Go Figure

34--35
The Mets' record on June 17, when manager Willie Randolph was fired with the team 6 1/2 games out of first place in the NL East.

19--11
The Mets' record since June 17 under new manager Jerry Manuel; the team was tied for first place in the NL East on Sunday.

9.8
Tony Clark's career at bats per home run ratio at Arizona's Chase Field; the 36-year-old first baseman, who has 38 homers in 371 at bats there, was traded from the Padres to the Diamondbacks last week.

19.48
Clark's career at bats per home run ratio everywhere else; Clark, who played for Arizona from 2005 through '07, has 207 homers in 4,033 at bats away from Chase.

9.3
Nielsen rating for Fox's broadcast of baseball's All-Star Game, the highest since 2002.

6.4
Nielsen rating for ESPN's broadcast of the Home Run Derby, the highest for any cable show this year.

15
Consecutive losses by the Orioles on Sundays, the longest losing streak on a given day since the Diamondbacks lost on 15 straight Saturdays in 2004.