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Bourn CF Prado LF Heyward RF Uggla 2B Freeman 1B Francisco 3B Ross C Pastornicky SS Jurrjens RHP

Nieuwenhuis-CF Murphy-2B Wright-3B Davis-1B Bay-LF Duda-RF Thole-C Cedeno-SS Dickey-RHP

Murphy 1.5 Nieuwenhuis 1.0 Batista 1.0 Baxter 0.5 Wright 0.5

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 4/17/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. Jose Reyes 1,300 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,263

"No Surrender" was the name of the 1985 film, and used said song as its theme.

A new Mets Yearbook arrives from 1985, Wednesday at 7:00 PM, reairing Thursday at 1:30 PM. Prediction: SNY will/did not pay for the rights to use Scandal, Blues Brothers, Nils Lofgren, Buffalo Springfield or Springsteen, all of which made "No Surrender" so awesome and, yes, cheesy in its day. But McCarver narrates and the Mets still don't surrender.

A little Jose closure is a fine thing. A lot of Ruben stretching out before us appears to be a fine thing, too. I plan on cheering both shortstops a week from tonight. Jose I'll always applaud in memory. Ruben I hope to applaud right there at the plate and in the field for quite a while to come.

Michael Bourn CF Jason Heyward RF Chipper Jones 3B Brian McCann C Dan Uggla 2B Matt Diaz LF Freddie Freeman 1B Tyler Pastornicky SS Randall Delgado RHP

Ruben Tejada, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Jason Bay, lf Lucas Duda, rf Josh Thole, c Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf Johan Santana, lhp

Going for our seventh win in nine games at Turner Field. Howie and Josh were fretting the forecast for Tuesday night. The Braves should be fretting Johan.

Gee 3.5 Davis 3.0 Bay 2.5 Tejada 0.5 Wright 0.5

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 4/16/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. Jose Reyes 1,300 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,261

Noble puts the Mets and Astros into respective 50th anniversary perspective. Both are neat articles, to say the least. Here's the money passage from the Mets' column: The Mets are a 50-year-old franchise with roots that seem significantly deeper. Their first game came shortly after Glenn's three orbits and Wilt's 100 points, but their birth seemed to coincide more with Lindbergh's flight and Babe's 60. They have played more games in Queens than the Dodgers played in Ebbets Field or the Giants played in the 46-year incarnation of the fifth Polo Grounds. They were classmates of the Astros, nee Colt .45s, products of the first round of NL expansion. They are markedly more accomplished than the Texas team that will jump to the American League next year with more no-hitters and NL MVP Awards, but more than likely, with merely one pennant and not a single miracle or parade down the Canyon of Heroes.

Ashie62 wrote: Bay took the Collins aspirin advice. Better than taking the Rick Santorum Supporter aspirin advice.

Bourn CF Prado LF Jones 3B McCann C Uggla 2B Heyward RF Hinske 1B Wilson SS Hanson RHP

Ruben Tejada, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Jason Bay, lf Lucas Duda, rf Josh Thole, c Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf Dillon Gee, rhp

In 1992, the Phillies and Cardinals opted for updated versions of what they had pre-1970. I remember the phrase "classic" being showered down on them in praise, as if classic equaled idyllic 1950s or before Astroturf kicked in altogether. Thus is a Padres uniform that is in that style "classic" or is Padres classic the brown and yellow look that declared "Padres"? Eye of the beholder and all that. I was fond, aesthetically, of the oversized, wavy P the Phils sported even when I disliked them intensely. I also kind of like what they have now. (I hate that I like anything about them.) Expos went to that kind of "classic" iteration in 1992 and it wasn't classic for them. Glad the Mets added numbers on the front in 1965, though if I'd been around in 1962, I might have found it an affront. Was surprised when orange buttons were added that they weren't already there. As soon as they arrived, they made all the sense in the world to me. Still say the names on the backs of the home uniforms currently don't look quite right. It might be the absence of the shadow. Everything else currently is suave, smooth, what have you. 42: In the course of a JR Day game, I change my mind 42 times. "Nice tribute." "Overkill." "No, it's the right thing to do." "This is ridiculous." It's just one day is my conclusion, and I can take intention over execution for one day. Every batter looks to me like Butch Huskey, every pitcher Ron Taylor. That's not a line. I really do see those two guys. Not McDowell, not R. Hodges.

Play this at Citi Field when No. 10 comes up to bat in his final NY game. [youtube:11ux8qba]YzHFAN41zYA[/youtube:11ux8qba]

Hanson and Gee, pray for Met glee.

Pelfrey 3.5 Davis 2.0 Wright 1.5

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 4/15/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. Jose Reyes 1,300 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,260

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 4/14/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. Jose Reyes 1,300 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,258

Wright 4.0 Niese 3.0 Duda 2.0 Tejada 0.5 Nieuwenhuis 0.5

FYI, his 1967 Topps card has our shortstop as Ben Tejada.

Dickey 4.0 Bay 2.0 Tejada 1.0 Murphy 1.0 Hairston 1.0 Parnell 0.5 Francisco 0.5