Mike Pelfrey had another poor outing, but the offense spearheaded by Lucas Duda’s second home run in two days rallied to snatch a win from the Nationals, 6-3. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey took the mound, and as has been a recent theme has not had his best stuff, and when he runs into that one bad inning, it doesn’t end. Pelfrey threw 106 pitches over 4 and two-third innings, giving up three runs on five hits, [...]

All the Sand Gnats had to do to get to the playoffs this year, was win either the first-half, or second-half championship, in the Southern Division of the South Atlantic League. Well guess what? They won both the first and second half titles! And currently they have the second-best overall W-L record in the whole league, at 79-58. Only the Northern Division champs, Hickory, has a better record at 79-57. Congratulations to the Savannah Sand [...]

Last night against the Nationals, Bobby Parnell was called upon to close out (what seemed to be) another Mets win. With the Mets leading 7-6, Jesus Flores sent a leadoff single into left field for his third hit of the game. Brian Bixler then came in to run, and Bobby Parnell (3-5) walked Jonny Gomes to put runners on first and second. Bixler and Gomes advanced on Ian Desmond’s sacrifice before Bernadina was walked intentionally. [...]

Game Summary Dillon Gee got rocked with homeruns as he let up three in his five innings of work. The bullpen is good except for Parnell. Mets bats did all they could do. Mets lose in walk-off fashion, 8-7. Game Notes The rookie, Dillon Gee, had quite the set back today. After such a decent rookie season, he really got rocked by the Nationals offense, and especially the long ball. Only five innings under his [...]

Congratulations St. Lucie Mets! As the first-half, Southern Division winner of the Florida State League in 2011, the St. Lucie Mets are in the playoffs, and will be trying for their first league championship since 2006, and the 6th title in their 24 year history as a franchise. The Mets close out their regular season Sunday, with an early day game against Palm Beach. St. Lucie and Bradenton have already clinched a playoff appearance against [...]

This is from Mike Puma in the NY Post who asked Nationals manager Davey Johnson about the fallout effect of the Mets dropping payroll to $100 million, as Fred Wilpon earlier this year, and Sandy Alderson said during a visit to the Buffalo Bisons on Thursday: The former Mets manager danced around that question last night, but sounded skeptical about the Mets’ chances of competing in the NL East next season if the payroll is slashed to $100 million — a possibility, [...]

The Mets will make an offer for Jose Reyes this winter. Bet on it. He’s a core member of this team, which often wins when he’s on his game. However, making an offer and staying aren’t necessarily linked. And, the Einhorn deal falling through will have little bearing on the outcome. How badly the Mets want to retain Reyes will be reflected in the dollar offer, which this spring was referred to as “Crawford money,” [...]

With September here, and the 2011 baseball season slipping from their grasp, the Mets find themselves on the outside looking in at the play-off picture, for the fifth season in a row. Despite the Amazin’s winning 7 of their last 8 games, they are completely out of contention, and will likely be playing out the string, without making much of a whimper. It’s another depressing season for Mets fans, and will more than likely be [...]

With the minority stake of the team to David Einhorn deal now dead in the water, the much-needed influx of cash that the Mets needed is dead with it. So what exactly does that mean for the team this winter and beyond? Well it has been said that the Mets will continue to look for minority investors through this year and into the near future. However the idea of one coming relatively soon is about [...]

CYCLONES BEAT YANKEES AND CLINCH WILD CARD! I just wanted to update Pete’s post with the good news from Brooklyn… Congratulations to the Cyclones! Original Post: 9/2 2:30 PM With three games left against the Staten Island Yankees this weekend, the Brooklyn Cyclones are sitting in first place for the Wild Card entry of the New York Penn League 2011 play-offs, with a record of 42-29. Their arch nemesis the Williamsport Crosscutters (Phillies), are hanging [...]

The offense, spearheaded by a David Wright three run shot in the first never let up, and R.A. Dickey pitched a quality six innings in the Mets 7-3 win against the Nationals. Game Notes R.A. Dickey had a good outing and the definition of a quality start, going six innings allowing three runs on nine hits, striking out one. Dickey may have not had his strikeout stuff today, but allowing three runs is nothing to [...]