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SteveJRogers wrote: Oh really? So what the heck is that thing on MLB.com where you can vote for the All Star Game starters? Sigh. It's like that saying that goes: "Guns don't kill. People do". So ... Fans are to the Internet as People are to Guns. Or if you prefer this post in SAT style: Fans:Internet People:Guns or Fans:Internet:Vote People:Guns:Kill

="SteveJRogers"]="SteveJRogers misquoting batmagadanleadoff"]="Grote15"]Ryan Church is working his way onto the allstar team. The way the Internet and other fans that don't follow the sport closely day-in and day-out vote, so is Reyes. Fixed. No. I wouldn't have ever written that. For starters, the internet doesn't vote.

Grote15 wrote: Ryan Church is working his way onto the allstar team. The way Met fans have voted recently, so is Reyes.

SteveJRogers wrote: So all this "Well they wanted it more" that we hear from all athletes explaining tough losses is just BS huh? Uhh .... yeah.

86-Dreamer wrote: few things about the Mets upset me more than the fact that they allowed Steve Phillips to fire Bobby V, replaced him with Art Howe, and then glady stood by while Glavine & Stanton spit on Bobby's grave. Amen to that.

SteveJRogers wrote: So it all really was Glavine's fault 9/27/2007? The Marlins being super pysched to destroy the Mets had NOTHING to do with how they came out like gangbusters that first inning, snuffing out any chance of the Mets doing anything that afternoon? [sarcasm] No. It was mostly all the Mets fault because they didn't want to win that game. In fact, before that game, the Mets voted in secrecy to allow the Marlins to stomp them into a mudhole. If you could replay that same game under the same conditions 1,000 times, the Marlins would stomp the Mets into the mudhole 1,000 more times. All because the Marlins wanted to. Wanna know why the '62 Mets lost 120 games? Because they wanted to. Figgy in AAA? He wants to be there.[/sarcasm]

SteveJRogers wrote: One would have thought the Mets would be stomping a mudhole in the Nats after last night.... Yeah. Cause all it takes for a team to stomp up the other team is them wanting to stomp the other team up. That's it. All they gotta do is wanna stomp up the other team. The other team never has any say-so in whether they're gonna get stomped up into a mudhole. Once the Mets figure this out, I bet they could go like 162-0 or something.

SteveJRogers wrote: I went from the posting level that Elster (who replaced 1986's Rafael Santana) to that of Taveras (who replaced 1969's Bud Harrelson).... And the arrow was letting the reader know I was referring to the posting level. I see. I'm Tom Sturdivant. Or I should say: Tom Sturdivant <--- He was once a World Champion, too. He was one of baseball's best pitchers during the '56 & '57 seasons, but more so in 1956. He was a Met for three weeks in 1964 and pitched a few scorelesss innings in the famous Mets-Giants marathon extra inning game that featured a triple play against the Mets. Like too many of Casey's other players, the Mets would be the last Major League team Sturdivant would ever play for. Those Mets had a real niche for acquiring players on their very last legs.

SteveJRogers wrote: ="batmagadanleadoff"]What does "OE" mean?On Edit. After my post I saw that I had moved from Kevin Elster to Frank Taveras, and rather than making a brand new post noting that neat little item, I went back and added it to the post. Thanks. SteveJRogers wrote: Mets draw first blood. 1-0 in the second after a Schneider infield hit. OE: From one SS who replaced a World Series champion to another! <-- So what does that mean? The part about the shortstops?

SteveJRogers wrote: OE: From one SS who replaced a World Series champion to another! What does "OE" mean?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Well, another way of looking at it is that you're more likely to get two wins with Pelfrey vs. Washington and Santana vs. the Yankees than you would with Santana vs. Washington and Pelfrey vs. the Yankees. That's a good point. Randolph might also be considering Santana's recent pitch count. Johan's averaged 115 pitches over his last three starts, an exceedingly high pitch count by today's measure. No regular starting pitcher, not even an American Leaguer, is averaging that many pitches thrown per start this season.

Santana Receives an Extra Day of Rest and a Date With the Yankees By BEN SHPIGEL Published: May 13, 2008 excerpt: In one respect, Saturday�s doubleheader complicated the Mets� pitching plans by forcing them to dip into the minor leagues for their starter Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. In another, though, it has made one decision easier: They can give Johan Santana an extra day of rest and start him Friday against the Yankees. Although Manager Willie Randolph said the Mets were still evaluating their options, it makes much more sense to push back Santana so he can pitch at Yankee Stadium, where he has excellent career statistics, while keeping Mike Pelfrey in position to start Thursday against the Nationals. *** Pelfrey, 24, has never pitched against the Yankees. Santana is 4-1 with a 2.83 earned run average in 12 appearances (9 starts) against them. At Yankee Stadium, he is 3-0 with an 0.79 E.R.A. in six games. He has had success against Johnny Damon (5 for 24, 6 strikeouts) and Jason Giambi (4 for 16, 5 strikeouts), but not Hideki Matsui (11 for 25). *** SIMULATED GAME FOR MART�NEZ Pedro Mart�nez (strained left hamstring) is scheduled to pitch a simulated game Wednesday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mart�nez, who threw a bullpen session Monday, will most likely need to pitch at least one more simulated game before beginning a minor league rehabilitation assignment.

AG/DC wrote: Great! Gotcha.

AG/DC wrote: It's not that Sandy's defense was spread over too many positions to make the list, it's that his entire caree was spread outside of the Hall of Fame. I said: "Gotcha."

AG/DC wrote: It's not that Sandy's defense was spread over too many positions to make the list, it's that his entire caree was spread outside of the Hall of Fame. Gotcha.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: He did score one run as a Met. How? I don't know. So I had to look this up. On 4/20/67, Alomar pinch ran for Jerry Buchek, who was injured after being hit by a Cal Koonce pitch and had to leave the game. Alomar was eventually singled in by his eventual most similar player, Bud Harrelson. The Mets beat the Cubs 6-1. It was Tom Seaver's very first major league win.

Vic Sage wrote: By position: (BA /SLG) C - Ray Schalk 253 / 316 1B - Hughie Jennings 311 / 406 2b - Jonny Evers 270 / 334 SS - Ozzie Smith 262 / 328 3b - Bobby Wallace 268 / 358 OF1 - Richie Ashburn 308 / 382 OF2 - Tommy McCarthy 292 / 376 OF3 - Max Carey 285 / 386 Sandy Alomar's career was spread out over too many positions to make your list but still, here's what Sandy did or didn't do with his 5000+ plate appearances: AVG: .245 OBP. .290 SLG. .288 Sandy's most similar batter, according to Baseball Reference is Bud Harrelson. He was 0-22 as a Met, without any bases on ball. His lifetime Met line is .000 AVG, .000 OBP., .000 SLG. He did score one run as a Met. How? I don't know.

I don't know if this is the smallest differential, but Nellie Fox: .288 AVG. / .363 SLG.

TheOldMole wrote: Who are the Hall of Famers with least differential between BA and SP? I don't know if this is the smallest differential, but Lloyd Waner was .316 AVG. & .393 SLG.

Not a HOF'er but try and top The Crazy Horse: Lifetime AVG. .251 OBP. .283 SLG. .309

G-Fafif wrote: I really like the inclusion of Grote of all the "ee"s that could have been chosen. They could've even done an all-Manager shirt what with Casey, Salty, Yogi, Davey, Buddy, Bobby and Willie to choose from. And Joey, I guess.

Reds bat out of order in 9th inning during 8-3 loss to Mets excerpt: "Crew chief Dale Scott said he'd never seen it happen in 23 years of umpiring. 'Batting out of order can be one of the more confusing rules,' he said. 'You have to really think it through. We wanted to make sure we were doing it right.'" ____________________ Preemptive Disclaimer: The author of this post is clearly not excusing whatever confusion may or may not have afflicted any of the professionals involved in the above referenced play, even though the author of this post has provided a link quoting one of the involved umpires as acknowledging the confusing nature of the batting-out-of-order rule. The author further hopes that he himself is not deemed out-of-order in providing this disclaimer and also expects that no one here will be confused by the nature of this post, notwithstanding the confusing nature of the batting-out-of order-rule.

Nymr83 wrote: the umpires and managers are PAID to know this rule, providing us with a link and saying "well, its confusing" isn't an excuse for them, its an excuse for the fan who didnt get it. Where did I excuse anybody?

Rockin' Doc wrote: It sounds like Willie is paying attention, but unfortunately neither he or any of the coaching staff knew the rules well enough to take full advantage of the Reds mistake. Even the umpires screw this rule up. Try reading through this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_out_of_turn

4/29/1977 - In a game in San Diego, the Mets batted out of order through the whole game. The lineup featured Roy Staiger batting sixth, John Stearns seventh and Bud Harrelson eighth. This was a change from recent games when Stearns was sixth and Staiger seventh and the two batted this way four times in a row. In the first inning, Stearns hit into an inning-ending double play. Staiger made and out and Harrelson singled in the second (both batting out of turn.) Stearns led off the fourth with a home run but the Padres said nothing. Both Staiger and Harrelson made outs, again out of order. In the fifth, Stearns and Staiger were both out but Harrelson started the sixth by reaching on an infield error. With two out in the seventh, Stearns walked and Staiger singled him to third. However, the Padres finally speak up and the umpires incorrectly declare Staiger out instead of Harrelson, who led off the eighth inning. Even with all the batting changes, the Mets lost the game, 9-2. http://www.retrosheet.org/outturn.htm