Benjamin Grimm

Bay 1.5 Buchholz 1.2 Davis 1.5 Igarashi 0.8 Murphy 1 Pridie 1 Rodriguez 0.5 Thole 2.5

Rule 6 actually pertains to Rule 5: Rule 6: Players Selected in the Rule 5 Draft Restrictions A player selected in the MLB phase of the Rule 5 Draft may not be released or assigned to the minors until: (a) he first receives a 15 day trial period in spring training; ( he is granted waivers; and (c) he has been offered back to his previous club by outright assignment. Offer of Outright Assignment - Procedure An offer of outright assignment back to a player's previous team shall be made through the Commissioner for the consideration of 50% of the price paid for selection. Upon receiving notice, the previous team has 72 hours to accept or reject the assignment, unless that player is eligible for free agency, in which case the team has 24 hours to accept or reject the assignment. Failure to accept constitutes a rejection. If the previous team rejects assignment, the selecting team owes no further obligation to the previous team. Active List Restrictions A selected player must remain on the 25-man roster (or the DL) of the selecting team for a full season, after which the selecting team's obligations to the previous team are fulfilled, and the selecting team may then assign the players to the minor leagues as it sees fit. However, a selected player must remain on the Active List for the selecting team for an aggregate of 90 days for that season, or the Rule 5 restrictions will continue to apply for the following season until that player has been on the selecting team�s Active List for an aggregate of 90 days. Salary on Return The selecting team is liable for any excess salary over and above that player's previous season contract.

Edgy DC wrote: The New York Area should have six teams. In addition to the two established ones, there should be the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Manhattan Latins, Jersey Gardeners, the Connectut Algonquians, and the Long Island Buttafuocos I tend to agree. (But I'd name the Long Island team the Mallards or the Sounds. Certainly not the Buttafuocos.) The biggest cities should have multiple teams. Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix. Why not?

It's retired for Tom Seaver!

Rule 7: The contract between the organization and the player may be terminated before its expiration by either the organization (via release) or the player as provided in the contract. Thinking of Frankie Rodriguez here. Nothing in this appears to bar the Mets from releasing him after Game 54, unless there's something specific in his contract. And this is from Rule 9: When a major league player's contract includes a bonus provision, such bonus must be paid or adjusted with the assignor club before the Commissioner approves the assignment. The assignee club will assume only the basic salary stipulated by the contract. However, if the assignment is completed pursuant to an unconditional release waiver claim, the assignor must pay the bonuses due at the assignment and the assignee assumes any further bonuses that accrue after the assignment. So if Frankie gets picked up after a release, the new team appears to be on the hook for the 55th game, and the salary that would kick in. On the other hand, a vesting of an additional year isn't really a bonus.

Rule 1: * In order to relocate to another club�s home territory, a major league club must comply with four conditions: o It must notify the club whose territory it wishes to move to prior to October 31 of the preceeding year. o It shall satisfy the Commissioner of the long-term viability of the club in its new territory. o The stadiums of the two clubs may not be located within five miles of one another unless both clubs agree otherwise. o The moving club shall pay the first club a sum of money deemed appropriate by the Commissioner. * In no event shall any home territory house more than two MLB clubs. * Home territories are defined in Article VIII, Section 8 of the Major League Constitution "In no event shall any home territory house more than two MLB clubs." That means that there's no way that the Dodgers or Giants can return to New York unless either the Mets or Yankees leave? (Not that it's gonna happen, but still...)

Rule 1 is cover your mouth when you cough.

Because it's silver. Means it can be used to kill vampires and werewolves.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP)�Former Major League outfielder Carl Everett is in a Tampa jail on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and tampering with a witness. Jail records indicate the 39-year-old Everett was arrested Monday night at his suburban Tampa home. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail shortly after midnight and is being held without bond. Details of the arrest were not immediately available. Everett�s attorney, Clinton Paris, did not immediately return a call for comment. Everett played Major League Baseball for 14 seasons. He began with the Florida Marlins and was traded to the New York Mets. He also played with the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos and Seattle Mariners. Everett is from Tampa and attended Hillsborough High School.

Big Schaefer day tomorrow, as five games are due to close. Sunday's game is still a little light on votes. If anyone has any more votes they'd like to cast for any of the five games, please try to get them in some time today. Schaefer POTG 4/20/11 - Astros 4, Mets 3 Schaefer POTG 4/21/11 - Mets 9, Astros 1 Schaefer POTG 4/22/11 - Mets 4, Diamondbacks 1 Schaefer POTG 4/23/11 - Mets 6, Diamondbacks 4 Schaefer POTG 4/24/11 - Mets 8, Diamondbacks 4

What, exactly, goes on in the BJ's clubhouse?

Wright 3 Pridie 3 Niese 3 Beltran 0.5 Davis 0.5

I don't even remember this one. When I saw the thread, for some reason I thought of Moon Mullins. (And I think it's been decades since I last thought of Moon Mullins.)

Bay 2.5 Beato 0.5 Davis 1 Gee 2 Isringhausen 0.5 Murphy 1.5 Reyes 0.75 Rodriguez 0.5 Wright 0.75

National Weather Service wrote: Today: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 58. South wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Rain forecast for tomorrow, too. The Diamondbacks, I assume, don't come back to New York again this year, so there will be pressure to get the games in. Monday is an off-day for the Mets, but the Diamondbacks will be back in Phoenix to host the Phils.

Beltran 0.75 Davis 3 Isringhausen 0.75 Murphy 0.25 Pelfrey 4.5 Reyes 0.25 Rodriguez 0.25 Wright 0.25

Middle name... Orville!

Ceetar wrote: I'm off to Citi. Pridie will be what..909? 913? I don't remember what we're up to. 907

I remember when "winning the pennant" meant something. People would talk about "pennant races" but that's a term you rarely hear anymore. Now it seems you have to win the World Series for your season to have been considered successful.

Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: First blot on the credibility of J.P. Riccardi. Hopefully the second one will be a long time in coming. Hard to call a two-week trial of a Rule 5 guy to be a "blot". We needed a 2Bman (or at least badly wanted a replacement for the unpopular incumbent) and he was worth a shot. On-line discussions of the Rule 5 labeled Emaus as one of the better bets to stick. That he didn't is disappointing but hardly tragic. The majority of these guys never stick and fewer still emerge as stars. I agree. But I think the greater public sees it as a "blot." Maybe I'm wrong about that.

It's a slightly delayed reaction to my Terry Collins Deathwatch thread. Watch... they'll win their next eight games and end April with a winning record! Ben Grimm, the delusional Mets fan

That was the first time this season the Mets had homered three times. Three times earlier this season, they'd homered twice: April 3 (Davis and Harris) April 9 (Beltran and Beltran) April 14, Game 1 (Reyes and Hairston)

First blot on the credibility of J.P. Riccardi. Hopefully the second one will be a long time in coming.

He ended up doing a lot less for the Mets than Bill Pecota did.

Bay 0.75 Buchholz 0.5 Capuano 4 Davis 0.75 Nickeas 1 Wright 3