Goodbye, Vinny…
…your blog, No Joy in Metsville, now Metsville.com, was one of the firsts in the Mets blogosphere, and i can’t thank you enough for all the hard work you put in over the years…believe me, from one crazy fan to another, i admire your dedication and passion…good luck in your future endeavors, and thanks [...]

At Braves Journal, Mac Thomason writes how he has heard through the dry cleaning circuit, by way of Lance Cormeir’s wife, that Atlanta intends to trade for Cubs RHP Greg Maddux…
…i have no idea whether this is true or not…all i know is that i want this to happen…
…i know, i’m crazy…and greedy…but i would love [...]

The image you are looking at comes courtesy of BlogNYC.net, featuring Alyssa Milano holding on to the arm of Kaz Matsui while in the Mets dugout prior to a game over the weekend…
…how bizarre…
…first off, like many from my generation, i am not ashamed to say i have had a long-time crush on milano, dating [...]

…the buzz from shea is that Carlos Beltran still has a helluva bruise on the muscle below his knee…though x-rays were negative, had the team played today, he would most likely have been out of the lineup…he appears probable for tomorrow’s game against the giants…either way, this appears to be a minor injury that will [...]

Last night I wrote the following in my postGame comments…
…speaking of similarities, Jose Valentin’s nickname should be The General, due to the similarities between his mustache and the one on Manuel Ojeda, the actor who played The General in the film Romancing the Stone…i cannot take full credit for this revelation, though i did come to [...]

Adam Rubin of the Daily News will be a guest on Long Island’s commercial-free 90.3 FM tonight between 9 PM and 11 PM…
Rubin will talk Mets baseball with the while taking calls from listeners, as well…
If you miss it, and want to listen later, check it out here…
…good luck…

At his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney takes a look at the National League’s bullpens for teams with a .500 record or better…
Regarding the Mets, Olney writes…
“No bullpen of any contender has been pushed harder than that of the Mets in the first two months, and general manager Omar Minaya has worked hard to plug [...]

For those who are interested in the trials and tribulations of former Mets RHP Dwight Gooden, who is currently serving a year in prison for violating his probation by using cocaine, the Associated Press has you covered…
By the way, this is just sad…

As was reported last week, the Mets are among several teams, including the Braves and Yankees, that are interested in signing Francisco Pena, the 16–year-old son of former major-league Tony Pena…
…the buzz around baseball is that pena could command as much as a seven-figure signing bonus, similar to what the mets gave Fernando Martinez last [...]

Of the Mets 52 games this season, 17 percent have gone into extra innings, while nearly 40 percent have been decided by one run…
…first off, i wonder if this type of baseball will wear down the bullpen faster than if they were playing a less-pressurized, lenghty style of play…on the other hand, it certainly keeps [...]

In his recent chat at ESPN, Jim Callis of Baseball America had the following to say regarding the Mets inability to sign RHP Pedro Beato, a draft-and-follow from the previous year’s amateur draft…
“A lot of clubs were surprised the Mets didn’t sign Pedro Beato…The price tag on him I heard was $1.2 million, and the [...]

In the Press & Sun Bulletin, Brian Moritz talks with Double-A RHP Mike Pelfrey about the pressure of being a top prospect, so close to the major-leagues, as well as what the pitcher does in between starts to help his tweak his delivery…
“You’re used to hearing things, and it’s a lot easier to block things [...]

The following e-mail comes from Andy, a reader of MetsBlog…
“I was wondering if you can be of any assistance.  I am going to do a story on George Theodore shortly.  Do you have any videotape of him playing.  He was on the Mets from 1973-1974.  I could certainly use it to play over his voice [...]

Over at the Mets Minor League Report, Toby recaps the night in Mets minor league action…
Among other comments, Toby writes of strong performances by Jorge Padilla, who hit a two-run HR in a Binghamton loss; and RHP Michael Devaney, who pitched six scoreless innings, and Ambiorix Concepcion, who was 3–5 with a double, in loss [...]

In the Star-Ledger, Dan Graziano breaks down the likelihood of the Mets landing one of Marlins LHP Dontrelle Willis, Nationals RHP Livan Hernandez, Giants RHP Jason Schmidt, A’s LHP Barry Zito and Angels RHP Jeff Weaver….
Of the bunch, it appears Graziano feels the Mets are most likely to make a run at Hernandez…
…and i agree…mostly [...]