According to Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post, a member of the SNY production team traveling with the New York Mets has been admitted to a Pittsburgh hospital with a possible case of H1N1 Influenza, or popularly called, “Swine Flu.” This unnamed employee is in isolation, and reportedly had contact with players as part of his SNY duties. Carlos Beltran and John Maine have both been ill with apparent stomach viruses, though niether has shown [...]

Buffalo 4, Norfolk 2 cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, .259 lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, run, .297 3b Javier Valentin 1 for 3, run, .292 1b Michel Abreu 0 for 1, .226 dh Willy Pena 1 for 4, .248 rf Emil Brown 2 for 4, run, .313 2b Mike Lamb 1 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, K, .195 c Robinson Cancel 0 for 4, RBI, K, .210 1b, 3b Jason Cooper 0 for [...]

I just read a quote from Gary Sheffield on Newsday.com. According to Sheff “it takes more than 25 guys to win a world championship”, he should know, he’s been there. I pretty much agree with Sheffield’s statement. Watching last night’s game, you could tell Sheff was hurting, but he put himself out there, and played his best. I wish we could say the same about this Met team. No excuses here. In Omar Minaya’s opinion, everyone [...]

This is not a knee jerk reaction after last night’s horrible defeat.  Last season after Willie Randolph was fired and Jerry Manuel took over I thought it was the right decision.  As the Mets tried to make the playoffs last season I was really impressed with Jerry Manuel.  When the Mets lost on the last day of the season I was hoping that Jerry would have been given a new contract for this season and [...]

The Morning Grind is the place for Mets fans to sound off on anything and everything! An open thread for ranting and raving about the Mets, completely raw and uncensored! That eighth inning was hard to watch last night. I think we have our new Heilman… or Mota… or you get the idea… After a bad outing on Sunday, J.J. Putz is trotted back out there on Monday and really outdoes himself with one of the most [...]

We have a special treat for you this morning. Our friends over at Bugs and Cranks, had an opportunity to interview former Mets reliever and one of the heroes of the 1969 Mets, Ron Taylor. Taylor recorded nine wins and set a then-team record 13 saves for the ‘69 Metropolitans, the first of three consecutive seasons Taylor accomplished the feat. And despite solid regular season numbers, Taylor was at his best on the biggest stage – [...]

Game Summary “Worst loss of the season” Keith Hernandez says it all. Mets gave up a 5-0 lead to the Bucs after the bullpen failed to hold on. Late runs were absent as well as all the Mets runs came in the first 3 innings. Mets lost game one to the Pirates 8-5. Pitching Livan Hernandez started the game off well, not allowing a run till the 4th inning, despite allowing the lead off hitters to [...]

I’m trying to figure out who or what sucks the most tonight in the wake of a disgusting 8-5 loss to the miserable Bucs. Let’s see there’s blowing a five-run lead, not getting more than a hit after the third, and J.J. Putz. I think I’ll go with Putz as sucking the most out there tonight, but I am heartened that he’s working on his delivery. Working out nicely for him. As dead as the [...]

The Mets open up a four game series tonight with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. As a fan I really like the look PNC Park has, I just wish there were more fans in th seats. This is by no means a knock on Pirates fans. Its been 16 years since the Bucks have had a winning season. That is a season where they finished over.500. If you’re a Pirate fan, you are either [...]

Buffalo 4, Durham 6 Jon Niese’s final line doesn’t indicate it, but he had a solid effort today, allowing just 3 runs on 5 hits in 6 innings before coming out for the 7th and getting demolished. Niese’s line thru 6 was: 6 ip, 5 h, 3 er, 6 ks, hr, 76:52:24, 8:4:6, so sending him out for the 7th wasn’t up for much debate (I advocated for it), but in hindsight it was a [...]

Right now the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 is going on and it was announced that there will be a new Rock Band out this year which will focus on the Beatles. If you are unfamiliar with the series, Rock Band is very similar to Guitar Hero where the game plays a song and the players have to match up generally the rhythms with guitar, drums and microphone controllers. This game features the Beatles so [...]