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Manager of funeral home where Lagares family member is being mourned reportedly preferred to have Chris Young and Bobby Abreu sit in front pew ahead of Juan.

Gee will get a rehab start, so he will miss (at least) three. d'Arnaud still feeling concussion symptoms. Germen off rehab assignment but not returning to Mets. Rubin reports from Alderson that flu lingers, has abscess "not sure where".

Here are those Dodgers you ordered... Dee Gordon 2B Yasiel Puig, rf Hanley Ramirez, ss Adrian Gonzalez, 1b Matt Kemp, cf Carl Crawford, lf Juan Uribe, 3b A.J. Ellis, c Josh Beckett, rhp

Eric Young Jr., lf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Curtis Granderson, rf Chris Young, cf Lucas Duda, 1b Wilmer Flores, ss Juan Centeno, c Rafael Montero, rhp Juan Lagares still attending to family business in the DR.

Same list, with a little context, here.

I'd somehow missed the presence of Mets Bucket Hat Guy on Jimmy Fallon (Late Night, now Tonight). If you watch Jimmy Fallon, then I am sure you know Mets Bucket Hat Guy, also known as Mike DiCenzo. He had a recurring role on �Late Night With Jimmy Fallon� and now �The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon�. Mike is a writer and actor who really has an unbelievable talent when it comes to word association. He has a way of seamlessly connecting the dots between a wide variety of topics and words that never fails to impress. The concept for Mets Bucket Hat Guy started innocently enough in 2010, when Jimmy Fallon hosted the Emmys. �I wrote an intro for co-presenters Matthew Perry and Lauren Graham where Jimmy connects their two names doing a stream-of-conscious runner,� Mike recalled. �He liked it, so we came up with a way to do that on the show.� The outfit was an accident � or, perhaps, fate. Mike overslept and was late for work, the first and only time that�s ever happened to him. He threw on a Hawaiian shirt and a red Mets bucket hat he got for free at a baseball game, and arrived at the office two hours late. He wore the outfit, he said, �un-ironically.� That very same Hawaiian shirt and red Mets bucket hat now resides in the Fallon wardrobe department. Hat appears to be orange, but always nice to see the skyline.

Though "dying" may be an overstatement. "Kind of wanted to guess Ken Singleton" is more accurate.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Are we counting months achieved while not actually being a Met? Willie Mays. No. But let's move on to that game. Which one-time Met has the highest ranking OPS month on that list? (Hint: Stay away from Hall of Famers). Ken Singleton? That was quick. Ken Singleton (#23) April/March 1981 OPS 1.498 -- .472/.517/.981 I was dying to guess Ken Singleton in the previous quiz but didn't see that as practical.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Are we counting months achieved while not actually being a Met? Willie Mays. No. But let's move on to that game. Which one-time Met has the highest ranking OPS month on that list? (Hint: Stay away from Hall of Famers). Ken Singleton?

This quiz was particular fun because it allowed me to think about Mets on hot streaks, historic and otherwise.

Longshot, but Mike Phillips?

I remember a very good start in his last full year but probably not enough power, but what the hell: Jerry Grote?

John Milner?

Del Unser?

Wow on Not September '73 (which is why I guess the redhead). Any other guess for the extra credit would be a stab in the dark.

Rusty's name came up already...so I'm not guessing Rusty...but Rusty Staub?

Teammate of Garrett's and Jones's...my impulse is to guess Dave Kingman but he didn't reach base enough...though I guess I'm guessing Dave Kingman.

Only because he reached base a ton when he got here...Willie Mays?

Clendenon?

Assuming Garrett's is September '73. Is Cleon correct, too? Same month?

Angel Pagan?

Jose Reyes?

Bobby Bonilla?

Richie Hebner?

Wayne Garrett?