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Edgy DC Mar 13 2010 07:46 PM

The Mets are sitting on 20 homers in 12 spring training games. Yeah, it's only spring, and who knows who among some of these Gulf Coast Gargantuans will be actual gargantuans, but for comparison, with the 2009 Mets, you have go back August 27 --- or 35 games, to garner as many. And maybe if we're in a mood to not credit the batter so much as discredit the crappy spring pitchers, well, some small amount of heart might be taken in that a great deal of those pitchers were wearing the uniforms of division rivals. HYEH! Anyhow, only two other league rivals are floating in the same stratosphere, and nobody's touching our power numbers, and the Cubs only lead the OPS column by a rounding issue. And before you get all Negative Nancy by asking how many more games did the Mets get a DH in than other teams, take some time to dig on these Collosi of Clout, walking among puny mortals. Rank Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 1 Chicago Cubs 11 377 70 123 29 4 9 65 187 43 73 4 4 .326 .396 .496 .893 2 New York Mets 12 419 88 129 19 4 20 83 216 46 68 9 3 .308 .376 .516 .892 3 Houston Astros 9 335 55 106 36 3 10 51 178 19 52 4 1 .316 .355 .531 .886 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 11 364 61 104 24 4 14 59 178 40 62 7 4 .286 .365 .489 .854 5 Florida Marlins 10 367 64 108 21 6 11 60 174 38 79 8 1 .294 .362 .474 .836 6 Milwaukee Brewers 12 409 73 116 26 5 13 64 191 43 73 16 4 .284 .361 .467 .828 7 Colorado Rockies 12 402 67 121 34 7 5 63 184 34 67 7 2 .301 .361 .458 .819 8 St. Louis Cardinals 9 316 57 89 27 3 6 52 140 40 59 4 3 .282 .371 .443 .814 9 Atlanta Braves 10 332 58 93 25 0 4 56 130 63 50 6 2 .280 .402 .392 .794 10 Philadelphia Phillies 9 323 43 94 19 2 9 41 144 29 50 4 0 .291 .346 .446 .792 11 San Francisco Giants 12 421 73 121 30 5 9 70 188 33 74 6 5 .287 .346 .447 .793 12 Cincinnati Reds 8 261 38 60 15 2 12 35 115 30 53 5 2 .230 .313 .441 .754 13 Washington Nationals 9 314 45 78 18 2 9 42 127 32 68 14 1 .248 .323 .404 .727 14 San Diego Padres 10 349 53 89 26 3 4 48 133 31 46 14 5 .255 .325 .381 .706 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 379 62 89 15 6 11 61 149 40 80 9 3 .235 .311 .393 .704 16 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 267 29 63 6 2 5 27 88 41 47 4 4 .236 .342 .330 .672 You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.

Fman99 Mar 13 2010 08:03 PM Re: Ka-POW!

How many of these taters were clubbed by guys who might deserve a spot on a MLB roster but instead will be displaced by such dead wood as Alex Cora and Fernando Tatis?

Edgy DC Mar 13 2010 08:07 PM Re: Ka-POW!

Don't be a Yankee fan. Backup infielders are a fact of life. Of LIFE.

Valadius Mar 13 2010 09:26 PM Re: Ka-POW!

And here I was thinking this thread was announcing the return of Zvon.

Ashie62 Mar 14 2010 09:32 AM Re: Ka-POW!

Nice to see David Wright get a knock..a thing of beauty

MFS62 Mar 14 2010 09:34 AM Re: Ka-POW!

In the games I've heard/seen, the announcers have commented that the wind was blowing out. But yesterday, Matthews' shot was to dead center (the wind was blowing out to right) and Bay's homer landed about 75 feet beyond the fence. Wind my ass. I prefer to think the Mets have power. And I'm lovin' every minute of it. Thanks for the chart. LAter

Ashie62 Mar 14 2010 09:52 AM Re: Ka-POW!

Jason Bay goes yard [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGD27WgtKhI

Edgy DC Mar 14 2010 01:54 PM Re: Ka-POW!

[quote="Edgy DC":nylt4b8j]You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.[/quote:nylt4b8j] That same Pittsburgh team, by the way, is now beating the piss out of the Yankees.

MFS62 Mar 14 2010 02:54 PM Re: Ka-POW!

[quote="Edgy DC":x8zprb0c][quote="Edgy DC":x8zprb0c]You know, I'm rooting as much as any rival fan for this being the year Pittsburgh arises from thier slumber, but my word, do they have their work cut out for them.[/quote:x8zprb0c] That same Pittsburgh team, by the way, is now beating the piss out of the Yankees.[/quote:x8zprb0c] Couldn't happen to a nicer team. Beat 'em Bucs. * Later * = their slogan in the 60's.

Ashie62 Mar 14 2010 03:50 PM Re: Ka-POW!

The era of Forbes Field, Phillies at Briggs and my favorite... Mets at Crosley with the uphill rightfield which seemed more natural than the putting green in CF at Houston..

Fman99 Mar 14 2010 08:37 PM Re: Ka-POW!

I've been meaning for several years to make it to Pittsburgh for a Mets/Pirates tilt... that new park looks beautiful on TV, and it's not all that much further of a drive than Flushing is from my house. I'm discouraged by Mets' annual steaming coil of badness that they deposit on the field in that city though. Man.

themetfairy Mar 14 2010 08:44 PM Re: Ka-POW!

PNC is my favorite park - you really should make the trip Fman!