According to SNY, Pedro Martinez will not pitch again this season.  He has been diagnosed with a muscle tear in his left calf…
…jeez, the thing is, it was the right calf that he was rebounding from…which means he had to have damaged the left, while nursing back the right…
…so, that’s that…

SNY,
I’m begging you, please stop running the advertisement for NYC Health that displays a person squeezing ‘dangerous fatty deposits’ out of an aorta…
I’m not anti-anti-smoking ads.  I am, however, anti-vomit, which is what happens nearly every time I see this public service announcement…
It’s disgusting…
I don’t smoke – never have, never will.  The thing is, I [...]

According to Chris Cotter, while speaking on SNY’s pre-game show, the Mets will not carry Pedro Martinez on their post-season roster for the NLDS should they feel he is unable to start Game Three…

Cliff Floyd is currently in New York to receive a cortisone shot in his left ankle.  Prior to tonight’s game, Willie Randolph told reporters that Floyd will rejoin the team tomorrow in Washington, DC…

Prior to tonight’s game, Willie Randolph told reporters that Orlando Hernandez will start Game One of the NLDS, while Tom Glavine will start Game Two…
…i think this is best for everyone involved…
…i have total confidence in these two…
…also, because willie did not mention the rest of his rotation, my guess is that he still sees [...]

The Game…
The Mets (93-65) hope to salvage a game from the Braves (77-81) and get back on track tonight, starting at 7:35 pm EDT…

The Pitchers…

Orlando Hernandez (10-11, 4.81 ERA) pitches for the Mets….He will start game one of the NLDS…He is 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA in his last five starts…In his only start against [...]

At his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin writes that Pedro Martinez has gone back to New York to be evaluated by team doctors…
…i’m guessing this is phase one of him not pitching at all in round one…again, just a guess, but i’m pretty confident this will end up being the case…
In addition to [...]

As Mike Berardino points out in the Sporting News, “[Carlos Delgado] has made two All-Star trips, hit 407 home runs and played more than 1,700 career games in the big leagues, but the Mets first baseman never has experienced baseball’s postseason.”…
…yikes…
…yes, delgado was on the blue jays in 1993, when they went to the post-season and [...]

SNY will be holding a New York Mets Postseason Rally at outside of their studio on 51 Street and 6th Avenue beginning at noon on Tuesday, October 3rd…
According to SNY, the event will feature video highlights from the 2006 season; music performances; and appearances by Mookie Wilson and Jerry Koosman…
…sis-boom-bah…
…sis-boom-bah…
…bugs bunny, bugs bunny, rah rah [...]

According to a company press release, SNY announced their postseason coverage of the 2006 National League East Division Champion New York Mets…
On Monday, October 2nd, SNY’s will begin at 7:00 pm with the premiere of Mets Postseason Live!,  featuring Ron Darling, Gary Cohen, Matt Yallof and other baseball experts…
SNY will also feature post-game commentary, immediately after each [...]

At ESPN.com, Jayson Stark and Jerry Crasnick debate who’s more valuable: Yankees SS Derek Jeter or Mets 2B Jose Reyes…
…the fact that this argument is being had is great for the mets, by the way…
…anyway…
…it’s a great baseball argument, with no definitive answer…it pits the value of skills and talent up against the value of [...]

Excluding Pedro Martinez, the following are each potential starting pitcher’s stats from this season against their possible first-round opponents…
vs. Houston…

Pitcher
GS
W
L
ERA
SO
BB
IP

Trachsel
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Hernandez
3
1
2
5.00
20
12
18

Glavine
1
0
0
10.80
5
2
5

Maine
2
2
0
1.17
7
2
15.1

vs. San Diego…

Pitcher
GS
W
L
ERA
SO
BB
IP

Trachsel
2
1
0
3.09
6
4
11.2

Hernandez
3
2
0
2.40
15
4
15

Glavine
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Maine
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

vs. Los Angeles…

Pitcher
GS
W
L
ERA
SO
BB
IP

Trachsel
1
0
1
13.50
1
2
2.2

Hernandez
3
1
1
5.40
12
3
16.2

Glavine
2
2
0
4.63
6
3
11.2

Maine
1
0
1
3.60
4
3
5

vs. St. Louis…

Pitcher
GS
W
L
ERA
SO
BB
IP

Trachsel
2
1
1
5.25
3
6
12

Hernandez
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Glavine
1
1
0
4.50
2
1
6

Maine
1
0
1
12.60
5
2
5

Thousands of online fans selected Tom Seaver to represent the Mets as part of DHL’s Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes…
For more, check out Marty Noble’s comments at MLB.com…
Seaver was elected from a group of five Mets, which included Tug McGraw, John Franco, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Piazza…
…the best thing about this whole hometown heroes thing was the [...]

The single-season stolen base record for the Mets is 66, held by Roger Cedeno from 1999…
This season, Jose Reyes has 63…
…go jose, not for any other reason then i would like cedeno’s name replaced in the mets record books…
…by the way, long gone are the days of 100 stolen bases, i guess, like we saw with Rickey [...]

Following last night’s game, the Mets demoted Heath Bell, Brian Bannister, Mike Pelfrey and Philip Humber…
…good…no offense to these guys, but i think it’s time for this club to start acting as they will in the post-season…it’s time to get serious…
Bannister is scheduled to play this winter in the Dominican Winter League, while Pelfrey and Humber [...]