…Mets OF Carlos Beltran is not on the disabled list, and not in tonight’s starting lineup…
The Game…
The Mets (14–7) take a five game lead into Atlanta to take on the Braves (9–12) for the first of a three game series beginning tonight at 7:10 PM EDT… 

The Pitchers…
RHP Pedro Martinez (4–0. 3.04 ERA) starts for the Mets … [...]

According to Adam Rubin in the Daily News, Mets RHP Brian Bannister has been placed on the 15–day disabled list, while OF Victor Diaz has been promoted from Norfolk…
Meanwhile…
…get this…
Rubin also reports that Tides RHP Yusaku Iriki has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has been suspended for 50 games…
…so, i guess he will not [...]

…the early buzz from atlanta is that Mets OF Carlos Beltran will not be put on the disabled list…whether or not he’ll be in tonight’s starting lineup remains to be seen…

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Former Bobby Valentine favorite and ex-Mets OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo will leave Japanese baseball after this season to become a nude model, writes Mainichi Daily News…
…yes, you read that right…no need to repeat it…
“I’ve decided to take my uniform off at the end of this season,” Shinjo told the papers…
…if there was an emoticon where the [...]

At InsideSTL.com,
a great new Cardinals blog, Josh Bacott details a series of rules that
he feels must be followed by all fans who wear a player jersey
to a baseball game…
…for what it’s worth, i
only agree with half of his rules…but it’s interesting to think about,
nevertheless…
…speaking of jerseys, i’ve
attended two mets games this season…on both nights i saw [...]

Mets RHP Pedro Martinez will take the hill tonight in Atlanta against RHP John Smoltz and the Braves…
…oh baby…
Mets C Paul Lo Duca, while appearing on WFAN Sports Radio 660 in New York…
“This is a big series.  No doubt.”…

Martinez, however, sees it differently…
Martinez, as quoted by the Star-Ledger…
“They are just games like this one.  They [...]

According to Baseball America’s Stat Pack, Tides 2B Jeff Keppinger is currently the sixth best in all of minor league baseball when it comes to not striking out…
On average, Keppinger strikes out just once every 20 plate appearances…

In the Bergen Record, Steve Popper provides two interesting quotes from OF Cliff Floyd and manager Willie Randolph, regarding the coming series again Atlanta…
Floyd told Popper…
“We’ve got to beat them.  I said that early in the season and I continue to say it. We’ve got to beat them. Until we beat them, it means nothing. [...]

The Mets head to Atlanta’s Turner Field for this first time this season…
The Mets are 20-51 at Turner Field since the stadium was built in 1997…
Since 2002, the Mets are 9–28 at Turner Field.  They were 1–8 in Atlanta last season…
They have not won a season series in Atlanta since 2001, which occurred during the [...]