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It is rather good to be Jose Reyes these days. He is young, healthy, on top of the baseball world, and heading for a big payday -- either here or elsewhere -- when all is said and done at the end of this season.
Nyjer Morgan drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth, Prince Fielder hit two homers and the Milwaukee Brewers returned to their winning ways at home with a 7-6 come-from-behind win over the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
I woke up this morning and decided it was time to turn the page on all the Met trade talk and off the field nonsense. This team is exciting, and competitive and a surprising 4 games back in the loss column for a wild card spot.
Hall of Famer Gary Carter was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last month. Now, Darren Meenan, owner of Mets-themed t-shirt company The 7 Line, is looking to raise money for Carter's cause -- the best way he knows how.
Citi Field was at near capacity on Tuesday. Fans in the stadium were going bananas. And the Mets were out of town.
It took a familiar face to finally cool off the Brewers. Chris Capuano downplayed his return to Milwaukee going into the game, but acknowledged afterward that it was "a little strange" to be on the visiting side at Miller Park.
Jose Reyes hit a two-run triple to give New York the lead in the seventh inning and the Mets held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Former Mets star Lenny Dykstra, jailed on grand theft auto and drug possession charges, proclaimed his innocence on Monday. "Of course I'm not guilty," Dykstra told the New York Daily News. "The car got stolen alright — stolen by them."
The Indians fall, the Yankees rise, and a new #1 in this week's Top Ten.
Trading Jose Reyes may seem unthinkable to most Mets fans -- but it would be logical for the organization to move their franchise player before the July 31st trading deadline.
I said it in spring training and I will say it again -- I simply believe Jose Reyes and David Wright will be wearing Mets uniforms after the trading deadline. Nothing I have seen this season has made me change my mind on that issue. Nothing.
It was the day before Mother's Day and Mets executive Paul DePodesta had a prospect to go see. "'This one better be worth it,'" his wife told him. "Fortunately, it was," DePodesta said.
Shawn Green had a very good Major League career spanning 15 years, the last bit as part of the Mets. He retired following the 2007 season and he joined Boomer & Craig in the Allstate Studio this morning to promote his new book, "The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95mph."
"Well, can they afford him? Well, we don't think they can afford to lose him." Who? Mets outfielder Jose Reyes of course!
Where former 1986 Mets star Lenny Dykstra goes, bad news seems to follow. Dykstra, 48, was charged on Monday with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft auto, identity theft and other crimes.
