As Mark Simon of ESPN pointed out in this post the other day, Ruben Tejada made 24 plays on balls outside of the shortstop’s fielding zone last season. Tejada’s rate of 14.7 innings per “out of zone play” was the best mark in the majors last season for a shortstop with at least 350 innings in the field.

Should we make a Ruben Tejada appreciation post a weekly feature until spring training starts? A daily feature? An hourly feature, even? I was at this game, so I didn’t hear the call until just now — I like how Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez barely stop to acknowledge the play. That kind of season, I guess.

Here’s what you missed. I never realized the problem was bees. Via Talking Chop.

Maybe it’s just because I’m immature, but I’ve generally enjoyed weekend update as of late. Reyes joke at 0:45 mark. Didn’t catch this live, so it comes via MetsPolice.

Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Furcal and all the St. Louis Cardinals; Mr. Fister, Mr. Scherzer, Mr. Valverde, Mr. Young, Mr. Kelly and all the Tigers. We thank you kindly.

There needs to be a shorter way to say “batting average on balls in play.”

This is Sandy Alderson speaking about Ike Davis . . . I think. I don’t know. I think I saw it on the pre-game yesterday. I’m really only posting it because of the screen shot before you press play.

Jacob Resnick, who won SNY’s kidcaster contest — I assume he did so by being the best at saying “kidcaster contest” ten times fast — called Jose Reyes’ home run from the booth in the first inning of last night’s game. Quite emphatically, I might add. I love that near the end, he’s basically copying Gary Cohen’s cadence on home run calls, which is exactly what I’d do calling a home run too. So you know he’s a good Mets fan. Tough game last night, but just try not to smile watching this.

Live from the basement!

Paul DePodesta, I totally get why you didn’t want your name in this. Also, I’m totally psyched for this movie now.