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With Chen's retirement, Marco Scutaro's January release from the Giants despite his being owed another year of compensation and nothing have come of Pedro Feliciano's invitation to Cubs camp, the undisputed Longest Ago Met Still Active is old man Jose Reyes. Next-longest? Equally ancient David Wright. Both are on the DL, but that's to be expected of men of their advanced years.

Harvey 4.5 Mayberry 1.0 CTorres 1.0 ATorres 1.0 Granderson 0.5 Flores 0.5 Robles 0.5 Duda 0.5 Campbell 0.5

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I think Met fans gotta root for the MFYs this week. I don't think I know how to do that.

Granderson � RF Campbell � 3B Duda � 1B Cuddyer � LF Murphy � 2B Flores � SS Plawecki � C Harvey � RHP Lagares � CF

Kay Bee made a Vince Coleman baseball card? Makes sense. Children found him such a comforting presence when they met him in stadium parking lots.

Take a hike, Frenchy. The entire Citi Field Mets Top 10 HR list is populated by those who crossed the threshold into double-digits. Wright 46 Duda 36 Davis 30 Murphy 20 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Granderson 10 Bay 10 Jason Bay, you're on notice.

Syndergaard 4.0 Cuddyer 2.0 Granderson 1.0 Campbell 1.0 Lagares 0.5 Duda 0.5 Robles 0.5 Familia 0.5

Move over, Frenchy, you've got some company at No. 10. Wright 46 Duda 36 Davis 30 Murphy 20 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Bay 10 Granderson 9 Francoeur 9 Also, Wilmer ties Travis and Kirk for eleventh place with 8, and Plawecki gets on the board with his first Citi Field HR.

Despite the best efforts of (Randy) Sterling, (Mike) Draper, (Eric) Campbell, (Garrett) Olson, (Lenny, Willie and Greg) Harris and (Joe) Ginsberg, the various iterations of Sterling Cooper never had a brewer for a client. McCann-Scott Erickson, of course, was last seen working on what would become Miller Lite.

deGrom 4.0 Flores 3.5 Murphy 0.5 Granderson 0.5 Cuddyer 0.5 Campbell 0.5 Plawecki 0.5

Fman99 wrote: I'm not really sure what this has to do with Suzyn Waldman's penis, but it's still quality KTE. Thank you. Next time I'll look more closely into Bob Uecker.

ATorres 0.5

"Dilson Herrera tore a fingernail, nicked by a hit ball pregame," according to Rubin's fill-in.

Not so fast there; it seems to have been re-revised: Granderson - RF Lagares - CF Duda - 1B Cuddyer - LF Murphy - 3B Flores - SS Monell - C Tejada - 2B Colon - RHP

seawolf17 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: I spoke to a Brewer blogger last night (we were guests on the same podcast) and asked about Lind. He was very happy with the trade that brought Adam to Milwaukee from Toronto for now-injured Marcus Stroman. No, Stroman was drafted by the Jays. Long Island kid. Lind was acquired for Marco Estrada. Stro'h! Yeah, I thought that looked wrong when I wrote it. Had a Blue Jays conversation yesterday and the name rattled around in the tiny portion of my head where other teams reside.

I volunteered to MilwauKTEe mostly because I wanted to take on a team I had never done before, and I�m running out of them in the National League. Outside the division, I�m basically down to the Padres and the Brewers, which is appropriate in that the Brewers are the Padres to me, except two time zones closer. Who�s on the Brewers? I had to look it up. I hardly ever think about the Brewers. When I do think about the Brewers, I think about 1982 and the years surrounding their only pennant. I�d hazard a guess that�s a common instinct among the heart of the CPF demo. Bambi�s Bombers. Harvey�s Wallbangers. Gorman Thomas�s gut hanging over his belt. That sort of thing. Bring on Yount and Molitor! They�re probably not moving all that swiftly these days. The Brewers made history by being shoved from their natural habitat in the American League to where real baseball is played in the National League. Milwaukee hasn�t played host to a Designated Hitter since 1997. The Designated Hitter is an unnatural creation, but if one has to exist, we instinctively expect it to be lumbering around County Stadium. Also, County Stadium no longer exists. The nerve of time and progress and whatnot. I�ve vamped a good four going on five paragraphs before approaching the topic at hand, namely the 2015 Brewers who are coming to see us this weekend. You may have heard they replaced their manager and noticed they remain mired in last place. (How come nobody�s ever mired in, say, third place?) Craig Counsell has succeeded Ron Roenicke. What�s he doing differently? Whatever it is, it doesn�t seem to be having a transcendent impact. They�re eleven games under .500, 12� out of first. Sounds like a good time for us to get overconfident, eh? Only until you remember (or discover) the Brewers a week ago took two of three from the same Cubs who just took four in a row from the Mets. Pythagoras has no idea how baseball works. Anyway, how about that Adam Lind? I looked up some Brewer stats and discovered Lind is leading the Brew Crew � gotta call �em that at least once, I figure � in every offensive category. Lind, you might be interested to know, plays first base. I thought second, but that was Jose Lind, the Pirates and a very long time ago. I spoke to a Brewer blogger last night (we were guests on the same podcast) and asked about Lind. He was very happy with the trade that brought Adam to Milwaukee from Toronto for now-injured Marco Estrada. In fact, the guy was ready to trade every veteran Brewer for kids, but wanted to keep Lind. So beware Adam Lind. Jean Segura is injured lately. Jonathan Lucroy has been injured a while. Carlos Gomez has returned. Ryan Braun never goes away. They continue to have a fellow named Scooter, which would�ve been a good nickname for Counsell in his playing days. This is Scooter Gennett. He�s batting .182. He�s giving a less than stellar name to Scooters, I suppose. Also, he appears to be their second baseman. Eat your heart out, Jose Lind. Aramis Ramirez is still alive and playing for Milwaukee, albeit coming off a back injury. I remember him starting his career off by tripling against Dave Mlicki. You seen Mlicki anywhere lately? Besides Mets Classics, I mean? As it turns out, according to what actually happened, Ramirez doubled against Greg McMichael in the 1998 game I�m thinking of. Anyway, this guy�s been around forever. Quite a career. Gomez is flanked by the defensive wizard Gerardo Parra and the other Khris Davis. On the ex-Met front, Gomez is flanked by Juan Centeno (Lucroy�s absence opened up a spot) and K-Rod, who has all the saves the Brewers could possibly need, or seven. Prepare for stupid Will Smith jokes all weekend. Do the Mets have any ex-Brewers? It doesn�t seem like they do; I could check, but I�d rather float the rumor Ken Sanders has been selected off waivers. Kyle Lohse faces Bartolo Colon tonight. Lohse has an ERA of 7.03 yet has two wins. Matt Garza goes up against Jacob deGrom on Saturday. Garza has the same W-L record � 2-4 � as Lohse but his ERA is three runs lower. Who says traditional baseball statistics are flawed? It�s Fedora Night. If you aren�t picky, Fedora rhymes with Cuddyer. Sunday is Noah Syndergaard�s first home start. Wily Peralta seeks to ruin it. This is usually where I'd point you to Adam Rubin for a detailed preview, but to my surprise he has basically no more information than is presented here. Thus, I will close with a sincere query: How about those Midwestern Padres?

Box. Recker 2.0 Flores 1.0 Mayberry 1.0 Goeddel 0.5 Tejada 0.5

Third Basemen, 1962-1967 -- when the legend took hold. 038 Bob Heise 09/25/1967 037 Ken Boswell 09/18/1967 036 Amos Otis 09/07/1967 035 Joe Moock 09/01/1967 034 Phil Linz 07/19/1967 033 Bob Johnson 06/04/1967 032 Ed Charles 05/12/1967 031 Tommie Reynolds 04/29/1967 030 Jerry Buchek 04/23/1967 029 Sandy Alomar 04/15/1967 028 Jerry Grote 08/03/1966 027 Ed Bressoud 05/14/1966 026 Ken Boyer 04/15/1966 025 Kevin Collins 09/11/1965 024 Gary Kolb 09/01/1965 023 Chuck Hiller 08/22/1965 022 Danny Napoleon 04/24/1965 021 Bobby Klaus 08/15/1964 020 Wayne Graham 08/08/1964 019 Amado Samuel 05/08/1964 018 Johnny Stephenson 04/26/1964 017 Charley Smith 04/24/1964 016 Pumpsie Green 09/15/1963 015 Jim Hickman 06/19/1963 014 Ron Hunt 05/13/1963 013 Al Moran 05/12/1963 012 Larry Burright 05/12/1963 011 Chico Fernandez 05/12/1963 010 Ted Schreiber 04/14/1963 009 Charlie Neal 08/29/1962 008 Sammy Drake 08/10/1962 007 Rick Herrscher 08/02/1962 006 Frank Thomas 06/17/1962 005 Cliff Cook 05/08/1962 004 Elio Chacon 05/05/1962 003 Felix Mantilla 04/23/1962 002 Rod Kanehl 04/21/1962 001 Don Zimmer 04/11/1962

Post-Wright update, through this very official-game moment: 155. Ruben Tejada 05/14/2015 154. Anthony Recker 04/14/2015 153. Eric Campbell 06/05/2014 152. Omar Quintanilla 09/15/2013 151. Wilmer Flores 08/06/2013 150. Zach Lutz 06/27/2013 149. Vinny Rottino 05/28/2012 148. Ronny Cede�o 04/10/2012 147. Josh Satin 09/28/2011 146. Nick Evans 07/17/2011 145. Daniel Murphy 05/31/2011 144. Willie Harris 05/12/2011 143. Luis Hernandez 08/31/2010 142. Mike Hessman 07/29/2010 141. Justin Turner 07/19/2010 140. Wilson Valdez 08/25/2009 139. Andy Green 08/19/2009 138. Fernando Tatis 06/17/2008 137. David Newhan 09/29/2007 136. Ruben Gotay 09/07/2007 135. Damion Easley 04/19/2007 134. Julio Franco 09/10/2006 133. Eli Marrero 07/02/2006 132. Jose Valentin 05/26/2006 131. Miguel Cairo 04/21/2005 130. Chris Woodward 04/13/2005

I also enjoyed when they remembered Willie Harris played some third.

For the record, Cuddyer has played 174 games at third in his career, though only 17 since 2005. Still, I hope to see him out there at some point, if only to revive the grand tradition -- Frank Thomas, Jim Hickman, Amos Otis, Dave Kingman -- of the Mets sticking outfielders at third and hoping like hell nothing terrible happens.

If Terry wants to curry favor with me (which he's never indicated is a priority), he'd start Ruben at third, Wilmer at short and then, after the first pitch -- once I can add Ruben to the all-time 3B list -- switch them. 'Cause yeah, Flores has played third and Tejada is the best SS he's got. Do they really think the portion of Flores's brain that retains whatever he's learned about short will explode if he's asked, for the good of the squad, to play somewhere else for a day? Or a week?

Harvey 4.0

This thread salivates over today's lineup.

R.I.P. Cousin Harvey.