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This is not good.

David Wright has a stress fracture in his lower back, GM Sandy Alderson said.

via Mets Blog – ESPN New York.

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So I was talking to a friend who hadn’t heard the news and he asked long Wright would be out. I said I don’t know and I’m worried “because the Mets are always so good at diagnosing injuries.”

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Ha did you guys see the typo? I originally wrote “black” instead of back. I need therapy.

As promised, here is an explainer for those of you who aren’t up to speed on Advanced Unistats. Unimetrics looks beyond the simple win-loss record, but looks at happened I the past so as to predict the future.

Unimetrics also explains Uni-behavior that might otherwise seem insane to a fat guy in the uppers or his basement (I own my own basement, thank you).

The just ended road trip leads us to believe advanced uniform statistics are being used In Queens. There is no other explanation for the Mets wearing black every day until the final game…unless they were applying WABU

WABU or Winning % After Black Uniforms: the win-loss percentage of the team the day after wearing black. Yesterday the Mets applied WABU and got a win.

InWABU or Inclusive WABU includes wearing black the day after wearing black, as was the case for much of the road trip.

HATE (Hybrids As opposed to Tradition Everyday) focuses on the cap. The Mets tend to apply HATE on the road.

The @formerdirtdart statistics service tracks this data for civilians.

As you will see, it is statistically prudent to wear the hybrids at home tonight.

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UPDATED 6:30 PM 15 May 2011

Uni-METS-rics

HATE: .500 w-pct (5-5) {Hm: 1.000 (1-0); Rd: .444 w-pct (4-5)};

WABU .500 w-pct (3-3) -1 DIFF;

inWABU .714 w-pct (10-4) +17 DIFF

Obviously, the Mets generally win he day after they wear black, if they keep wearing it especially.

Yes, the Sunday win in hybrids/grey counts in all three METS-rics

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Don’t forget, you too can slice and dice numbers any way you wish. Just be sure to make a clever acronym and call it “advanced.”

I’ll be over here looking at Wins, Average and RBI if you need me.

(oh and fellas…this is all just fun. It’s a baseball team.)

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Update:  I don’t want to clown around too much given the Wright news, but Terry was wearing a hybrid cap in the press conference.

If you’re out at Citi Field this week, be sure to pick up the new issue of Mets Magazine (or “the Scorecard” or “program”  as vendors and us old guys call it.)

Why?

Well, the Mets are continuing their series where they focus on some of the blogs and I am truly thrilled to be part of it.

Much thanks to the Mets organization for including me, and I’m glad we’ve gotten to know each other a bit.