Benjamin Grimm

Box score Byrdak 0.3 Dickey 5 Francisco 0.7 Murphy 2.5 Thole 1 Torres 0.5

Batista starting on Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Box Francisco 1 Murphy 1 Nickeas 2 Parnell 1 Santana 3 Torres 2

NL Rookie of the Month for April was Wade Miley of Arizona.

Bobby Parnell didn't appear in this game, so the 0.25 points awarded to him were discarded.

Gee 3 Hairston 2 Murphy 0.8 Parnell 1 Ramirez 1 Tejada 0.4 Torres 1.5 Wright 0.3

I saw it last night too. Terrific movie, thoroughly enjoyable. And Hulk and Thor never looked better. (Black Widow looked pretty good too, but that's another story.)

metsguyinmichigan wrote: He's the last active No. 42, I think. The Mets should reactivate Butch Huskey or Ron Hodges so that they can take that honor away from Rivera.

Voting for Wednesday afternoon's game will close some time over the weekend, perhaps as early as Saturday morning. If you haven't voted yet and intend to, please try to do so today. Schaefer POTG 5/2/2012 - Astros 8, Mets 1

Well, just because something is legal that doesn't mean it can't be abused. I'll bet that a lot of the people who support the use of eminent domain at Willets Point are also the same people who are vehemently opposed to big government and its interference with small business.

I'd also rather see something nicer in that spot, but I'd prefer to see the current landowners made an offer that they won't want to refuse, rather than an offer that they're legally required to not refuse.

I think we'll see Young before we see Harvey. (That is, unless Young has a medical setback, of course.)

You mean, like Glory?

I don't know if I should feel flattered or litigious! (I think I'll opt for flattered. If lawsuits start flying I could end up on the wrong end.)

Don't forget Hicks and Sticks.

Really?!? Was it this card?

I think with Young and possibly Harvey on the horizon, any starter the Mets pick up will be more of a stopgap guy who should come for a cheaper price than Daniel Murphy.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2012 The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for April 2012 is DAVID WRIGHT. This is the eleventh time David has been Player of the Month, but it's the first time since June of 2010. Nobody has won more Schaefer Mets Player of the Month awards. David batted .395 in April, with an OBP of .495 and a slugging percentage of .566. He led the Mets in the following categories: Hits (30), Runs (15), RBI (14), Walks (16), Intentional Walks (5), and Stolen Bases (2). Wright's 18.62 points put him almost 4 points ahead of the runner up, rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis. The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month for April is R. A. DICKEY. This is the sixth time that Dickey has been the top Schaefer pitcher, and, having won the title the last three months of 2011, he has now won four months in a row. (The only other Mets pitcher to win in four consecutive months was Pedro Martinez in April, May, June, and July of 2005.) R.A. was 3-1 in April with a 4.45 ERA. his 30.1 innings over five starts led the club, and he his strikeout total of 28 was one behind Johan Santana. When he took the mound in Houston on April 30, Dickey trailed Santana in the Schaefer voting, but his final performance of the month yielded him enough Schaefer points to put him over the top by a margin of 1.04 points. And the Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is a first-time winner, JON RAUCH. Rauch led the Mets in April with 13 games pitched and had a 2.31 ERA over 11.2 innings and a 3-0 record. Rauch finished ahead of Bobby Parnell, who had the same 2.53 ERA in the same 10.2 innings, but had three fewer wins than Rauch, but 15 strikeouts to Rauch's 4. Parnell also allowed 12 hits while Rauch only allowed 5. Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 11 Johan Santana 6 Carlos Beltran 5 Jose Reyes 5 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 R. A. Dickey 1 Daniel Murphy 1 Lucas Duda 1 Ruben Tejada 1 PITCHER OF THE MONTH Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 R. A. Dickey 6 John Maine 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Tom Glavine 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Chris Capuano 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Brian Stokes 5 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 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 Jon Rauch 1

Voting for Tuesday night's loss in Houston will close on Friday morning. Schaefer POTG 5/1/2012 - Astros 6, Mets 3

When you search "Schaefer Mets" for a good photo, you get a lot of links back here. You also get this:

Or... they send the team into a tailspin from which they never recover. I've seen that more than a few times.

I hope so.

Tejada 1.5 Torres 0.5 Wright 0.5