…now they have to win the next two…
…a few thoughts…
…carlos beltran better start driving in some of these runs, or the boo birds are going to hunt him down very soon…
…beltran, mike piazza and cliff floyd left 11 runners on base…this can’t continue…
…dae-sung koo is a mess…the thing is, i can’t tell if he’s downright [...]

Mets RHP Steve Trachsel threw for roughly ten minutes off of flat ground before tonight’s game.  According to MSG, Trachsel plans to increase his workload over the next few weeks, and hopes to be back pitching for the Mets before August…

Game Notes…
The Mets (26–25) return home for a 12–game stretch starting tonight against the Diamondbacks (29–22) at Shea Stadium…
RHP Kris Benson (3–1, 3.86) takes the hill for the Mets…Benson has allowed just five runs over his last 20 innings pitched…Last year, in one start against Arizona Benson allowed six earned runs over seven innings…
LHP Brad [...]

Oddly enough, the Mets bullpen hasn’t been nearly as bad as people believed it would be. In fact, it’s actually pretty good. The thing is, it isn’t good enough for a team that hopes to be playing in a pennant race down the stretch…

Martinez, Glavine and Benson will be just fine. Trachsel will return and add stability. In the meantime, I think it’s good to have a little competition for the last spot…

My one concern with Willie Randolph and the relationship he has with his position players is the developing trend of giving guys a day off when they submit to the suggestion…

This outfield may be the best I’ve seen at Shea in years, but it feels as though it is functioning better than it should be…

Therefore, love him or not, Piazza is this team’s number five hitter. The key word here, though, is hitter, which is a concept that Piazza must redefine for himself if he plans on helping this team win now…

When I sit down to write about Wright, I just can’t do it because the talent he is showing at such a young age is almost hard to believe. Simply put, he’ll be everything we hope…

Until his offensive troubles become the reason the team loses, there is no reason why anyone should be talking about replacing Mientkiewicz on the Mets…

Matsui is a sunk cost, so get over the experiment and move on…

If Randolph needs to be patient, observe and take notes to ensure a better future for this club, I can handle that. I’m just not sure the rest of the fanbase is that patient…

I’m a simple fan.  I don’t ask for much.  In fact, I don’t necessarily ask for a championship.  All I ask from the teams that I root for are strong effort and consistent entertainment.  Whatever comes from that equation, so be it…
This season, the Mets have been both entertaining and have given a ton of [...]

…logging on to the Internet for the first time since saturday morning, i’m shocked at how many e-mails i receieved asking me to write about my views on the state of the mets…
…so i will…
…right now, i’m about to go for a walk, then take a shower and eat breakfast…
…the remainder of my day will be spent blogging [...]

Mets LHP Tom Glavine and Marlins LHP Al Leiter have donated money and sports memorabilia for an eBay auction to be held today, which aims to help save Ali, an Iraqi boy with congenital cyanotic heart disease, whom U.S. troops found in March during a combat patrol…
SSG Chuck Cutler, who found Ali outside of Baghdad, started a grass-roots [...]