Post Game Awards

After each Mets game, a player will be picked as the most valuable or least valuable player. The award will show up on the top right side of the blog. No prize will be presented to the recipient. I've name the awards as follows:

The Tug McGraw Award (pitcher of the game)
Tug was a great relief pitcher and fan favorite for the Mets in the late 60's and early 70's. The winner need not be a relief pitcher though.

The Anthony Young Award (worst pitcher of the game)
Anthony was a not-so-great pitcher for the Mets in the early 90's, infamous for losing 27 consecutive decisions. I was at the game he vultured to finally break his losing streak.

The John Olerud Award (position player of the game)
Johnny O. is one of my favorite Mets of all time, even though he was only around for 3 seasons. John was a tough out, posting OBP's of .400, .447. and .427 during his tenure in Flushing. He was also saved countless errors at first base as part of "The Best Infield Ever." Additionally, he was a quiet, mild mannered guy who rode the 7 train to "work". His legacy to the casual baseball fan will be as "that guy who wore a helmet in the field", but Mets fans of the Bobby V. era know better.

The Rey Ordonez Award (worst position player of the game)
I don't dislike Rey Ordonez. He was a great fielder. However, the fact that the Mets sent him up to the plate 500+ times a season for about 5 full seasons is a joke. His career OPS was .599. His "career year" was probably 1999, when he slammed 1 home run, 60 RBI, and went .258/.319/.317.

There you have it. I'll pick one of these awards for each game to go along with game thoughts. Also, I may rotate the names of the awards, but it should be easy to tell which award is being handed out based on the player associated with it.