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METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through 8/5/2011 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. JOSE REYES 1,261 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,204

METS HITS IN A SEASON Through 111 NYM Games Johnson 1996: 147 REYES 2011: 142

Dickey 2.5 Wright 2.0 Murphy 1.0 Carrasco 0.5

Oh, and Wright had himself quite a month in about ten days.

Marvelous work on Grimm's part, per usual. Thank you for all you put into it. If Izzy rates another POTM, I request a 1969 model in which Topps lazily uses one of the pictures it took of Izzy when he was in his first go-round -- see Al Jackson, Tommie Agee or any number of mail-it-ins from that championship year.

Read all about three of the greatest wins in the history of your favorite team... 106 -- 1966: Swoboda takes win away from Marichal, deals loss to Bill Henry 107 -- 1962: One Bob Miller starts, a second Bob Miller finishes 108 -- 1988: Keith Hernandez steps off the DL and plunges a dagger into the Pirates' hearts And three more... 106 -- 1999: Billy Taylor says hi, Chuck McElroy gets acclimated & Pat Mahomes hits 107 -- 1997: Billy Wagner and John Franco blow saves, believe it or not 108 -- 1986: Mets demoralize Expos, who start packing for Washington right then and there Enjoy the details here.

Edgy DC wrote: I propose we option out Nickeas and activate Armando Benitez. It's about this date 10 years ago that the mad glorious doomed run of 2001 began, but I always date the start from the MOFo picnic of August 8. The Mets were so inspired by their three-game sweep of the Brewers that they went out and lost seven in a row. Then the fun started, rising from 54-68 to 79-74...at which point the MFYs came along, patted Mr. Met on the head and said, "don't worry. little feller, we'll take it from here" and went about saving New York from the terrorists. At least that's how it looked on HBO.

I was enjoying the impromptu Mets Yearbook marathon anyway.

No makeup date (though I contend "Makeup Date" would be a fine name for a dismal romantic comedy).

Jeromy Burnitz hit seven home runs from April through August of 2002 and then slugged seven in September, and it pissed me off more than it energized me. This is to say late-season tears on futile teams are to be greeted with a dose of circumspection -- especially those rendered by tepidly performing veterans with the initials J.B.

HahnSolo wrote: The Solos are braving the potentially bad weather for tonights game. Why am I putting my family through that? Alert protective services -- continued exposure to Jason Bay constitutes child abuse.

A ravenous horde of adults in my dining room believes it will be satisfied by Chicken McNuggets.

In the span of one pitch to one batter, Wayne used "respite" when he meant interval and "in tow" when he meant in check, though he corrected the latter.

Hi, I'm Keith Hernandez for Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay or whatever you just put in front of me to read.

Goddamn, I'm glad my parents moved to Istanbul.

BEST SINGLE-SEASON BATTING AVERAGE IN METS HISTORY Through 110 NYM Games 1969: Jones -- .351 1998: Olerud -- .340 2011: REYES -- .339 NOTE: Dave Magadan 0-3 vs. Cubs, falls to .334.

METS HITS IN A SEASON Through 110 NYM Games Johnson 1996: 145 REYES 2011: 142

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through 8/2/2011 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. JOSE REYES 1,261 3. DAVID WRIGHT 1,202

Capuano 2.5 Reyes 1.5 Acosta 1.0 Parnell 1.0 Pagan 1.0

Mr. Snuggles is trapped with a psycho...pie.

Wayne Hagin's as easy to follow as a Japanese electronics instruction manual translated into English. "Second base is not the base he runs to. He runs to third base after not stopping at second base." Like that.

Jim Mancari spreads Cam Maron's gospel at Mets Merized Online.

Encouraging news: Gary Carter's daughter Kimmy Bloemers shares very positive news about the ex-Met's prognosis following the reading of an MRI at Duke University. She writes: I just got off the phone with my mom and I have WONDERFUL news! Doctor V said specifically that dad's tumors are 80% better! He is very encouraged and very very pleased with these results (as we ALL are!!) There is much less swelling and the tumors are less dense and "less angry". The size is a little smaller but the most important fact is that these tumors are starting to GO AWAY! Praise the Lord - praise the Lord!!! The plan is now for dad to start treatment that will require 5 days of chemo in a pill form and then he will do Avastin twice a month. On a side note, Dr. V told my parents a shocking and unbelievable story that we hadn't known until today. When my dad got his very FIRST MRI in Palm Beach County, his tumors were bad; HOWEVER, we did not realize that when he got his next MRI (only 10 days later at DUKE), Dr. V said they had doubled in size. That is how aggressive they were and so this makes the results that much MORE amazing! Mom and dad are heading home tonight and are so encouraged! We thank you all for praying for my dad and cheering for TEAM CARTER. We rejoice and praise our Heavenly Father for this news!

I'd hardly call Rick White a supreme relief pitcher.

Duels of a sort here: 103: 1985 -- Tom's 300th vs. Doc's 11th straight 104: 1983 -- Mookie's speed vs. a ground ball (with Torrez vs. DeLeon) 105: 1995 -- Izzy's promise vs. Nomo's hype Also: 103: 2000 -- Bobby Jones with an unforeseen Greatest Moment 104: 1985 -- Darryl strikes thrice before the players strike for two days 105: 2001 -- Turk looks strange, Robin looks great