Frayed Knot

And if they're going to build a sculpture of Ralph's hands they should get rid of the bat and instead pay homage to his off-season exploits and have them fondling Ester Williams' boobs, or maybe Liz Taylor's.

There was a chart in the Sunday NYTimes about team leads for stolen bases (prompted, of course, by the monumental achievement of St. Jeter wresting the MFY record from Rickey - who himself took it from Wee Willie Small Balls). I'm not going to make a big quiz over it but it does fit in with the recent hits and runs kwizzes that have been running here. The upshot is that, because the running game was so popular in the early years of baseball, the reigning team record for four different franchises (Phillies, Reds, Giants & Braves) still dates back to the 19th century, while seven more (Tigers, Cubs, Senators/Twins, Red Sox, Browns/Orioles, ChiSox, Pirates) had their record set prior to 1925. Then, as if to emphasize how the power game took over, NO records were set from 1925-1965. Since '65 only the expansion teams (duh!) plus the Dodgers (Maury Wills - 490), Cardinals (Brock - 888), Athletics (Rickey - 967), Indians (Kenny Lofton - 452), and now the Yanx have had their records set or re-set. The last side-note is that Eric Young first held the Rockies' SB record when he stole a base in their inaugural game, still holds it today with 180, and has only NOT held it for a 16 day period in between when OFer Alex Cole (I have no memory of him) became the only other player in Colorado history to have it. Y'all here of course know that Reyes took the NYM record from Mookie a couple of seasons back leaving his current mark of 348 as a mark for the next guy since we all know that Jose's current leave will be extended by an airport walkway injury which will in turn keep him out of action until he's dealt away at the trading deadline to the Yanx for Francisco Cervelli.

Mark Burly/Beuhrle/Curlique ... or however he spells it?

Niese - 2.3 Reyes - 2.6 Thole - 1.6 Murphy - 1.6 Turner - 0.9 Bay - 1.0

Pelfrey - 4.5 Reyes - 2.0 Tuner - 1.0 Bay - 1.0

Gee - 2.8 Thole - 1.4 Pagan - 1.3 Murphy - 1.3 Tejada - 1.3 Beltran - 0.7 Turner - 0.7 Isringhausen - 0.35 Rodriguez - 0.15

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Turner! I know it's way too early to even think about such things -- but are either Turner or Gee still eligible for the ROY this year? Or did they play too much last season? Both are officially rookies.

Amazing what a couple of doubles will do for ya'.

OK, THOSE weren't cheesy runs !!

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Weird game so far. Mets have like a zillion hits and baserunners yet have only scored via three of the cheesiest runs in the history of the game. Be nice if they actually got a hit other than a single.

Ashie62 wrote: Parnell replaces Jose on the roster. Of course you add a RP to replace a SS. (Perhaps they wanted an extra RP in case RA has trouble tomorrow night.) Rubin: Jose Reyes to ESPN's Enrique Rojas he expects to return this series. Reyes is eligible to be activated from the bereavement list on Thursday. He should be back Wednesday. It's not immediate family. He can't be back Wednesday because using the bereavement list means he has to be out a minimum of three days.

Things I Hadn't Known About the Mets -- [G-FaFiF]Yeah, I got nuthin' here[/G-FaFiF]

Harris � 3B Turner � 2B Beltran � RF Murphy � 1B Pagan � CF Thole � C Pridie � LF Tejada � SS Gee � RHP Not exactly the starting nine we envisioned during ST, huh?

Brett was a logical answer. Great hitter, long career in one place, plus Kaufman/Ewing Stadium was a great doubles/triples/inside-park HR spot (astroturf and funky corners).

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Frayed Knot wrote: Let's try Biggio/Houston in the 8th slot Just checked ... not correct. Would have thought he'd have more than just 55.

Let's try Biggio/Houston in the 8th slot

Carl Crawford - Tampa ummmm, 7th

I'll go with 2nd place ... and then guess today's running disaster Jimmy Rollins, and for the hell of it put him 6th.

Lou Brock

Payback's a bitch Jimmy.

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Is Rollins stat padding? He is now.

G-Fafif wrote: sharpie wrote: When was the Mets' last three-triple game for any one player? Doug Flynn, August 5, 1980 -- and no, I didn't have to look it up. Yes, Flynn is the one and only - something many normal Met fans can recite. It's when you come to the specific date where the true geeks separate themselves.

I think we have an outside shot at taking this one.