I hate tropical storms… Especially tropical storms with funny names that rhyme with banana… I”m sitting home, bored out of my mind… no baseball, no good movies on the tube, so I figure, let me read some other Mets blogs. And so I did. I came across the following excerpt in a post by Andrew Beaton at Hot Foot and it got me thinking. He wrote… I think Minaya did a...

September 5: 1908: Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn Superbas strikes out 14 and no-hits the Boston Braves. 1914: A young pitcher for the AAA Providence Grays named Babe Ruth hits the first home run of his professional career. 1922: With his 2287th strikeout, Walter Johnson passes Cy Young and becomes Baseball’s All-Time Strikeout King. 1954: Joe Bauman of the Roswell Raiders in the Class C...

The following is the remaining schedule for the Mets and Phillies. Phillies (13 at home, six on the road): three vs. Florida, four vs. Milwaukee, three at Atlanta, three at Florida, three vs. Atlanta, and three vs. Washington. Mets (12 at home, seven on the road): two vs. Washington, three vs. Atlanta, four at Washington, three at Atlanta, four vs. Chicago, three vs. Florida. The Phillies will...

According to several reports that are citing Mets sources, Billy Wagner will be activated on Tuesday when he becomes eligible to come off the disabled list. The Mets are an impressive 21-9 since Wagner was put on the disabled list, but there is no denying how much he has been missed in the bullpen. Yesterday, during his regular weekly spot on ESPN Radio 1050, Billy Wagner said the...

Adam Rubin of the Daily News had this interesting blurb buried at the end of his column this morning. Luis Castillo signed a four-year, $25 million contract last winter. But the Mets are signaling they intend to shop the second baseman this offseason, even if it means eating some contract. Daniel Murphy, who has settled into a left field platoon with fellow rookie Nick Evans, has been asked by...

The calendar has turned to the point that proved to be the demise of the 2007 New York Mets. September has arrived once again, after an offseason filled with questions of a possible mental hangover, the Mets of this campaign appear poised to lay those demons to rest. Entering the Summer Olympic Games a few weeks ago, the United States men’s basketball team was dubbed as being “The...