Buffalo – Syracuse (Postponed Rain) By Pete Shapiro The Bisons game against the Syracuse Chiefs on Saturday afternoon was postponed due to rain. The teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. The first of two, seven-inning games will begin at 12:00 p.m. Right-handers Jeurys Familia and Chris Schwinden will toe the rubber for the Herd today. Herd Rumblings: After today’s double-header the Bisons will head to Lehigh Valley for a three-game set against the second-place Iron [...]

On this day in Mets history, Hall of Famer Tom Seaver tossed his 19-strikeout gem against the San Diego Padres and set the major league record with 10 straight strikeouts to end the game. It happened on April 22, 1970 and our own Stephen Hanks was there. Here is an article he wrote two years ago for MMO to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of one of the greatest moments in Mets history. Please enjoy… Original Post 4/22/2010 [...]

The Mets beat the Giants 5-4 this afternoon in what could only be described as a comedy of errors and I hereby do dub Terry Collins the Clown Prince. Mike Pelfrey was awesome and was still dealing after eight innings, but with the Mets up 4-1 Collins made the foolish decision to pull the right-hander in favor of the Mets new quasi-closer Frank Francisco. Big mistake! Francisco struggled yet again and allowed the tying runs to [...]

The always witty and original Ed Leyro, penned this fantastic piece on the Mets futility in tossing a no-hitter only three days ago. But in light of the exploits of one Philip Humber, I felt this was definitely worth a second read. Enjoy…  JD  When R.A. Dickey gave up a second-inning double to the Braves’ Freddie Freeman during Wednesday’s rubber match with Atlanta, it marked the 7,980th consecutive game that a Mets pitcher has failed [...]

Wouldn’t you know it? RHP Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox has thrown the 21st perfect game in major league history, retiring all 27 Seattle Mariners he faced in a 4-0 Chicago victory. The 29-year-old right-hander needed just 80 pitches to get through eight innings, throwing 57 strikes as he sat down the first 24 batters to step in against him. Humber opened up the bottom of the ninth by falling behind Michael Saunders, 3-0, but [...]

I was certain heading into last night’s contest that first baseman Ike Davis had bid farewell to his week and a half long slump to start the season. His 5-18 spurt with three homers and six rib-eye steaks gave me hope that the worst was behind him and that it would be smooth sailing from here on in. Then he goes 0-for-5 last night against the Giants and picks up two more strikeouts to add to the [...]

Thoughts from Joe D. – I wanted to revisit this post Pete wrote a week ago because I believe the conversation has gained some relevancy now. Since the day Pete made the comparison to Jim Edmonds, I’m seeing that defensive comparison popping up in many circles in the last 48 hours. What Pete said about not needing to have speed as a primary attribute to play a great center field, has been on full display in [...]

BUFFALO 6 – SYRACUSE 4  By Pete Shapiro The Bisons stampeded into Syracuse on Friday for a 3-game set with the Chiefs, and by the time the dust had settled the Herd had stuck Syracuse with a 6-4 loss, their 5th straight and 9th in their last ten games. In doing so the Herd reached .500 with a 8-8 record and pulled into a tie for third place in the International League North, 3.0 games [...]

Here is this afternoon’s starting lineup: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF Daniel Murphy, 2B David Wright, 3B Ike Davis, 1B Jason Bay, LF Lucas Duda, RF Josh Thole, C Ruben Tejada, SS Mike Pelfrey, RHP The Mets and Giants play game two of their four game set this afternoon as Mike Pelfrey takes on Vogelsong. In the first game, the Mets were able to rally in the ninth inning to bring the game to extras, but then [...]

You can always count on a Morning Grind from me after a loss like last night. I embrace my Met fandom and take great pride in the moaning and groaning I do after a loss. It was something I picked up in the mid seventies and I never could quite kick the habit. It looks like Terry Collins is cracking and beginning to see the light on Kirk Nieuwenhuis. After a week of adamantly stating [...]

Recap Jon Niese has himself another good start. He only went six innings and allowed seven hits, but kept the Giants to only three runs. He walks two and strikes out five. Niese continues to prove himself to his contract with another start that was not helped by much hitting.He walks away with a no decision. His inability to go deep into games is still discerning, however. Ramirez and Rauch combine for two innings with [...]