Benjamin Grimm

You can get to it through the Game Results. There's a tab on the same page that has the box scores and game memories.

It's probably this: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15470 (Or am I being immodest?)

Every game, from 1962 through 2010, regular and post season. Here's a sample: http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=4022&tabno=D

...that he might associate himself with the Senators!

You are correct. (Gooden had a chance on the last day of the 1990 season to get his 20th win, which would have given the Mets two 20-game winners for the first time. Didn't happen.) Hopefully, though, it's last in the sense of "most recent" and not in the sense of "final."

Oh. I thought we were talking about heart bypasses.

Why be timid? Let's call him Quintuple.

I would vote "no" on retiring Keith's number, but of all the non-retired numbers, 17 is easily the most deserving. I'd start issuing number 8 to every journeyman who comes along. No way should Gary's number be retired. Sure, he's in the Hall, but he had one great year and one pretty good one as a Met, and three years of decline.

Looks like we're okay!

Buffalo. If the Mets are "buyers" in July, he'll be traded. If not, we'll see him in September.

It's not hard to imagine that George Steinbrenner's kids might be even more dickish than their father.

The latter.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Thanks, but I meant "of me, directly from my hard drive (without Flickr or any other intermediary)." Not possible. The photo has to be somewhere on the Internet, otherwise you'll be the only one who can see it. (Unless you want to make your PC a web server, and I don't think you want to do that.)

We're not here to talk about the past.

Mo Vaughn was covered by an insurance policy, but I think I read that these insurance policies on athlete contracts have become much more difficult, if not impossible, to get. The salaries have been getting higher and higher, and the risk of injury hasn't gotten any less. I think the premiums got so high that the prices were prohibitive.

I'll do whatever I can!

Best Picture �Black Swan� Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers �The Fighter� David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers �Inception� Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers �The Kids Are All Right� Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers �The King's Speech� Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers �127 Hours� Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers �The Social Network� Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ce�n Chaffin, Producers �Toy Story 3� Darla K. Anderson, Producer �True Grit� Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers �Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers I'm reminded of why I don't pay much attention to the Oscars... Every year I've seen very few of the nominated films. Of all the movies on the longer list that metfairy posted, I've only seen two: Toy Story 3 and Iron Man 2. I'm sure I'll see more of them eventually, when they come to HBO and Showtime, but by then their Oscar buzz will have passed. (The ones I'm most likely to watch on cable: True Grit and The Social Network. Other possibilities include 127 Hours, The King's Speech, and Black Swan. The one I'm almost certain NOT to watch: Inception)

60 games. 150 PA. .250.

That's far from certain. He may very well be managing the Mets within the next few years, depending on how things go.

Binghamton Mets press release wrote: The New York Mets today announced that former Mets infielder Wally Backman has been promoted to manager of the Binghamton Mets after spending last season at the helm of the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season-A). The Hillsboro, Ore., native led Brooklyn to an impressive 51-24 record in 2010 and the New York-Penn League Championship Series where the Cyclones fell to the Tri-City Valley Cats. �I remember when I first got to Double-A [as a player],� Backman said. �I knew that I was on the right track. Certain players are really going to work hard for their dreams of playing in the major leagues. It�s all based on fundamentals. If the players buy into the system, we�re going to be good in Binghamton. I like to win. It�s still about development, but I believe winning is part of development." Pitching coach Marc Valdes will join the Binghamton staff after serving in the same role for the Savannah Sand Gnats from 2009-2010 and hitting coach Luis Natera returns for his third straight season with the B-Mets. Backman, 51, enjoyed a 14-year major league career with five different teams, including nine years with the Mets. Heralded for his hard-nosed play, he was a member of New York�s 1986 World Championship team. As a second baseman with the �86 Mets, Backman had a career year with a .320 batting average over 124 games in the regular season. He batted .275 for his career with 10 homers, 240 RBI and compiled a sparkling .980 fielding percentage in 1,102 games played. �It�s exciting to be with the Mets,� Backman said. �It was almost like a homecoming coming back to the Mets last year. Being traded for the first time, takes a piece of you. I would say my heart never left New York.� The Mets drafted Backman with the 16th overall pick in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft out of Aloha High School in Hillsboro, Ore. Upon being drafted, the highly touted infielder started his professional career with Little Falls, the Mets' short-season-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League, at the tender age of 17. He cracked the big leagues for the first time in 1980 as a September call-up. The scrappy infielder made his Major League debut September 2, 1980 as a 20-year old and pounded out two hits against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He retired following his release from the Seattle Mariners in May of 1993. Backman began his managerial career in 1997 in the independent Northeast League. After three years in the Western Baseball League (1998-2000), he was hired by the Chicago White Sox to skipper Winston Salem (High-A). In 2002, he was promoted to Birmingham (Double-A) where he led the Barons to the Southern League Championship. The Arizona Diamondbacks snapped him up in 2004 to lead the Lancaster Jethawks (High-A). Backman skippered them to an 86-54 mark, which yielded him Sporting News� �Minor League Manager of the Year� honors. He was named the Diamondbacks manager in November of that year, but was relieved of the position four days later. Backman managed the South Georgia Peanuts in 2007 and the Joliet JackHammers from 2008-2009, both of which are independent league teams. Pitching Coach �- Marc Valdes: Valdes, 38, begins his fifth year in the New York Mets organization and first at the Double-A level. He spent 2009-2010 as pitching coach of Savannah (Low-A). In 2010, the Sand Gnats finished second in the South Atlantic League with a 3.08 ERA as a team. He joined the Mets in 2007 as the pitching coach for Kingsport (Rookie) where he served for two seasons. The right-hander spent six seasons in the Major Leagues (1995-2001) with four different teams: the Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves. In 144 games, he compiled a 12-15 record with four saves and a 4.95 ERA. From 2002-2004, he pitched in the Japanese Professional League for the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons. Valdes was drafted 27th overall out of the University of Florida in the 1993 Major League Draft by the expansion Florida Marlins. He is the Gators all-time leader in wins (31) and innings (394 2/3). He is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and currently resides in Tampa, Fla. with his wife, Heather. Hitting Coach -- Luis Natera: Natera is entering his 14th season in the Mets� organization as a coach or coordinator, including four seasons as the B-Mets hitting coach (2000, 2008-2010). Natera, has served as a hitting coach for New York at five different levels, including St. Lucie (2007), Low-A Hagerstown (2005-2006), Rookie Kingsport (2003-2004) and Low-A Capital City (1999). He was also a member of the coaching staff for the Rookie Gulf Coast League Mets in 1998. He served in his native country as coordinator of the Mets� Dominican Academy in 2001 and 2002. An infielder, Natera played shortstop in the Mets� organization from 1984-1988 advancing as high as the Low-A South Atlantic League. He lives with his wife, Maria Elena, and their sons: Luis Alberto, Jose Luis and David Luis. Luis Alberto played for the DSL Mets (Rookie) in 2009 and 2010.

75 games. 200 plate appearances. 4 homers. .235 batting average. It will be his only season as a Met, and by 2012 most fans will have forgotten him.

This, from Amazin' Avenue, ponders whether my own attitude is typical of most Mets fans. (I don't think it is.)

Gwreck wrote: G-Fafif on the ESPN Mets Blog on Mays and the WS Trophy here in NY. That was great! (And thanks for including the UMDB link.) Too bad Willie didn't give you one of his hundred dollar bills!

It's gonna be a broken down dispirited Derek Jeter.

I bet Emaus gets a lower number if he makes the team. And hopefully Mookie gets number 1 once Castillo leaves.