Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and Senator Marty Golden will
announce the introduction of legislation to ‘get tough’ with cable
companies that deny the public access to programming at a press
conference this Sunday in New York City…
The bill intends to
force resolution of the ongoing Cablevision/Time Warner dispute and get
Mets baseball back on cable television as soon as possible…
When: Sunday, [...]

The Daily News notes that LHP Kaz Ishii is due to “get on a mound for the first time” tomorrow in St. Lucie…

Prior to several games over the last week or so, Manny Acta and Jerry Manuel have been working with Victor Diaz on his defense in right field.  Yesterday, during batting practice, Willie Randolph took time to work with Kaz Matsui on his footwork around second base when turning a double play…

Kris Benson tossed three innings and allowed no hits while striking out four for the St. Lucie Mets…
Following last night’s game, Rick Peterson told reporters that the team has yet to decide when Benson will rejoin the Major League club…
After starting two straight games for St. Lucie, Mike Cameron got the night off…
…post courtesy of [...]

Stephen Cannella of Sports Illustrated puts Jose Reyes, and his lack of walks, at the top of the baseball’s All Misfit Team, further writing that Reyes is ‘not cut our for leadoff duty.’…
…the thing is, where else can reyes bat in the lineup…
…and thanks to MetsBlogger Dan Mandelkorn for tipping me off to this article…

B-Mets RHP Kevin Deaton has been slowly making a name for himself in the Mets’ system with his 1.27 ERA and incredible 20:1 K:BB ratio.  Deaton talks about his recent success in an exclusive interview with FlushingsFuture.com…

The Mets (11-11) head to our nation’s capitol tonight to take on the Nationals (11-11) in the first of a three-game series…click here for MetsBlog’s GameNotes and to chat about the game…

Binghamton takes on the Erie Seawolves for the start of a three-game series.  Yusmeiro Petit (0-2, 2.93) will get the start tonight at 7:00 PM…Ken Chenard (2-1, 2.65) will go on Saturday at 1:30 PM…Fire-baller Matt Lindstrom (0-1. 3.45) gets the nod on Sunday at 1:30 PM…
 
The Hagerstown Suns take on the Lake County Captains tonight at 7:05 [...]

…i have to agree with Ian O’Conner of the Journal News…with all the moans and groans coming from mets fans, i don’t think anyone is foolish enough to ignore that this team has finally shifted from hope to reality…we’re not there yet, of course, but we’re getting there…and the fans, the media, the team and [...]

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MetsBlogger Brett, who posts to the comments section under the name ‘darkdinner,’ emailed me the following question, which I thought would be better suited for public discussion…
Brett writes…
Mets fans have been really hard on Kaz Matsui, basically since he got here…and granted, his defense at shortstop was not as good as advertised. But, it seems to [...]

Jim Callis was recently asked about B-Mets RHP Brian Bannister in Baseball America’s latest AskBA mailbag…
Bannister is 4–0 with a 0.42 ERA in four starts for Binghamton, having struck out 20 batters in 21 innings pitched while walking just one. 
…one…
…yes, one…
Among other comments, Callis notes, “Bannister’s stuff isn’t as dominant as those numbers, but [...]

The Tides defeated the Durham Bulls 7–2 courtesy of a home run barrage from Jeff Keppinger, Luis Garcia, Brian Daubach, Benji Gil, Rodney Nye, and two from Mike DiFelice…
The B-Mets eeked out a win over the Portland Sea Dogs on the back of, my man, Brian Bannister, who tossed six innings, allowing five hits and just one [...]

Mike Cameron played all nine innings in right field for Class A St. Lucie last night, going 1-for-2 with a double, a walk and a hit by pitch…
According to the New York Post, Cameron is likely to play in one or two more games for St. Lucie before moving up to Norfolk.  The Post writes [...]

Some stats on a few former Mets minor leaguers…
Justin Huber: .369 AVG, 3 HR and 16 RBI… Ian Bladergroen: .266 AVG, 1 HR and 7 RBI… Matt Peterson: 1-1, 8.31 ERA, 5 K’s and 13 BB…
…Other than Huber, the rest are not looking too good.  And, while Huber is a good hitter, he is playing in the [...]