On Actober.com, Major League Baseball is asking fans to send in their videos where they recreate memorable moments in postseason history. Several of the moments they’ve asked fans to recreate have been Mets related, including “The Catch” by Endy Chavez, the Bill Buckner error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, and currently the [...]

At the website for Time
magazine, Katie Rooney reports on a recent study conducted by the
University of Texas at Austin that shows decisions made by Major League
Baseball umpires may be based on racism.
Rooney writes…
“According to the new study led by Daniel Hamermesh, a professor of
economics at the University of Texas at Austin, Major League Baseball
umpires tend [...]

By the way, the Braves have put Octavio Dotel on the 15–day disabled list with right shoulder strain, 10 days after acquiring him from the Royals for Kyle Davies.
Meanwhile, in five appearances since being acquired by the Red Sox, Eric Gagne has given up seven runs on 10 hits in four innings and has blown two saves.
…this is [...]

…this is worth noting, as it was sent to me by a reader of the site, Derek R…
In 19 at-bats against Tim Hudson, John Smoltz, Aaron Harang, Greg Maddux, David Wells, Jake Peavy and  Brad Penny, i.e., playoff-caliber pitchers, Lastings Milledge is batting .157, with most of his plate appearances coming against the Brewers, Nationals, [...]

Prior to injuring his back, and going on the disabled list, Oliver Perez had a 3.14 ERA and had allowed just under one hit per inning.
However, since returning from the disabled list, he has a 4.33 ERA in six starts – and, though he has struck out more batters per inning since being injured, he [...]

Since returning from the disabled list on June 11, spanning 191 at-bats, Shawn Green has driven in 10 runs and is hitting .236 with a .274 OBP.  In that time, he’s hit .153 against left-handed pitching.
Meanwhile, in 94 at-bats, since returning from the disabled list on July 12, Lastings Milledge is batting .319 with 18 [...]

…i am scheduled to talk with SNY’s Ron Darling today, for an interview that will appear on The MetsBlog Podcast for tomorrow…
…my goal is to learn a little about how a pitcher deals with fatigue this time of year, why some people do not succeed in new york, but succeed elsewhere, and basically talk about pitching…if you have a [...]

According to multiple reports, A’s C-DH Mike Piazza has cleared waivers and can be traded to any team.
Max sent in an e-mail asking…
“With Paul LoDuca hurt and Ramon Castro’s exit…do you think the Mets could trade for Mike Piazza.”

…i considered this for a brief moment, as well, since i will always be a big piazza fan…however, [...]

According to Jon Heyman at SI.com, White Sox RHP Jose Contreras has cleared waivers and is now eligible to be traded to any interested team.
…the Mets interest in contreras was a bit overblown back at the trade deadline, from what i could tell…i mean, if the Mets wanted to acquire contreras, they could have easily [...]

At his blog for the Journal News, John Delcos asks you to vote and comment on Omar Minaya’s worst off-season move, be it bringing back Guillermo Mota to trading away Brian Bannister and so on.
…i didn’t check my watch, but i guess it’s scapegoat time again…i feel like we go through this every three or four [...]

Currently, Mr. Met is roughly 7500 votes behind The Coyote on this year’s ballot for the Mascot Hall of Fame.
…and that’s just sad…
…the voting process is a bit tedious, i’ll admit, but i think we owe it to Mr. Met to vote as much as possible…so, if you’ve yet to do so, go to the Mascot Hall of Fame and [...]

During yesterday’s win against the Marlins, Oliver Perez allowed four runs and six hits, while striking out four and walking four, over five innings.
Willie Randolph, talking to reporters after the game…
“Ollie threw the ball pretty good.  His pitch count was up, but after the home run early in the game, and the inning where he [...]

Since being moved to the bullpen on July 31, RHP Jorge Sosa has allowed just one run in 11 innings.
Meanwhile, since July 31, OF Moises Alou is batting .350 with five HR and nine RBI in 11 games.
…so, as of now, there is the bullpen arm and right-handed bat the Mets had hoped to acquire [...]

…yes, i am aware that the standings on this site have not been updated in a few days…as i am sure you can figure out, based on other oddities, i am having a few behind-the-scenes issues at MetsBlog, which is hurting my ability to update graphics, side-bar content and comments being flagged as spam…
…however, i am still [...]

At Hot Foot, Sidd Finch is back with yet another edition of Sidd Speak, in which he tosses around random, but always relevant, statements about the Mets, such as…
“The Mets play at Shea with an enthusiasm usually reserved for trips to the dentist.”

This season, the Mets are 65–52 overall, 32–27 at home and and 22–21 against the [...]