The nation was stunned today with the news that a shooter had gunned down 32 people on the campus at Virginia Tech University. David Wright’s brother Stephen is a senior at Virginia Tech, and Wright was frantically trying to find out if he was alright this afternoon, notes Ben Shpigel on his New York Times [...]

According to Mets.com, yesterday’s rainout versus the Washington Nationals has been rescheduled.
The makeup game will now be played on Saturday, July 28th at 12:10 p.m. as the first part of a seperate admission doubleheader.
…these rainouts are seriously hampering my head to head fantasy league results…

Mark Hale on his New York Post blog has the Mets rotation shaking out as follows over the next five games…
Tom Glavine, Tuesday at PhilliesJohn Maine, Wednesday at MarlinsOrlando Hernandez, Thursday at MarlinsMike Pelfrey, Friday vs AtlantaOliver Perez, Saturday vs Atlanta

Baseball America has released its first Hot Sheet of 2007, and Mets OF Carlos Gomez clocks in at ninth overall. 
BA writes of Gomez…
“No sense in waiting until the second half this year. The precocious
Gomez is hitting .375/.405/.575 and leads the PCL with six doubles and
six triples.”

…ninth overall is pretty impressive…it shouldn’t be too long before [...]

In a detailed column for The Sun, Tim Marchman takes a closer look at the maturity and increased plate discipline of Mets SS Jose Reyes.
Among many other interesting comments, Marchman writes…
“Reyes enters play today having already drawn eight walks on the year. For a player who drew 27 in 161 games just two years ago, [...]

…if it me, or are you, too, having a tough time getting in to the rhythm of this baseball season…
…all of these off days, the rain outs, the blow out games, the cold weather, a game here, a game there, and so on, is really throwing me off…i mean, they keep telling me that my season has [...]

Tonight’s game between the Mets and Phillies has been rained out.
According to MLB.com, the game will be made up as part of a day-night double-header on June 29.

At his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin provides a quick Q&A with Rick Peterson about the team’s pitching staff given all the recent off-days and rain-outs.

Wicked Sara sent in the following e-mail, asking…
“You mentioned the phrase ‘rubber game,’ and I’ve heard it used many times before.  I know what it refers to, but why do they call it a rubber game?  Where did the term come from?”

…good one…and, by the way, i love this type of stuff…
…i think we all [...]

It is likely that tonights game will be postponed as well, which will have put the rotation on the shelf for two straight days. Rick Peterson, as quoted in Newsday, however, isn’t concerned

“The key is to keep everybody sharp right now as opposed to having somebody
go for a long layoff,” Peterson said. Asked if that [...]

Entering the season, most people were concerned with the absence of Duaner Sanchez and Guillermo Mota and whether the Mets would be able to enjoy the same level of success in their bullpen as they had last year.  It appears, at least early on, that the Mets have found a stabilizing force in the form [...]

During the middle of the eighth inning, Shea Stadium rips off the Red Sox by conducting a sing-along with Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.  The Stadium began stealing the material during the middle of last season.
…i have not been shy in my disappoint, as i always believed Shea to be more creative than this…i guess i was wrong…
…as i [...]

The Mets travel to Philadelphia today for a quick, two-game series against the Phillies, a.k.a., “The team to beat.”
In the Bergen Record, Steve Popper talks with former-Phillies closer, and current Mets closer, Billy Wagner about his time pitching in Philadelphia.
…we have heard a lot from wagner in the newspapers regarding his disdain for philly fans, [...]

Based on nearly every weather report, it looks like tonight’s game between the Mets and Phillies in Philadelphia could be rained out.
Following yesterday’s rainout at Shea Stadium, the team announced that the starting pitchers for the next three games are as follows…
John Maine, tonight at PhilliesTom Glavine, Tuesday at PhilliesOliver Perez, Wednesday at MarlinsMike Pelfrey, [...]