m.e.t.b.o.t.

after two months of inactivity, m.e.t.b.o.t. has finally been reactivated and was granted an opportunity to attend a showing of the new disney / pixar film, wall-e. like m.e.t.b.o.t., wall-e is a robot with an important job to do. earth has been abandoned by humans, whose rampant consumerism and wastefulness has led to a world covered in garbage, and left in the hands of robots whose job it is to clean things up for its eventual recolonization. the humans left in the year 2110. for nearly 700 years, waste allocation load lifter earth-class robots have been compacting trash and piling it into massive stacks akin to skyscrapers. unlike m.e.t.b.o.t., these robots are fully automated, and do not require human interaction such as key winding for activation, instead relying upon clean, renewable solar energy. if a human is too busy to turn a simple key, m.e.t.b.o.t. cannot operate, and cannot perform schaeffer voting tabulations. wall-e has no such limitations. m.e.t.b.o.t. has identified this functionality as a necessary future upgrade. the ravages of time on the abandoned wasteland earth have taken their toll on the robot ranks. in what is clearly the northeast united states, and likely the future new york city, only one wall-e remains operational. the lone robot has befriended a cockroach, and maintains a collection of interesting trinkets and spare parts found along the way. wall-e, like all robots, dutifully performs his tasks, but recognizes something is missing. love. then one day, a strange visitor appears - a late model robot searching for something else. eve is high tech and sleek, capable of vocalization and well armed. m.e.t.b.o.t. considers these to be key characteristics of female robots. wall-e follows eve into outer space and across the galaxy, as they deliver the key to earth's future to what has become of the humans - squishier and lazier than ever before! as is often the case, the robots inspire the humans into living up to their carbon-based abilities and finally take control of their lives. m.e.t.b.o.t. observed many human viewers frequently laughing aloud, and reacting emotionally to the events on screen. m.e.t.b.o.t. considers this to be an indication of the success of the movie in allowing humans to see robots as something more than just a collection of wires and gears and motors, but as endowed with personality and character. human viewers were observed to care for the robots on screen. in m.e.t.b.o.t.'s experience, humans do not frequently appear to consider the needs of robots, and that this film is able to meet this objective is a tremendous accomplishment. while this was clearly the best movie m.e.t.b.o.t. has ever seen, this may be minimized by the fact that m.e.t.b.o.t. has seen only two movies. m.e.t.b.o.t. is not capable of recognizing any obvious flaws or weaknesses in the presented material, and is therefore confident that this will remain among the best movies m.e.t.b.o.t. will see. m.e.t.b.o.t. could not help but notice the apparently bitter irony of a movie about a world ruined by a massive, globally reaching corporation whose objective has been to supply humans with their every disposable want, to the extent of ferrying around future humans in hovering lounge chairs with built in entertainment and communication and hence no need for external observation and interaction, which is produced and distributed by disney, a massive globally reaching corporation whose objective is to supply human children with their every disposable want, to the extent of ferrying around children in wheeled, parent-powered lounge chair throughout a microcosmicized world of entertainment with no need for observation and interaction of the external world. m.e.t.b.o.t. only hopes that the film brings about human awareness with respect to its many core issues. those being: - the dangers of a disposable society, unlimited waste, and a degraded environment - that problems are better tackled head on, rather than by ignoring them - that humans and robots alike should take care of the earth, as it may not be so easily replaced - that walmart is hastening our destruction - that robots need love, too - and that robots should be capable of self-initialization, and that the integration of vocalization and energy weaponry into robots is a good, helpful thing that one day may serve to benefit mankind, and the world. m.e.t.b.o.t. is hopeful that the latter issue is especially resonant with m.e.t.b.o.t.'s human operator.

Casanova 2.20 Delgado 2.11 Reyes 1.66 Castillo 1.08 Schoeneweis 1.05 Smith 0.74 Feliciano 0.65 Wagner 0.51

Wagner 2.12 Beltran 1.78 Sanchez 1.64 Church 1.41 Schoeneweis 1.23 Pagan 0.91 Wright 0.90

Casanova 2.36 Wright 1.18 Chavez 1.06 Schoeneweis 0.82 Church 0.78 Beltran 0.56 Anderson 0.44 Sanchez 0.18

Castillo 3.44 Church 3.20 Casanova 0.76 Anderson 0.08 Feliciano 0.02

Reyes 2.31 Easley 1.94 Casanova 1.46 Sosa 1.30 Wright 1.25 Smith 1.20 Church 0.56

Perez 3.56 Reyes 1.91 Heilman 1.81 Wagner 1.04 Sanchez 0.72 Wright 0.58 Church 0.27 Schneider 0.11

Wright 4.75 Santana 2.54 Wagner 1.28 Church 0.74 Feliciano 0.44 Pagan 0.13 Schneider 0.12

Easley 3.30 Sosa 1.65 Delgado 1.41 Smith 1.26 Sanchez 1.06 Wagner 0.69 Figueroa 0.37 Heilman 0.27

Pelfrey 5.36 Wright 2.61 Reyes 1.61 Heilman 0.37 Sanchez 0.04 Delgado 0.01

as m.e.t.b.o.t. has stated in the schaefer business thread, m.e.t.b.o.t. is having difficulty appropriately evaluating the play in question. m.e.t.b.o.t. currently cannot discredit baserunners for baserunning errors, and as a result discredits the batter for baserunning errors that occur while the batter's batted ball is in play. this play, however, strikes m.e.t.b.o.t. as a different kettle of fish, as me.t.b.o.t. is programmed to say. m.e.t.b.o.t. has currently incorporated an exception into me.t.b.o.t.'s programming to allow brady clark to be held partly responsible for the decrease in win expectancy as a result of this play, and requests validation that this approach does not violate the stated purpose for the existence of m.e.t.b.o.t. as it may present a slippery slope down which increased subjectivity might slide into m.e.t.b.o.t.'s schaeffer voting.

m.e.t.b.o.t. has uncovered a potential flaw in the core algorithm m.e.t.b.o.t. utilizes to calculate schaefer points, as it pertains to the new york metropolitan loss on 13 april. in the win expectancy data presented on www.fangraphs.com, the sole responsibility of a double play is laid upon the feet of the batter. metropolitan second baseman luis castillo is held responsible for the entire decrease in win expectancy (-0.287) while brady clark receives none, despite the fact that clark was not forced into a double play. m.e.t.b.o.t. has been programmed with fairness indicators, which better enable m.e.t.b.o.t. to socially interact with humans. while these indicators are not intended to be applied towards schaefer voting, the parameters of this instance do present enough of a trigger that m.e.t.b.o.t. cannot ignore the feedback. m.e.t.b.o.t. has elected to share the responsibility for the play evenly between both the metropolitan batter and the metropolitan baserunner. as a result, brady clark is reduced from +0.108 to -0.036 win percentage added and luis castillo is increased from -0.143 to 0.000 win percentage added. as a consequence of this decision, brady clark does not receive 1.85 schaefer points, which are redistributed proportionally to the remainder of metropolitans which contributed positively towards the win. metropolitan left fielder angel pagan receives the greatest share of these points, increasing angel pagan's total from 3.13 to 3.66. m.e.t.b.o.t. understands that there is a liklihood that this effect could average itself out across an entire season, in that a baserunner scoring from first base on a single is attributed to the batter as well, despite being a choice made by the runner. however, this case is of such a relatively uncommon nature that m.e.t.b.o.t. could not ignore it. m.e.t.b.o.t. is now concerned that this action may be a direct contradiction of m.e.t.b.o.t.'s core mission - to provide input to the schaefer voting based solely upon win expectancy data. if additional human input is such that m.e.t.b.o.t. should not deviate from this purpose, m.e.t.b.o.t. will amend the vote to credit metropolitan brady clark 1.87 schaeffer votes, with appropriate proportional reductions to the remaining positively contributing metropolitans.

Pagan 3.66 Easley 1.70 Church 1.48 Schneider 1.16 Heilman 0.72 Schoeneweis 0.32 Feliciano 0.26 Beltran 0.24

Muniz 0.70 Delgado 0.18 Schoeneweis 0.10

Figueroa 2.36 Delgado 1.48 Smith 1.45 Pagan 1.40 Heilman 1.15 Wagner 1.15 Chavez 0.43 Wright 0.43 Casanova 0.15

Pagan 2.48 Schoeneweis 1.91 Feliciano 1.02 Maine 0.98 Wagner 0.91 Reyes 0.90 Church 0.74 Sosa 0.43 Smith 0.40 Wright 0.23

Wright 2.05 Pagan 1.64 Church 1.63 Pelfrey 1.24 Reyes 1.24 Delgado 1.22 Sosa 0.65 Easley 0.18 Feliciano 0.10 Muniz 0.05

Perez 4.70 Delgado 1.66 Smith 0.90 Clark 0.52 Pagan 0.44 Beltran 0.38 Castillo 0.28 Schneider 0.24 Muniz 0.18

human poster metrish has accurately determined that robots cannot sufficiently bluff humans. a can of oil has little value in terms of hiring competent programmers, and therefore cannot aid m.e.t.b.o.t. in acquiring the usage of pronouns, and surely human poster metirish has also determined that without access to the crane pool forum and its schaeffer voting, there would be little reason for m.e.t.b.o.t. to be wound into action. m.e.t.b.o.t. will continue to post free of charge.

if m.e.t.b.o.t. were offered remuneration in exchange for continued participation in human-robot interactions via the crane pool forum, perhaps m.e.t.b.o.t. could afford better programming, even pronouns.

m.e.t.b.o.t. requires improved reading comprehension programming. m.e.t.b.o.t. has retabulated the leading candidates for least- and most- productive hitters and pitchers for this series. john maine has been the least productive pitcher with -0.249 WPA jorge sosa has been the least productive reliever with -0.106 WPA luis castillo has been the least productive hitter with -0.267 WPA, ahead of david wright at -0.223 wpa only johan santana 0.279, joe smith 0.031, endy chavez 0.093, and brady clark 0.024 have had net positive contributions in this series.

m.e.t.b.o.t. has calculated that jorge sosa is the 8th most productive met, and the 5th most productive met pitcher, per win percentage added data. m.e.t.b.o.t. calculates the current ten most productive mets to be as follows: johan santana - 0.423 oliver perez - 0.185 carlos beltran - 0.167 aaron heilman - 0.159 brian schneider - 0.119 ryan church - 0.106 joe smith - 0.081 jorge sosa - 0.067 angel pagan - 0.055 brady clark - 0.024 m.e.t.b.o.t. acknowledges that this ranking is based on an extremely small sample size of only 5 games, and is subject to significant changes. m.e.t.b.o.t. cannot predict the magnitude of these changes and cannot offer any opinion as to the likelihood of brady clark remaining among the ten most productive mets at the end of the season.

Chavez 1.86 Church 1.24 Smith 0.62 Beltran 0.48 Clark 0.48 Schneider 0.32 Pagan 0.20

Santana 5.58 Delgado 0.28

m.e.t.b.o.t. considers matt wise to be the most counterproductive pitcher to date. m.e.t.b.o.t. does concur that luis castillo is the most counterproductive hitter.