Just before the start of the bottom of the 11th, SNY played a video of the 1969 Mets singing "You Gotta Have Heart". Tonight, the Mets showed that they had plenty of heart as they come from behind twice to beat the Marlins 7-6 in an extra-innings thriller!  The night started out very promising for Oliver Perez who cruised through the first couple of innings, but as usually is the case with the bewildering lefty, Perez [...]

Please be advised that this blog was compiled yesterday, before the Mets beat the Marlins 5-3 at Shea.  If in fact this team is beginning to turn it around, this will all seem a little less meaningful.  They say, “No news is good news.”  In the Mets case, no news is, well, no news.  Same old story, day after day, week after week, and even month after month.  Stretching back to June 1st of last [...]

On Monday, Mets Merized Online was able to sneak into the Wilpon’s conference room at Shea Stadium and plant a hidden microphone under the Mr. Met lamp in the corner, next to the signed photo from Sandy Koufax.  We transcribed what we heard for you during the now famous Willie meeting. The cast of characters includes CEO Fred Wilpon and his son COO Jeff Wilpon, general manager Omar Minaya, manager Willie Randolph, and Anita the hot [...]

If Willie thought he was being unfairly bashed by the media last week, wait until he reads what the local papers have in store for him this morning. Bob Klapisch of the Record thinks the Wilpons should bite the bullet on the remaining $4 million dollars of Randolph’s contract. He says… Ever since then, Randolph has been losing touch with his players, many of whom have become indifferent to his scowling nature. Jose Reyes keeps [...]

The New York Post reports that the New York Mets will allow Willie Randolph to keep managing the team for now. The news comes after a marathon meeting today at Shea Stadium between Randolph, GM Omar Minaya, principal owner Fred Wilpon and his son COO Jeff Wilpon. The decision was made despite a tumultuous week for Randolph that started with negative comments made in the Bergen Record about SNY, the Mets’ television network, and ended [...]

I am truly at a loss for words today concerning the Mets. Normally on Mondays I give out the “Monday Morning Metsy” Award to the Mets player who has exemplified great play for the past week. For this Monday, I can find none who deserve ANY accolades save Nick Evans, and he hasn’t even been around for a week yet.   What can be said about this team that hasn’t been said already? Everywhere you [...]

Welcome, Mets fans, to another edition of Hot or Not! Usually, this list is put into three categories: the players who are doing so amazingly well, the players who I feel are doing better than they were the week before, and the players who are slumping and could do a lot better (or the players who blow games in the bottom of the 13th). This week, I feel this list only needs two categories: the [...]

"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed." Casey Stenegel said this more than 40 years ago, and it rings so true today. This season, we’ve probably seen the Mets lose in every possible way, plus a few additions. The Mets are currently going through a rough patch. In April, we weren’t really worried and we said to ourselves, "It’s only April. They’ll come around." As we approach Memorial Day weekend, the Mets currently [...]

They say that there is no better way to pick up your offense then playing a series in the fresh thin air of Colorado. Although Coors Field is not the same prolific homerun launching pad it once was, it still ranks right up there with some of the hitters parks like Citizens Bank Park, a haven that has transformed Jayson Werth and Chase Utley into this year’s version of the Bash Brothers. How this series shapes up [...]

M is for the many games you’ve lost this year – Twenty three to be exact. It’s not even June yet. E is for every time you let us down. Every pop up with the bases loaded. Every runner stranded in scoring position. Every swing and a miss for strike three to end an inning. Every botched throw. Every missed play. Every homerun given up to the opposition. Every racy comment. Every dodged interview. Every [...]

Stopper my ass… Johan Santana provided no relief for a Mets team that continues to reel in what looks to be another disappointing season at best. The Mets have already been declared dead by Braves beat writers, and Mets beat writers might not be ready to print it, but they are certainly whispering it among themselves. The Mets lost to the Braves 4-2 and in doing so, got swept in a four game series for [...]