A true Mets fan is also a baseball fan. I grew up in New York, but went to College in the New England area, and I now reside in Connecticut. Where, I had to change cable providers 3 times before I could get SNY. That’s for another time though. My biggest pet peeve is when people say they are done caring about the sport for the year because their team is out of it. To [...]

The Mets have had such a bad year with injuries, poor management, players making mental mistakes, and not making CitiField “home.” So are the Mets ready for September baseball? Are the prospects ready to come up during the 40-man roster expansion? Well let me put this myth out of some people’s head. These prospects are not the Mets saviors. We have already seen the Mets do poorly on bringing up rookies, and we’ve seen the [...]

So, like a lot of you, I was excited for August to come. The Mets have been plagued with injuries all season and August was the month the Mets were supposed to get all of their players back. August was the Mets’ month. They were supposed to become stronger and get back into the wild card chase. But that didn’t happen. The Mets have only confirmed that Johan Santana, Alex Cora, and JJ Putz are [...]

INT AAA: Buffalo 2/7/1, Pawtucker 3/7/0 ss Argenis Reyes 2 for 5, 2b, .284 rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 3, BB, .306 cf Chip Ambres 0 for 2, 2 BBs, .252 1b Mike Lamb 0 for 4, .251 c Robinson Cancel 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, 3b, .246 lf Jason Dubois 0 for 3, BB, .148 3b Andy Green 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .262 dh Josh Petersen 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, .269 [...]

The Mets have pretty much raised the white flag on the 2009 season, and if they haven’t, I’d be happy to do it for them.  They now have enough players on the DL to field a whole team, but as we are reduced to watching AAA and AA players wear the Blue and Orange, I’m embracing this time.  I’m embracing it because now I can do things in August and September without being emotionally attached [...]

As most of you know by now, the Mets (thanks to a last ditch effort) convinced Billy Wagner to accept the trade to the Boston Red Sox. But after reading some feedback on Red Sox blogs, I’m getting a strange feeling that we got duped. Holy crap, we just got a first round pick and a supplemental pick for a couple of scrubs, and in the process we get to use Billy Wagner to help us [...]

The Mets got a double dose of bad news on the pitching front when setup man J.J. Putz was shutdown for the season after suffering a setback while rehabbing in Florida. Yesterday, Omar Minaya said that Putz’ scheduled rehab appearance had been canceled to give him an extra day of rest, but a few hours later Jerry Manuel announced that Putz was being shut down for the season because of new fraying and a slight tear [...]

On a night when Johan Santana was supposed to take the mound, Nelson Figueroa stepped into his shoes.  The rest of the team paid tribute to Johan by doing what they do best in his starts; not scoring.  They played a close game, but ultimately fell a run short, dropping the opener of the nine-game road trip by the final score of 2-1. The game was scoreless until the Mets came to bat in the [...]

Earlier today, Joe D posted a blog on the 1969 tribute at Citi Field.  In it, he included a “where are they now” segment to catch readers up on what their heroes from 40 years ago are doing.  Perhaps I should do the same with the 2009 Mets.  After all, some of this year’s players have been gone for so long, we may not recognize them when they come back. Below you will find the [...]

Omar Minaya earlier today had a telephone conference with reporters that was broadcast on SNY.  As usual when Omar has a press conference he continues to make the Mets look silly.  Omar said that he could not recall that Johan Santana had an elbow injury during Spring Training.  What planet is Omar living on?  Here is a link from MLB.com Johan’s exam canceled after session.  In the piece dated March 1, 2009 Omar Minaya says [...]

The Boston Herald is reporting that the Mets will receive 1B/OF Chris Carter in the deal that sent Billy Wagner to Boston. Carter, 26, is a career minor leaguer who has had quite a bit of success at the Class AAA level. In every season prior to this year Carter has hit well over .300 at the Class AAA level. So far this year, Carter has compiled a .279 average with 14 home runs and [...]