Frayed Knot

The remaining players are ... PLAYERBBIBBPctValdmir Guerrero72124734.3%Ichiro Suzuki46715633.4%Garry Templeton37514438.4%Manny Sanguillen2239643.0%Rey Ordonez1916433.5%John Bateman1726940.1%Doug Flynn1515838.4%Fernando Gonzalez582034.5%Mackey Sasser552545.5%Steve Lake431739.5%Rod Booker27933.3%Charles Thomas26934.6%Freddie Benavides20735.0%

Tough part of the lineup for Beato

Nice hustle by Muffy there. That could be a big play.

Frayed Knot wrote: themetfairy wrote: Why is Manny Acosta still on this team? Because if you're only going to use the same three relievers every night their arms are going to fall off. He's also, btw, been charged with just one run over his last 8 (now 9 assuming this one is over) appearances covering 10-2/3 innings. 6 hits (now 8) and just 2 walks over that span too.

themetfairy wrote: Why is Manny Acosta still on this team? Because if you're only going to use the same three relievers every night their arms are going to fall off.

Jason (Saddam) Pridie continues to bomb Johnny Kuwait-o

Now THAT'S the Miguel Cairo we all remember!

TransMonk wrote: Walks kill. Yup. If Niese doesn't walk Hernandez to lead off the inning then not only does that entire half play out differently but Cueto (who stayed in to bunt) is probably out of the game.

Why don't they make it easy on themselves and just read the CPF more often?

The Reds look like they're learning how to field all of a sudden. That doesn't bode well for our future run-scoring potential.

Prior to the game, Reds deal OF Johnny Gomes to the Natinals for two minor leaguers. To fill the roster spot they called up 1B Yonder Alonso. He's had a handful of ML ABs prior to this and was one of the bushel of 1Bmen drafted in 2008, 7th overall or 11 spots in front of Ike.

Not Ramon (or Nomar for that matter) but one of the remainder is/was a catcher.

Not bad guesses but both are NO. I hadn't thought of Soriano - but he has surprising few IBBs (58 of 399), at least partially because he got almost none in the Bronx where he was usually surrounded by better bats in the lineup. Big Mo fell just short of 20% for his career. You wouldn't label any of the remaining guys as power hitters.

For a guy who didn't look like he could play at all while he was with us and shows below-average skills in just about every facet of the game, he's managed to last all or part of 16 seasons in the big leagues at this point and currently sits just six hits short of 1,000

Vlad's number 1, Vlad's number 1 and Flynn is correct as well. No go on Frank Tavares or Tim Foli PLAYERBBIBBPctValdmir Guerrero72124734.3%Active Player46715633.4%Former NYM37514438.4%Manny Sanguillen2239643.0%Rey Ordonez1916433.5%John Bateman1726940.1%Doug Flynn1515838.4%Fernando Gonzalez582034.5%Former NYM552545.5%Steve Lake431739.5%Rod Booker27933.3%Charles Thomas26934.6%Freddie Benavides20735.0% OF the remaining ex-Mets, the higher one had a long career but only a brief one in Queens, the other a shorter overall career but spent more time as a Met.

Nope. Prince Albert would jump onto the list in 2nd place [u:2x8mlutj]IF[/u:2x8mlutj] you drop the standard to 25% (behind Bonds of course), but he doesn't make this one.

Rey-Rey does indeed fill the spot of the one who started his career as a New York Met Kingman is incorrect., as is Preston Wilson PLAYERBBIBBPctActive Player72124734.3%Active Player46715633.4%Former NYM37514438.4%Manny Sanguillen2239643.0%Rey Ordonez1916433.5%John Bateman1726940.1%Former NYM1515838.4%Fernando Gonzalez582034.5%Former NYM552545.5%Steve Lake431739.5%Rod Booker27933.3%Charles Thomas26934.6%Freddie Benavides20735.0%

I know, it sounds like I'm really delving into 'Obscure-land' here (and, of course, I am), but this one kind of caught my eye for a couple of goofy reasons. 1) It involves several one-time Mets 2) there are two distinct types of guys who falls onto this list: good hitting/free-swingers, or weak hitters who bat eighth and get walked to get to the pitcher What list, you say? ... Why the list of those who have at least 1/3 of their career walks as intentional walks, that's who. There are thirteen of them since 1950 in case you were wondering. Most of the list is too obscure for even the biggest geeks so I've already filled those in on the table below. But the six guys I'm looking for here are either active (2 of them) or called Shea their home park for at least a piece of their career (4). Note that there is no overlap between those two groups; the players are either active MLB players right now, OR they are one-time Mets. Of the ex-Mets: one started his ML career as a Met but did not finish that way; one finished his ML career as a Met but did not start there; the other two neither started nor finished their careers in blue & orange but did pass through along the way. Three of the four ex-Mets had more career ABs as a Met than in any other uni. So, with those clues given and the category of player plus their BB/IBB stats filled in, you just need to provide the names. PLAYERBBIBBPctActive Player72124734.3%Active Player46715633.4%Former NYM37514438.4%Manny Sanguillen2239643.0%Former NYM1916433.5%John Bateman1726940.1%Former NYM1515838.4%Fernando Gonzalez582034.5%Former NYM552545.5%Steve Lake431739.5%Rod Booker27933.3%Charles Thomas26934.6%Freddie Benavides20735.0%

Hell, in the last two games alone he's: - dropped one foul pop-up and over-ran another - cut off a throw that probably nails a runner at the plate - tried advancing to 3rd on a come-backer ... and gone 4-for-8 w/2 doubles and 2 RBIs

Gee - 1.7 Acosta - 1.3 Wright - 2.0 Reyes - 1.0 Beltran - 1.0 Murphy - 1.0 Bay - 1.0

Dickey - 3.3 Byrdak - 0.3 Parnell - 0.5 Isringhausen - 0.6 Reyes - 0.4 Turner - 1.0 Wright - 1.0 Beltran - 0.4 Murphy - 1.5 Bay - 1.0

A quick scan of the financial archives gets me to a [crossout]Marty Noble[/crossout] CNBC recollection from [crossout]1988[/crossout] 2011, reading "[crossout]Mets players[/crossout] clients heard [crossout]Browning[/crossout] investors asking, 'Where's Dykstra, that little {bleep]?'" I fixed the quote for you.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: But man, crushes a double and gets thrown out at 3rd; delivers a big hit in the decisive rally but nearly gives it away with an inexplicable cutoff. He's an adventure! Wait'll you see the replay on his play at 1st.

Gotta love the fact that Blyleven, and presumably Carter, remember and still kibitz about an otherwise obscure 1-out/1st inning double from 31 years ago in a game the Pirates won anyway (although Blyleven didn't get the 'W').

Reds'll be in a good mood as Drew Stubbs hits the first pitch of the bottom of the 9th into the RF seats for a walk-off 4-3 win v Braves. Scott Linebrink was the pitching victim.