing. The author, Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey, attended over 1600 games at the Polo Grounds and William A. Shea Municipal Stadium between July 15, 1962, and July 16, 2002. While he has not attended games since that point for reasons that are described in the book, he was pretty visible in the stands as a very unofficial cheerleader for over a quarter of a century, known as �The Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium.� Droleskey provides a personal retrospective on the origins of the Mets, highlighting some of the quirks of a quirky team, including memories of utterly meaningless games that might put a smile or two on the faces of those who have followed the team over the years. The books contains lots of trivia about the Mets and baseball, interspersed with personal many bits of cultural trivia and history that will capture the reader�s attention. A vast revision and expansion of his first book on the Mets, There Is No Cure For This Condition, which was published in 2001, this book has been methodically researched and documented to assure its factual accuracy (memory can be a little tricky as the years pass by). There are also observations concerning the state of baseball and today, noting changes that have taken place in the past fifty years. Rabbi Meyer Schiller had the following to say about Meeting the Mets: A Quirky History of a Quirky Team: �Dr. Thomas Droleskey spent many years delighting in the simple pleasures of baseball, fun and human fellowship as a devoted follower of the New York Mets. Indeed, his genius in pursuing the aforementioned led him to assume the unique alter ego of the Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium. Here is the whole delicious tale related with relish and joy. �Yet, this book is far more than a baseball fan's affectionate memoir, for it traces life's happiness to its Ultimate Source, Almighty God. Thus, the reader will learn of far more than a devotee's view of the Mets. This is a thinly veiled account of one man's deep yearning for faith and truth; a yearning so profound that it finally led him to abandon his personal field of dreams when its environs proved inhospitable to Divine Truths. �Reminiscent of Belloc's Voyage of the Nona we have here a page turning classic which uses this world to teach us about Eternity.� Reviewer James Bemis wrote the following in 2002 about There Is No Cure for This Condition: �I always suspected my mad, private passion was singular, a fever raging within that no one else shared. Hour after hour, I'd study The Sporting News stats, play board games like Strat-O-Matic, constantly finger my baseball cards. It's immensely heartening to know that elsewhere in this gigantic country of ours, there was another kid as fanatical as me - maybe even more so. �No book in recent memory captures the sheer fun of baseball's glory days so well as "There Is No Cure." Droleskey, a self-described "vagabond college professor/writer/speaker/pizza maker/marathon long-distance driver" is best known to baseball fans as the famed Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium. His love for both the game's nobility and its quirkiness are absolutely infectious.� (James Bemis, Review of There is No Cure for this Condition.� The late columnist Joseph Sobran wrote: �One who really had loved them all along was my friend Tom Droleskey, whose colorful presence at hundreds of Mets� games earned him the title �the Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium.� He has written a funny, charming memoir of his life as a Mets fan.� (Joseph Sobran, Sobran�s, August 29, 2002.) Mets� fans in particular and baseball fans in general will enjoy reading Meeting the Mets: A Quirky History of a Quirky Team. And a few fans of the White Sox might recall Droleskey's two years at old Comiskey Park, which are recalled with fondness herein. Hi-Yo, Silver, Away! Let�s Go, Mets!

I've seen them at Target and was surprised at how much they cost. I think it came to something like 30 cents a card? (Could that be right? It's been awhile.)

That Victor Zambrano trade didn't turn out to be nearly as horrible as it first seemed. (Even in retrospect, though, it was ill-advised.)

seawolf17 wrote: Um, Edge? That's a painting, not a photograph. Well, yeah. But why would the painter paint a cap in the wrong colors? But now that I think of it... Maybe this is like Lois Lane's hair. Comic book colorists would often use blue to represent black. Look at the old comics and Lois' hair often has blue highlights. The Black Panther's costume is another example. I never understood why this would happen, but maybe the artist here was using blue to represent black?

Voting for Monday night's win over the Orioles will close on Thursday morning. (This is the Dickey game, not the Santana game.) Schaefer POTG 6/18/12 - Mets 5, Orioles 0 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.

News to me, too.

MFS62 wrote: Miss Rheingold's hair style was very popular back then. She has kind of an Ann Landers sexiness. Whatever that might be.

The Daily News reporting that the Mets have considered having Dickey pitch continuously on three days rest. Sounds like it was discussed in May and the idea was put aside.

Box score Santana 4 Parnell 1 Murphy 1 Duda 2 Valdespin 2

I voted for all but the last choice. Other than the people, Philadelphia can be a nice place.