Over at Jimmy Scott’s High and Tight, former Mets outfield Eric Valent writes about is transition from player to his current job, a Phillies scout.
Will Sommer of Mets Fan Forever has a lengthy Q&A with Mets catching prospect, Josh Thole, who’s batting .362 in 11 games this season.
Meanwhile, Greg from Faith and Fear in Flushing [...]

Mike Novara who works for ESPN Radio emailed this Mets rant shortly after the heartbreaking events of last week. Its a passionate diatribe on how the Mets have continuously broken the heart of a 30+ year Mets fan and a must read.

…we’ve been saying it all year, that the Mets need to do a better job at putting the hammer down…they’ve begun to do that more the last couple of weeks, but this week is a big test to see if they can completely put their two biggest rivals in the division away [...]

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John Delcos reports on his blog for The Journal News that Orlando Hernandez said he’s feeling “much better,’’ but he will still
miss his start on Saturday.
Mike Pelfrey will start Friday, with Tom Glavine going on
Saturday on an extra day of rest, and  if all goes well, Pedro Martinez would be in line to make [...]

Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
has updated Win Shares statistics through yesterday’s games and there is now a clear leader in the National League.
David
Wright is leading the NL with 29 Win Shares, three ahead of Albert Pujols
and Eric Byrnes.
He also leads the league in Runs Created with 114.
Studeman comments…
Maybe it’s because I don’t live in [...]

The Mets (73–58) lost to the Phillies (69–62) by the score of 4 to 2 in Philadelphia tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…ugh…i cannot believe mota was in there pitching to howard…it was like deja vu…i distinctly remember the same situation and the same outcome…tough to take after a very good outing [...]

In SNY’s pregame, Kevin Burkhardt reported that Ambiorix Burgos underwent Tommy John surgery today, as Matt had predicted would be the diagnosis this morning.

Ramon Castro is eligable to come off the disabled list today, but the Mets have decided to wait to activate him on Saturday, when rosters are eligible to expand to 40.
Castro has been out since Aug. 13 with a
lower back pain and will resume serving as Paul Lo Duca’s backup when he returns.

The Associated Press reports that the Astros have fired manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura.
Bench coach Cecil Cooper was appointed interim manager and team president
Tal Smith will serve as interim general manager.

…last nights game was excruciating and heart wrenching…the wave of emotions left me exhausted by the end of the night…which is exactly how we felt many times last season, and was missing this season…the outcome was not what i wanted, but the effort the mets displayed is something that i feel has been bubbling beneath [...]

According to SNY’s pre-game coverage, Pedro Martinez will make his next rehab start in Port St. Lucie on Monday.

…i was considering taking the train to trenton to see him, its a
shame he’s staying in st. lucie…i’m not sure how to read into it, it
might just be logistically the best choice right now…

Phillip Humber was two outs away from throwing a no-hitter for the New Orleans Zephyrs last night against the Iowa Cubs.
Humber’s final line was 8.1 innings, one hit, one run, one walk and 10 strikeouts.
Humber is 10-9 for the Zephyrs this season, with a 4.66 ERA.
…Brian Lawrence has been a decent stop gap, but why [...]

MetsBlog commenters VCarver and Nightlife point out the following statistics regarding Carlos Beltran versus the Braves, Phillies, as well as Mark Teixiera and Chipper Jones.
Carlos Beltran against the Braves and Phillies in 2007
AVG/OBP/SLGBraves: .333/.429/.528

Phillies: .261/.300/.630 (5 HR, 10 RBI)
Carlos Beltran vs. Mark Teixiera
Mark Texeira – 20 HR, 68 RBICarlos Beltran – 24 HR, 75 RBI
Carlos [...]

Carlos Beltran has been named Bank of America National
League Player of the Week for the period of August 13-19, 2007.
Beltran led the league with 10 RBI, hit .375 (9-24) and scored eight runs
while posting an on-base percentage of .448. He ranked second in home runs with four and recorded a 1.000
slugging percentage and 24 total [...]