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="Edgy DC"]4) The worst hitting pitcher who nonetheless looked like he should be able to handle himself up there. I've got nothing. Pedro? I thought of Pedro but changed my mind because he looks silly with his helmet on. ="Edgy DC"]7) The best hitting relief pitcher. Jesse Orosco. I woulda gone with him too until Oliver. ="Edgy DC"] 9) The best baserunning pitcher. Ron Darling. For some reason I was thinking of Doc. But I don't know why.

51 would be good for a Tie for 42nd all-time in MLB. Well off of Earl Webb's record of 67 and Ducky Medwick's NL record of 64. My guess is that Cliff will not add to his total after this year and will end the year at about 24th all time as a Met. Could the forum's namesake's record be in jeopardy one day? Doubles in a Season David Wright, Projected 2006: 51 1. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 44 2. 2005 David Wright 42 T-3. 1989 Howard Johnson 41 T-3. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 41 T-5. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 40 T-5. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 40 7. 1999 John Olerud 39 =red]Paul Lo Duca, Projected 2006: 39 8. 1999 Robin Ventura 38 T-9. 1992 Eddie Murray 37 T-9. 1975 Felix Millan 37 T-9. 1979 Joel Youngblood 37 T-9. 1987 Lenny Dykstra 37 T-9. 1990 Howard Johnson 37 T-14. 1998 John Olerud 36 T-14. 2003 Ty Wigginton 36 T-14. 1973 Rusty Staub 36 T-14. 2000 Todd Zeile 36 T-14. 1998 Brian McRae 36 T-19. 1991 Howard Johnson 34 T-19. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 34 T-19. 2005 Carlos Beltran 34 T-19. 1997 John Olerud 34 T-19. 1986 Keith Hernandez 34 T-19. 1985 Keith Hernandez 34 25. 1998 Mike Piazza 33 =darkblue]Carlos Beltran, Projected 2006: 33 T-26. 1987 Kevin McReynolds 32 T-26. 2004 Kaz Matsui 32 T-26. 1996 Todd Hundley 32 T-26. 1967 Tommy Davis 32 T-26. 1987 Darryl Strawberry 32 T-26. 1978 Willie Montanez 32 T-26. 1991 Kevin McReynolds 32 T-33. 1984 Keith Hernandez 31 T-33. 2000 Derek Bell 31 T-33. 1996 Lance Johnson 31 T-33. 1997 Bernard Gilkey 31 T-33. 1980 Lee Mazzilli 31 T-38. 1978 Steve Henderson 30 T-38. 1988 Kevin McReynolds 30 T-38. 2004 Mike Cameron 30 T-38. 1970 Tommie Agee 30 T-38. 1999 Rickey Henderson 30 T-38. 1975 Rusty Staub 30 =orange]Cliff Floyd, Projected 2006: 30 ..... T-205. 2006 David Wright 17 ... T-293. 2006 Paul Lo Duca 13 ... T-359. 2006 Carlos Beltran 11 ... T-395. 2006 Cliff Floyd 10 Doubles in a (Met) Career 1. Ed Kranepool 225 2. Howard Johnson 214 3. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 4. Mike Piazza 193 5. Darryl Strawberry 187 6. Cleon Jones 182 7. Mookie Wilson 170 8. Keith Hernandez 159 9. Kevin McReynolds 153 10. John Stearns 152 11. Lee Mazzilli 148 12. Jerry Grote 143 13. Rusty Staub 130 14. Bud Harrelson 123 15. Todd Hundley 118 16. Rey Ord��ez 115 17. Felix Millan 111 18. Dave Magadan 110 David Wright, Projected to end of 2006: 110 19. John Olerud 109 20. Joel Youngblood 108 21. Tommie Agee 107 22. Lenny Dykstra 104 =orange]Cliff Floyd, Projected to end of 2006: 103 23. John Milner 100 ... 33. Cliff Floyd 83 34. Robin Ventura 81 35. Steve Henderson 79 =darkred]Jos� Reyes, Projected to end of 2006: 79 36. Jim Hickman 78 37. Ron Hunt 78 38. Todd Zeile 77 39. David Wright 76 40. Kevin Elster 75 41. Ken Boswell 74 42. Ron Swoboda 73 43. Gary Carter 73 44. Dave Kingman 70 45. Roger Cede�o 67 46. Ty Wigginton 67 =darkblue]Carlos Beltran, Projected to end of 2006: 67 47. Eddie Murray 65 ... 52. Jos� Reyes 61 53. Joe Christopher 59 =green]Kaz Matsui, Projected to end of 2006: 59 54. Doug Flynn 58 ... 68. Kaz Matsui 47 69. Jeromy Burnitz 47 70. Jay Payton 47 71. Elliott Maddox 47 72. Bruce Boisclair 47 73. Danny Heep 46 74. Jos� Vizcaino 46 75. Carlos Beltran 45

I wanted to say something similar, but didn't want to get yelled at.

Milledge looked silly for the majority of his game-winning run home. He was staring into the outfield almost the entire way. He didn't need to do that. He could've done his slide around the catcher (which was excellent, I'll admit) by seeing the catcher's positioning. I'm sure that looking back over your shoulder is going to slow you down. If he had been tagged out I'd be ranting.

Centerfield wrote: I was wondering that too. I hope they have a better plan in place than Keith. I remember a few years back, there were a few innings where Keith was left alone with Seaver. They might as well have handed the booth to me and my buddies. It was downright awful. Pure speculation on my part, but I would think maybe they would bring in Howie and let Ed Coleman fill in on the radio. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Glavine 4.25 Lo Duca 1.25 Heilman 1.25 Wagner 0.75 Sanchez 0.75 Reyes 0.4 Chavez 0.25 Wright 0.25 Milledge 0.1

What the...

Let someone else start the IGT then.

Wright 2.5 Feliciano 0.75 Bradford 0.75 Valentin 0.75 Reyes 0.5 Floyd 0.5

Maybe their should be a starts minimum for starter-specific categories and an innings minimum for all pitching categories. I'll assign them if no one else speaks up. Or if no one else cares. Edit: I think the standard is 1 inning pitched per game played to qualify as a starter. We can use that. I'm leaning towards just waiting until the end of the season and seeing the breakdown of innings pitched for each pitcher and setting a cutoff then. But more importantly, does anyone really care?

Updates exactly 1/3 of the way through the season. How are you doing? Next update after game 81. 1) Give the Met who will have the most of each category, names but no numbers Batting categories Games - Reyes (54, projected - 162) Hits - Wright (68, 204) Doubles - Wright (17, 51) Triples - Reyes (7, 21) Home runs - Delgado (15, 45) RBI - Beltran (37, 111) Stolen Bases - Reyes (22, 66) Caught stealing - Reyes (6, 18) Runs scored - Reyes (42, 126) Batting average (high) - Wright (.329) On base percentage (high) - Wright (.400) Strikeouts (high) - Delgado (51, 153) Walks - Beltran (32, 96) Pitching categories Wins - Glavine (8, 24) Losses - Trachsel (4, 12) Strikeouts - Martinez (88, 264)) Walks - Glavine (23, 69) ERA (low) - Sanchez (2.04) ERA (high) - Fortunato (27.00), Lima (8.79) ERA (low by a starter) - Martinez (2.50) ERA (high by a starter) - Lima (8.79) Saves - Wagner (11, 33) BAA (low) - Martinez (.167) BAA (high) - Fortunato (.467), Bell (.400), Lima (.305) Games started - Glavine (12, 36) Games pitched - Sanchez (27, 81) 2) Give the number for the player and category specified - (total so far, projected amount - 33.333% of the season played) Cliff Floyd - games: 48, 144 Cliff Floyd - batting average: .233, .233 David Wright - runs scored: 31, 93 David Wright - RBI: 36, 108 Carlos Beltran - home runs: 14, 42 Carlos Beltran - stolen bases: 7, 21 Jose Reyes - errors: 4, 12 Jose Reyes - on base percentage: .316, .316 Carlos Delgado - batting average: .244, .244 Carlos Delgado - RBI: 34, 102 Kaz Matsui - games: 36, 108 Kaz Matsui - runs scored: 10, 30 Anderson Hernandez - games: 22, 36 Anderson Hernandez - batting average: .146, .146 Anderson Hernandez - fielding percentage: 1.000, 1.000 Paul Lo Duca - on base percentage: .344, .344 Xavier Nady - RBI: 22, 66 Victor Diaz - games: 6, 18 Pedro Martinez - strikeouts: 88, 264 Tom Glavine - wins: 8, 24 Steve Trachsel - losses: 4, 12 Steve Trachsel - walks: 22, 66 Victor Zambrano - ERA: 6.75, 6.75 Victor Zambrano - strikeouts: 15, 45 Brian Bannister - games started: 5, 15 Aaron Heilman - games started: 0, 0 Billy Wagner - saves: 11, 33 Billy Wagner - ERA: 2.67, 2.67 Jorge Julio - ERA: 5.06, 5.06 3)Team Categories - (total so far, projected amount - 33.333% of the season played) Total runs scored: 264, 792 Total runs against: 233, 699 Team ERA: 3.89, 3.89 Team batting average: .257, .257 Record: 33-21, 99-63 NL East Finish (1st, 2nd, etc.): 1st, 1st Games behind NL East Winner: 0, 0 Playoffs (Division winner, Wildcard winner, no playoffs): Division Leader, Division Winner Playoff finish - (Win WS, Lose WS, Lose NLCS, Lose NLDS, no playoffs) ???, not no playoffs, at least 4)Tie-breakers - (total so far, projected amount - 33.333% of the season played) 1st tie breaker - Total number of rainouts: 2, 6 2nd tie breaker - Time of longest game of the year: 5:22, 5:22 - May 23rd vs. Philly

Without checking numbers, who in Mets history do you think of as... 1) The best hitting pitcher. Hampton, Doc a strong second but a fair distance behind 2) The best hitting pitcher who nonetheless didn't look good up there. Sid 3) The worst hitting pitcher. Leiter 4) The worst hitting pitcher who nonetheless looked like he should be able to handle himself up there. Can't think of one 5) The best bunting pitcher. Glavine 6) The worst bunting pitcher. Leiter 7) The best hitting relief pitcher. Gotta go Oliver 8) The slugging guy who didn't hit much but was a threat to connect for a homer. Kingman Or is this pitchers too? Hampton was the only power threat that I can think of, but the "who didn't hit much" part doesn't apply to him. 9) The best baserunning pitcher. I've never really thought of this before. Could Doc run? 10) The pitcher who you thought was a better hitter than a pitcher. Another chance to make fun of Zambrano

Is it me, or are the Mets just not hitting these days?

I think they do.

I dunno. It did take Keith two months to figure out our regular catcher's last name.

I was wondering that myself. But maybe they are right? Isn't the letter a pronounced "ah"? If so, they are saying it right I think.

Wright's hit was a ground single between first and second. Edit: I'm Big Mac.

In game announcement....Pujols leaves his game with an oblique strain.

Taken from the SNY thread. Oh my god. I will never EVER complain about the memory of Fran Healy again. Click this link, then click on one of the links next to "Piazza's mammoth shot" in the Multimedia section (as time goes on you may have to click on "More multimedia" to find "Piazza's mammoth shot"). And listen to the call. The fake Italian just kind of puts the cherry on top doesn't it? (For another thread...it still amazes me that in this PC-crazed world no one ever makes a fuss about people pretending to speak Italian by mocking the language.) They make Michael Kay sound good and make Chris Russo sound like a HOF broadcaster. _________________________ And of course, it's good to see that Mikey can still hit a ball 600 feet. BTW, Piazza = .256/.329/.466//.795. Not terrible for a 37 year old catcher. He could play for my team. Well, if my catcher wasn't the best hitting catcher in baseball this year.

Agreed.

The Weather Channel is showing showers until 10.

Just bought my tickets for Mikey's return on August 8th. Inner Loge Reserved (I know that technically there is no Inner Loge Reserved, but it's Loge Reserved behind one of the Inner Loge Boxes.) Row B. I got these for a song (Don't Cry) so I may end up selling them if I can find better seats by the game.

I hate rainouts. But nymets.com makes the good point that Beltran gets another day's rest. And I actually enjoy the second game where only 3 regular starting position players actually start. Those are fun. Will this be Jose's first missed game?

Moved to announcer rant thread.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: We're not going to get that second game televised, are we? First game on FOX. Second game on SNY.