Tonight the Mets will play the Phillies in Philadelphia, their third consecutive game in as many days in a different road city.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is only the second time in franchise history that this has happened to the Mets, the last time from July 23-25, 1995 when they were in Colorado, [...]

Here are some random photographs I took yesterday in camp:

To keep an eye on my entire photo album from Tradition Field, including hi-res versions of the pictures in this post, click here.

J.J. Putz pitched today, then rushed out of the clubhouse to be with his wife in Arizona, where she will give birth tomorrow to their third child.
Putz told reporters he will intends to be back by Friday, in time to pitch against Team Italy at Tradition Field.
…it looked to me like putz only threw one [...]

Fernando Tatis was seen walking around the clubhouse with an electric stim device and ice on his sore hand.
Tatis was scratched from yesterday’s intra-squad game due to a sore right hand, and he is not in either lineup today.
…there is also some buzz around camp that Freddy Garcia is not 100 percent, and Livan Hernandez [...]

Here are some random photographs I took yesterday in camp.

The last photo is a close-up of Johan Santana gripping his circle change, which he was showing to Gabe, the host of SNY’s Kid’s Clubhouse.
To keep an eye on my entire photo album from Tradition Field, including hi-res versions of the pictures in this post, click here.

Here are some random photographs I took yesterday in camp.

The last image is of Manuel flipping the ball to himself and hitting grounders to Luis Castillo and Marlon Anderson.

To keep an eye on my entire photo album from Tradition Field, including hi-res versions of the pictures in this post, click here.

Today was a good.  I met John Maine, and did an interview with him, while getting a quick lesson about pick-off moves, which will air in March.
I told him that, if I ever get to throw out a first pitch before a game, I plan to do the never-effective, fake-to-third, look-to-first pick-off move before actually [...]

The Mets announced today that Tim Redding had offseason surgery in November to repair a stress fracture on the second toe of his left foot.
However, when he started throw it caused soreness in his shoulder, forcing him to shut down his throwing program and he only recently started long-tossing again.
Jerry Manuel told reporters that Redding had originally [...]

Of course, Jerry Manuel is driving a long, white Lincoln Town Car, while leaning back with his sunglasses on as he pulled out of the parking lot.
Too perfect.

I just finished talking with Nick Evans, for an interview I will post for SNY and on MetsBlog.com tomorrow morning.
I asked Evans about the flat-screen TVs, the hitting drills, how th veterans are responding to it, and his thoughts on his first ever major-league camp.
On my walk back from the dugout, I noticed Carlos Delgado staying [...]