Rain Ends Gee's Night Early, But Mets Eventually Blank Braves
The Mets are at .500 for the first time in almost a month, and rookie Dillon Gee deserves credit, even if he couldn't qualify for the team's latest win.
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The Mets are at .500 for the first time in almost a month, and rookie Dillon Gee deserves credit, even if he couldn't qualify for the team's latest win.
A pair of rain delays cost Dillon Gee a chance to become the first Mets rookie to win his first eight decisions on Wednesday. But hey, the Mets won!
When listening to Mets radio play-by-play man Wayne Hagin call Angel Pagan's 4th inning, 2-run home run in last night's 4-0 win over the Braves, Craig deduced that it may have been the longest home run call of all time.
With Boomer taking the day off the attend to some business for his foundation (BEF), Carl Banks found himself sitting in alongside Craig -- and safe to say the man affectionately known as "Killer" during his playing days was feeling right at home.
Last month, David Einhorn said his agreement to become minority owner of the Mets was a "win-win" for both sides. The hedge funder may have underestimated his end.
Derek Jeter and his teammates had hoped he would get the milestone hit - No. 3,000 -- at Yankee Stadium this week. That's not happening now that he's on the disabled list. But there's still a chance Jeter could get No. 3,000 at home -- or at least in New York.
Gary Carter needs our thoughts and prayers now more than ever -- and not because he's a baseball player or a former Mets star or a Hall of Famer. He needs our support because a man of his character has so much left to give and so many more people to inspire.
Slumping outfielder Jason Bay was again held out of the starting lineup for the Mets' 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. "I'm a realist," said Bay. "I'm not playing that well."
Steve Somers opens up a Tuesday night schmooze gushing over the Mets' win in Atlanta's house of horrors. It was Jonathon Niese -- or was it Jon Lester? -- leading the way as K-Rod, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and the rest of the Metropolitans got the job done in hot, sticky Georgia.
As the baseball world waited with baited breath last night, just prior to the start of the Yankees-Rangers game, the announcement finally came down. Derek Jeter was going to be placed on the 15-day disabled list because of his ailing right calf.
Jair Jurrjens couldn't slow Jose Reyes, who had three hits, two steals, an RBI and scored two runs to lead the New York Mets to a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
There's a new #1 this week, I think you know who it is. Here's a hint: they've won nine straight games.
While the Mets continue to attempt to get to the .500 mark - unsuccessfully - on the field, off the field they're trying to nurse their wounded starters back to full health and get them in the lineup to aid that cause.
Carlos Beltran leads the Mets in home runs and runs batted in so far in 2011, but he also leads the club in games played this season and last week, Beltran appeared in his 800th career game with New York.
Johan Santana has not thrown off a mound since experiencing soreness in his surgically repaired left shoulder 10 days ago, when the Mets ace ramped up the intensity of his workouts.
