At Talking Chop, a Braves blog, Martin posts a quick Q&A with Mets LHP Tom Glavine, conducted from the locker room at Tradition Field prior to yesterday’s game.
Martin talks with Glavine about approaching 300 wins while pitching for the Mets, not the Braves; the pitcher’s discussions with Atlanta this off-season; any extra pressure given  Pedro Martinez’s injury; [...]

According to the Associated Press, Braves 3B Chipper Jones sprained his left ankle during today’s game.
Jones is listed as day to day.

New Era Cap issued a press release today, picked up by Digital50.com, featuring a link to behind-the-scenes footage of the commercial for Major League Baseball’s new on-field Authentic Collection line of caps.
As Mike reported on Jan. 31, Mets SS Jose Reyes is featured along with other Major League players in the television spot, which was [...]

CBS Sportsline is reporting that former Mets reliever John Franco testified today in support of banning metal bats from New York City high schools.
Franco as quoted by CBS said:
“I’m speaking from someone who was standing on the mound for 22 years, and I can see the difference.”

According to the NY Times, if the ban passes [...]

The Mets lost to Washington 9-6 today, despite scoring three runs in the top of the seventh and two more in the eighth to tie the game at 6-6.
• RHP Chan Ho Park gave up four runs in 3.1 innings and struck out six.• RHP Alay Soler allowed two runs in 1.2 innings, including a [...]

Prior to March 8, Shawn Green was hitless in 13 at bats this spring.
On March 8, in the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch noted that Green had found a ‘fatal flaw’ in his swing, using ProMirror, a software that compares a hitter’s swing each time he comes to the plate.
Since working with ProMirror, Green has four hits [...]

David Lennon reports at his blog for Newsday that Mets 3B David Wright will be featured on the cover of the April issue of Men’s Health Magazine.
See Lennon’s blog for full details.
…wright is such a hot commodity these days, it’s rather surreal…as long as he keeps swingin’ and glovin’, he can keep posin’…

Jim Baker of Baseball Prospectus took a look at the Mets’ 2007 chances today as part of the Web site’s “Hope and Faith” series, previewing all 30 Major League teams.
In his breakdown, Baker sees the Mets repeating as NL East champions, going as far as to guarantee the division on the accompanying podcast.
Baker also envisions [...]

In the Journal News, John Delcos points out that the Mets are 5 for 54 over their last four spring games with runners in scoring position.
…which would not be a huge problem, seeing as it’s sill only early march, except that this is the one area Willie Randolph said his team needed to improve on…
…you know, [...]

For last season’s Playoff Tickets, and this season’s Opening Day Tickets, the Mets abandoned their typical wait-outside-of-Shea system in favor of an online drawing, which drew lots of criticism from fans.
If you were one of these outraged fans, be sure and sign this petition, sent to me via e-mail a few moments ago.
…for what it’s [...]

The Mets take on the Nationals in Viera this afternoon at 1 pm.
The game is available to MLB.tv subscribers.  It will not be aired locally on SNY or WFAN.
Today’s lineup is as follows…
SS – Jose ReyesC – Paul Lo DucaOF – Carlos Beltran1B – Carlos Delgado3B – David WrightLF – Moises AlouRF – Lastings Milledge2B [...]

…the word from tradition field is that Julio Franco will attempt to swing a bat this afternoon, and test out his sore wrist, which has sidelined him the last few days…
Following a ton of thoughts, Anthony De Rosa, at Hot Foot concludes, “Julio Franco has no place being on the Mets roster.”
De Rosa writes…
“It’s not a [...]

While in Port St. Lucie, for Baseball Digest Daily, Martin Gandy interviewed Rickey Henderson, who arrived at Tradition Field yesterday to serve as an instructor in Mets camp for the second consecutive spring.
Henderson talks with Gandy about Jose Reyes, being a coach and teacher, and the impact of steroids on the game and on specific players, [...]

In Sunday’s New York Post, Joel Sherman relays the following, with regards to then-Mets GM Steve Phillips…
“If you think the Roberto Alomar trade was a disaster for the Mets, you should know it could have been worse. Far, far worse.
“An official who was involved in the discussions…said that one of the players the Mets made [...]

At 28 years old, with a .208 average in 1,300 Minor League at-bats, minor-league Mets C Joe Hietpas is switching from catcher to pitcher, reports Marty Noble at MLB.com.
Mets 3B David Wright, on his friend, Hietpas, in his new role as a pitcher, as quoted by Noble…
“[Those will] be tough at-bats against a guy who [...]