New York Mets

By kranepool Sorry for no posting yesterday but I am preparing for my annual Boy Scout camping trip to Ten-Mile River  and my son decided it would be nice to get new sleeping bags and a frame backpack since he is taking  hiking and wilderness survival  merit badge classes this trip, so it was off to Campmo...

By By DAVID WALDSTEIN Livan Hernandez was chased in the fourth inning and took his third straight loss as the Phillies moved two games ahead of the Mets in the National League East.

At .500 through 78 games, the Mets, winners of two straight, find themselves behind the NL-East leading Phillies by just two games in the loss column. The Phillies (39-39), unable to take advantage of the Mets' recent five-game swoon, are coming off a three-game sweep in Atlanta.

By mark With this latest bummer, the Phillies find themselves reduced to a virtual tie with the Florida Marlins, who had Thursday off and have 2 more wins but 2 more losses as well, for 1st place in the NL East division.   The Mets, who slipped past the Pittsburgh Pirates in ten innings are only a game...

The Mets are coming off a victory (a rare thing to say these days) as yesterday Mike Pelfrey got the best of the Brewers' Yovani Gallardo in a duel that saw the Mets come out on top 1-0. The one run came from an RBI single by Ryan Church in the sixth inning.

Mike Pelfrey bailed the New York Mets out of a season-worst losing streak, overcoming a career-high 12 strikeouts by young Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo in a 1-0 victory Wednesday.

By metswalkoffs(noreply@blogger.com) New York Times writer Joe Sexton called it a "grand scram." With the Mets trailing, 4-3 in the 7th inning, Johnson lined a bases-loaded double into the left field corner. Expos left fielder Ivan Calderon could not field the ball cleanly and Johnson was able to circle the bases completely.

By By BEN SHPIGEL Center fielder Carlos Beltran will not need surgery on his injured right knee and could be ready when the Mets open the second half July 16.

Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the punchless Mets 4-2 on Sunday night for a Subway Series sweep.

By By CHRIS HINE Fernando Martinez has been one of the Mets’ best prospects since he signed with the club in 2005, but Jerry Manuel needs to be mindful of the pressures on the young player.

By kranepool Pitching a one hitter against the Mets right now is like going bass fishing and catching a minnow. Sure you caught a fish but how much skill did it take to reel in that little fellow? Same with pitching to the Mets just don’t pitch to David Wright and throw fastballs down the middle to [...]

A.J. Burnett combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada made Citi Field seem small with opposite-field homers, and the Yankees rolled past the Mets again, 5-0 Saturday night.

 CO First, New York Mets third baseman David Wright has been a model of consistency, maintaining the highest batting average in the National League for most the year. Right now, he is hitting .364 with a .459 on-base percentage to go along with four home ...

 IL Meanwhile, it's been a nice two-year run for Warren baseball program. Last year, ex-Blue Devil Scott Shaw was drafted in the 13th round by the New York Mets. He's currently a starter in Class A for the St. Lucie Mets.

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) Wow, what a month it has been in the world of the New York Mets. We’ve had injuries. We’ve had drama. And we had a crushing loss the other night against our cross town rivals the Yankees. In this episode I break down the reaction to Luis Castillo’s dropped pop-up. And I talk about the wave of injuries...

Mets at Yankees this weekend, and Yankees at Mets on the final weekend. Mainly because you have two World Series contenders and shades of 2000 -- but even bigger this year because it's new Yankee Stadium vs. Citi Field. This is a baseball first. ...  - MLB.com

By Aaron Schuldiner(noreply@blogger.com) There are reports that ex-closer and fellow lefty Billy Wagner might recover from Tommy John surgery in time to contribute down the stretch. Maybe the Mets expect Feliciano to hold the fort until Wagner rejoins the team, at which time they can share the burden of retiring lefties late in ga...

By kranepool The Mets Police checked out the cuisine at Highlander Stadium and found it to be overpriced and bland just like its tenants. I’ll leave you with this from Henry Aaron on the release of Tom Glavine and the apology from John Schuerholz:

After lengthy reviews, all were ruled home runs, making the Mets grateful for instant replay. Keep up with the latest news on The Times's baseball blog. And yet, controversial homers, it seems, are the only ones the Mets are hitting these days. ... New York Mets - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

By kranepool I give J- Man credit for he has much more patience than I’d ever have with the way the front office keeps making him play short handed to the point that Livan Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey wore spikes last night in case either pitcher would be needed to pinch run or hit. How embarrassing would it ha...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) A jam packed podcast talking Mets. Very excited since the Mets are on a seven game win streak and officially are all alone in first place. Show Topics Breaking down the seven game win streak Reasons why the Mets started slow The struggles of Oliver Perez The masterful Johan Santana Discuss so...

By David Roth And, in a sense, Not-Shea is very much the stadium that everyone else is getting. Yes, there is some appropriating of local baseball history and architectural texture into the place — the ballyhooed rotunda (actually echo-y and municipal when I was there has videos of Jackie Robinson pla...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) We’re on the verge of a brand new season. Citi Field has been opened with two exhibition games against the Red Sox. Livan Hernandez will be the fifth starter to begin the season. And in a blockbuster last minute move that has caused quite a stir the Mets have picked up Gary Sheffield off of [...]

By Tino Evangelou It’s official. With the unsurprising designation of Freddy Garcia to minor league camp, Livan Hernandez will enter the 2009 season as the New York Mets’ fifth starter. Aided by the injury to Tim Redding and the decidedly underwhelming competition in camp, it had been apparent for a while t...

By Ed Ryan(noreply@blogger.com) Joe McDonald of NY Sports Day has a great article on some of the farmhands that stepped up last year to contribute. Toby Hyde of Mets Minor league blog has a break down of our top prospects. While Evan Drellich of Metsblog explains why Fernando Martinez is still our best. Ted Berg of SNY Flushing...

By Neil deMause New York Yankees COO Lonn Trost was on WFAN radio yesterday to discuss the growing uproar over fans being displaced from their accustomed seating sections in the team's new $1.3 billion ballpark. Trost's defense: They can't offer fans better seats because, well, they didn't build them. Th...

By Matthew Cerrone My email box is being flooded with questions about the new, nicely designed, Citi Field patch that on the Mets hat today and being sold on Mets.com. From what I can gather, this is the Citi Field Patch that will appear on team-issued items, such as hats, t-shirts, etc., at Citi Field, their webs...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) A heartfelt attempt to get back into the swing of things as we ease our way into spring training 2009. Here are some of the discussion points. Shea Stadium has gone the way of the dinosaur. Jerry Manuel considers moving Jose Reyes to 3rd in the batting order. Who will be the fifth starter for the Me...

By Mike Nichols Earlier this morning Mets SS Jose Reyes met the media as he arrived at Mets Camp in Port St. Lucie. Among the questions Reyes was asked about included a response to recent comments from Phillies LHP Cole Hamels, in which he called the Mets “choke artists.” Reyes, as quoted by reporters earlier...

By Eric Simon Johan Santana (4.8)Mike Pelfrey (3.0)Oliver Perez (1.3)John Maine (1.4)Tim Redding (1.1) Those last three are what should depress Mets fans about the re-signing of Oliver Perez to a three-year, $36 million pact. John Maine, who pitched sixty fewer innings than Perez in 2008, was neverthele...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) It’s been awhile but I’m glad to get back into the saddle. On this podcast I talk about: My reaction to the way the 2008 season endedThe whole Citi Field bailout controversyThe Mets picking up K-Rod and J.J. PutzThe Mets sending Aaron Heilman, Endy Chavez and Joe Smith on their wayThe possibil...

By john The next pitcher that I’d like to profile is Duaner Sanchez.  Sanchez was a key member of the Mets bullpen in 2006.  After missing all of 2007, Sanchez returned to the Mets and pitched with a lot of mixed results in 2008.  Sanchez finished 2008 with a 4.32 ERA, his highest mark during his four full...

INSIDE PITCH David Wright's primary residence now is in Manhattan. And the transplanted Virginian indicated he would cheerfully help recruit free agents to the Mets if asked, especially because he's in town. "I live here most of the offseason," Wright said before serving as host for a Nov....

Look, I'm a Mets fan because I was a Mets fan when I was a kid. I rooted for the Mets probably because my parents grew up in Brooklyn and Rockaway and therefore rooted for the Dodgers. I like to think I'm a Mets fan because they have better philosophy, but I know in my heart that it's really the color...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) Lots of spring training talk on this episode of the podcast. I incorrectly refer to this episode as #94 but it’s really #95. Really! Discussion points: Injuries to Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey Duaner Sanchez released The questionable fifth starter race between Redding, Garcia, Hernan...

By Howard Megdal The final spot in the bullpen could be a toss-up between Duaner Sanchez, Aaron Heilman and Bobby Parnell. Parnell could probably use a year of seasoning at AAA, but he’d be a fine final man in the bullpen. And should either Sanchez or Heilman return to form, the Mets could give Parnell additio...

NEW YORK — For 145 games, the New York Mets mean business. The first six or seven innings each night, no trouble at all. Finding a way to finish — that's the problem. After their second consecutive late-season collapse, the Mets began clearing out of Shea Stadium on Monday and looking ahead to a...

By Howard Megdal In the final weekend of the season, New York lost two of three games to the Florida Marlins. The starting pitching, a strength for much of the season, ranged from good to spectacular. Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez and most notably Johan Santana combined for 20 1/3 innings of 2.21 ERA pitching, de...

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) Amazin Moments #88 (MP3 File) A review of the factors behind the Mets recent ten game winning streak. Discussion about what lies ahead for the rest of July. Join our social network, I Heart Mets, where you can find the podcast, lots of Mets news, blogs and more. Amazin Moments #88 (MP3 File)

Add a Pick-Off update and plenty of laid-back baseball banter with new-addition co-host Andrew Kappes, and you’ve got yourself a damn good show. Enjoy and interact via e-mail at thepitch@mvn.com or via phone at 360-450-MVN3. Willie Randolph (IconSMI) “The Pitch” stayed up all night Mond...

At the start of the year, hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage felt pretty comfortable giving the Mets and Tigers passes to the postseason after their big off-season acquisitions. But while Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera went walk-off Thursday for a Tigers sweep, Mets closer Billy Wagner blew...

By Alex Nelson This could be a big draft for the Mets. The Mets’ farm system is pretty barren–even more so following the Johan Santana trade–and the Mets luckily have three picks in the first and supplemental rounds: number 18, number 22, and number 33 overall. The 18 and 33 come courtesy of the Braves, who w...

By Alex Nelson The Mets followed up their disappointing 14-12 April with an even more disappointing 13-15 performance in May, one that got so disheartening after a five-game losing streak, that Mets Geek closed up shop. Here’s the team-by-team breakdowns: Team W L RS RA Arizona 2 1 16 14 Atlanta 0 4 9 27 Ci...

The program adds in a review of its weekly “Pick-Off” game, a DVD giveaway and more news and notes from the past weekend in Major League Baseball. Carlos Delgado should be pissed. Carlos Delgado’s would-be home run in the Yankees-Mets weekend finale sparked an old favorite discussion on th...

The Pitch’s Brandon Rosage takes his case to Ducksnorts.com’s Geoff Young in the Padres edition of the program’s 30-team 2008 MLB Season Preview. Young answers questions about the attention GM Kevin Towers has paid to San Diego’s flat offensive production at Petco Park, after the team sc...

1978 - Hubie Brooks. Very solid selection with #3 choice in draft. Was close to major league ready when chosen. Had some pretty good years with the Mets before going to Montreal in the Gary Carter deal. Had a decent career. Kirk Gibson was taken 9 picks later, but hard to fault this selection.

By GC Past commemorative patches worn by the Mets include tributes to Shea Stadium’s 40th Anniversary (2004), the 40th Anniversary of the club’s inception (2002), the first Major League game to be played in Tokyo (2000), the 50th Anniversary ...

By Matthew Cerrone The Mets today unveiled the ‘commemorative logo’ celebrating the 45-season history of Shea Stadium. The Mets will wear this logo as a patch on the right sleeve of their uniforms during all 2008 home games. In the coming weeks, ...

New York Daily News The answer is simple: Alex Rodriguez to the Mets New York Daily News, NY - A-Rod would give the Mets a third baseman who can hit 50 home runs a year and actually throw the ball to first base. His presence would allow Carlos ...

By Eric Simon Still, the Mets picked a bad time to start slumping. With series against the Cardinals, Yankees and Phillies in the next two weeks, the Mets will need every advantage they can get to emerge from these nine games atop the NL East. What's up with the Mets? Eric tries to get to the bottom of it.