The Mets will play the Dodgers, who won the NL Wild Card today, in the National League Division Series starting at 4:00 pm in New York on Wednesday…
The pitching match-ups are looking as follows:
Game One: RHP Derek Lowe vs. RHP Orlando HernandezGame Two: RHP Greg Maddux vs. LHP Tom GlavineGame Three: LHP Hong-Chih Kuo vs. RHP Steve [...]

The Game…
The Mets (96-65) hope to sweep the Nationals (71-90) in the final game of the regular season this afternoon, starting at 1:05 pm EDT…

The Pitchers…

LHP Oliver Perez (3-13, 6.71 ERA) gets the call for the Mets…Steve Trachsel was originally scheduled to start, but left the team due to an undisclosed family issue…In Perez’s last [...]

Game One of the NLDS will be at 4:19 pm on Wednesday at Shea Stadium, while Game Two will be at 8:00 pm on Thursday at Shea Stadium…

Yesterday in Newsday, David Lennon noted that a sign that read, “KNOW YOUR PLACE, ROOK!,” signed by, “YOUR TEAMMATES,” hung above Lastings Milledge’s locker following Friday night’s win…
Prior to last night’s win, Willie Randolph and Carlos Delgado told reporters that this type of hazing is standard practice in baseball…
Today in the Daily News, among other interesting comments, [...]

Steve Trachsel left the team on Saturday for his home in San Diego for personal reasons…
…the buzz around the team points to trachsel still remaining on schedule to pitch in game three, though no official announcement has been made…if there is one concern, it is that by missing today’s start, come saturday’s game three, he will have had 11 [...]

A few days ago, the Nationals announced that Frank Robinson will not be the team’s manager next season…
In the New York Times, Mark Hale writes, “don’t be surprised if he somehow ends up working for the Mets.”…
Hale cites a close bond between GM Omar Minaya and Robinson dating back to their days in Montreal…