Appearing on SNY, while addressing the media following the game, Billy Wagner had the following to say regarding the D’Backs…
“The Diamondbacks have a great team, man.  I mean, that’s a playoff team right now.  I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s not a team we don’t match up against in the playoffs.”…

…hey, hey, hey…look at billy referencing october…settle [...]

Appearing on SNY, while addressing the media following last night’s 1–0, 13 inning win over the D’Backs, the team’s manager, Willie Randolph, had the following to say regarding…
…the win…
“How about that, huh?  What a team effort?  Just an unbelievable job by everybody.  You know, I’ve said this before, about how proud I am of this [...]

Mets OF Carlos Beltran fouled a pitch off the inside of his right knee during the 11th inning of last night’s game.  Though he continued the at-bat, he was replaced in the field during the following inning…
…as of now, the buzz from the locker room is that beltran’s knee is pretty swollen and bruised…after icing it [...]

Once again, though his team won the ball game, Pedro Martinez did not get a win, despite throwing eight scoreless innings while striking out eight and allowing just five hits.  With a 2.14 ERA during the month of May he was 0–1 with five no decisions, during which the team went 2–4…
Appearing on SNY, while addressing [...]

The Mets defeated the D’Backs by a score of 1 to 0 in 13 innings at Shea Stadium tonight…
For a full recap, check out the sleepless Associated Press…
…a few thoughts…
…as a baseball fan, i love the tension that builds during a good game of dueling goose-eggs…also, i like that Carlos Delgado was swinging with a [...]

The Game…
The Mets (31–20) takes on the D’Backs in the ‘rubber game’ of a three-game set at Shea Stadium tonight at 7 pm EDT… 

The Pitchers…
RHP Pedro Martinez (5–1, 2.79 ERA) starts for the Mets … He leads the majors in opponents batting average against with .167, and is tied for the major-league lead in strike outs with 80 … [...]

Willie Randolph recently talked with WFAN’s Mike and the Mad Dog in his weekly radio appearance…
Among other topics, Randolph once again commented on how fast Lasting Milledge’s bat speed is, also adding that, “he’s very astute for a young player.  He’s all ears and likes to talk the game.”  Asked about the kid’s first at-bat, Randolph [...]

In this weeks New York Magazine, The New York Mets are featured in an article entitled “The Boys Of Spring”
The 2006 Mets aren’t just good, they’re highly entertaining. But
they’re playing a dangerous game. Of the Mets’ first 28 wins, twelve
were come-from-behind victories, eight came in the Mets’ final at-bat,
and six were walk-off stunners. This is [...]

Ricardo Gonzalez of MetsGeek breaks down an article by Patrick Teale, “The A,B,C’s of Carlos Gomez“, which compares the Mets outfield prospect to Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltran, and Miguel Cabrera.
The comparison Teale makes is not intended to necessarily say that Gomez will go on to have a career similar to one of those All Stars [...]

The voting for starting catcher in the All Star Game for the NL is heating up, with Paul Lo Duca with a slight edge over perennial All Star Mike Piazza. Lo Duca has 273,059 votes compared to Piazza’s total numbers of 264,787.
The Mets have only one player leading at any position, however several are in [...]

In today’s New York Daily News, Jose Valentin is given high marks for his excellent job filling the role of second baseman du jour for the New York Mets.
The annual swoon of Kaz Matsui has led to the sudden rise of Valentin who continued his torrid pace last night going 2-4 with a homer. Valentin [...]

The New York newspapers broke a dam of reporters and apparently flooded Shea Stadium with writers looking to log a report on Lastings Milledge’s first game in the big leagues…
In the Bergen Record, Aditi Kinkhabwala tells a funny story about Milledge making a dugout heater from a coffee can, while Colin Stephenson, in the Star-Ledger, explains that [...]

If you’ve yet to do so, be sure and vote in this week’s MetsBlog Fan Confidence Rating by using the poll to the left…
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In his first game in the major-leagues, Mets OF Lastings Milledge was 1–for-4 with a double.  He did not walk or strike out, but left three men on base…
Appearing on SNY, while addressing the media following the game, Milledge had the following to say regarding…
…that first moment when he stepped in the batter’s box, and the Shea [...]

Appearing on SNY, while addressing the media following last night’s 7–2 loss to the D’Backs, the team’s manager, Willie Randolph, had the following to say regarding…
…Lastings Milledge, who was 1–for-4 with a double in his first major-league game…
“The kid handles himself very well.  He’s very confident, very poised…but, it’s his first game, it’s nice to [...]