metsmarathon

the '86 mets would've had to've played 66 or fewer home games in order to've had a higher average attendance than the '06 mets did in 81 home games.

="SteveJRogers"]="Frayed Knot"]"Even last year Shea wasn't quite filling the turnstilles like they where back in the Big 80s. " 1986 = 2.768 mil 2006 = 3.380 mil please stop before you mis-state again Those are totals, what was the average attendance for both years? Other than shoehorning more luxury boxes don't you think there is a reason why there are going to be 45,000 seats at Citi? Because the Mets just aren't drawing 50+ as consistantly as they once did. ....um....i know i was young back then and wasn't paying close enough attention.... but.... were.... there... fewer games played.... in '86? 1986, that is... cos i'm thinkin' 2.768M : 3.380M :: (2.768M /81 games) : (3.380M / 81 games)

since 2000, the mega-huge market new york mets have exactly nine more wins than the super-small market, can't keep a damned player and are always rebuilding florida marlins. well, in the regular season. in the post season, they've got exactly one more world's championship trophy.

are the a's better off this year with haren, blanton and gaudin, with dick harden looking in from the clubhouse, than they would've been with hudson, mulder & zito? do you really think they still wish they had jason giambi? are there many players out there more overpaid than johnny damon? baltimore has had ridiculous amounts of money to throw around, and, gosh, how well have they done with it all? and who cares what gives a hardon to sports journalists? last year, the big free agent pitcher went to solidly mid-market san francisco, and, gosh, isn't that nice for them? giving away big money contracts is just as good a means of destroying a team as it is building a dynasty. i forgot to look - is atlanta a big market?

yeah, baseball's doing terrible in small markets like milwaukee, oakland, minnesota, and cleveland... the primary reason for the struggles of baseball in such small market teams as pittsburgh and kansas city is ineptitude and incompetence moreso than greed and financial inequity.

Alou 4.2 Delgado 1.6 Reyes 1.4 Sosa 1.2 Heilman 0.9 Milledge 0.7

Glavine 4.1 Wright 3.3 Schoeneweis 0.9 Reyes 0.7 Milledge 0.7 Castro 0.3

Lawrence 3.8 Beltran 2.2 Sosa 2.1 Castillo 0.9 Green 0.6 Wright 0.4

harold baines, from bbref: Black Ink: Batting - 3 (502) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 40 (596) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 43.6 (109) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 66.5 (271) (Likely HOFer > 100) Overall Rank in parentheses. and according to baseballprospectus, in 22 seasons, only once did he have a WARP3 of 9 or higher, with a 9.0 in '84. his next best year was a 7.8 in '85. his career WARP3 was about 102. and he has a career OPS+ of 120. he had a long career. it wasn't fame-worthy. ... tim raines fares better: Black Ink: Batting - 20 (105) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 114 (176) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 46.8 (91) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 90.0 (174) (Likely HOFer > 100) Overall Rank in parentheses. in 23 seasons, he topped out with a WARP3 of 11.1 in '85, four more years above 10.0, and two more years above 9.0. his career WARP3 was 132 his career OPS+ was 123 he also had a long career, with i think a bit more dropoff than baines. does he make hte hall? i'd be tempted to vote for him myself, but i'm not sure he gets in.

harold baines belongs in the hall of seriously overlooked, not the hall of fame.

they clearly need to switch to decaf. at least its got nothing apparent to do with hello kitty...

some worst start candidates... pelfrey 25 april (11.3) glavine 10 june (13.3) glavine 16 june (13.3) sosa 19 june (10.8) vargas 3 july (18.7) ohernandez 4 july (12.9) sosa 21 july (10.1) maine 4 august (13.5)

the three highest rated starts, per my formula, are as follows: maine 24 july - 25.7 glavine 22 june - 24.7 ohernandez 17 july - 23.0 surely some of these must populate the list... and my top starter is, surprise, john maine, while my bottom starter would be sosa. ...edited to not ruin fun...

Willets Point wrote: Game scores are cool. I use them for awarding Schaefer points. hmm, i should find a way to add them into my methodology... i wonder if there's a good way to do something similar for relievers?

Wright 3.9 Reyes 2.3 Castillo 1.3 Mota 1.0 Alou 0.8 Feliciano 0.7

OHernandez 3.9 Alou 1.5 Green 1.3 Castillo 1.2 Wagner 1.1 Heilman 1.0

Newhan 2.9 Feliciano 2.9 Mota 1.5 Sele 1.0 Milledge 0.9 Schoeneweis 0.8

i wonder if JD was planning on giving out the missing 0.00099 schaeffer points to anybody...

Alou 4.0 Sele 3.0 Sosa 1.1 Castillo 0.8 Schoeneweis 0.7 Wright 0.4

Glavine 3.8 Delgado 1.7 Reyes 1.4 Castillo 1.3 Milledge 1.3 Wagner 0.5

="SteveJRogers"]Rosey Roswell of the Pirates during the real cruddy years of the 40s and 50s. Bob Prince would replace him. He was a real character and made listening a real experience, kind of like John Sterling of his day. sterling is an experience, fer sure... just not a good one.

if gary called "its outta here" for an inside the park home run, then it would be the near equivalent of what sterling does, when low line drives barely squeak out over the shortest part of the park are still described as "high, far, etc" therein, perhaps, may lie the difference between "signature" and "catch"

yay

listening to the fan today? apparently there's a big deal being made on richard neer's program that "arod is selling a commemorative 500th homer bat" for $129.99 + $20.00 S&H the big deal is that he's pimping his name for this overpriced product, apparently, sullying his good name. what no-one has picked up yet, is that craig biggio is also pimping his good, and heretofore presumably more genuine, good name on a commemorative 3,000th hit bat. but never let that get in the way of a good story, i guess...

OHernandez 4.4 Delgado 2.1 Gotay 1.0 Green 0.9 Reyes 0.8 Castro 0.8