In an online report for Newsday, Jim Baumbach explains why Mike Pelfrey has taken a step back in 2009, while writing:

“It’s time to stop playing the ‘what if’ game with the Mets and start dealing in reality.  Face it: The chances of this injury-ravaged team turning its season around are about as good as Jon [...]

In the midst of yesterday’s off-field circus, the Mets moved one game closer to creeping back in to the Wild Card lead by defeating the Rockies last night in Citi Field.

The Mets are 39–43, five losses behind the Phillies; they trail eight teams for the Wild Card; and are 6–14 in their last 20 games.
However, they have 80 games left to play, the potential to make a trade, and Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, John Maine, Billy Wagner and J.J. Putz eventually due back from the disabled list.

According to a poll in the Baltimore Sun, 80 percent of 14,000 voters say Mets fans are the most obnoxious fans in baseball.
…thanks to our old friend Elliot S for the link…
Meanwhile, six percent voted for the Yankees, five percent voted for the Red Sox and just one percent voted for the Phillies.
…look, i’m no peach, [...]

Today, around 5 pm, I will be filming a segment for SNY out in the Verizon Studio in center field in Citi Field.
If you’d like to say hello, and possibly be in the shoot, feel free to stop by.
Lastly, I need some information for the segment, so please take part in the following poll:

In a poll to MetsBlog on May 25, 95 percent of 5,000 people said they expected the Mets to go at least 8–5 during the next 13 games, against the Nationals, Pirates and Marlins.
The Mets were 7–5, with one game rained out in Pittsburgh.
The thing is, the Mets started the stretch 5–1 in the first six games, [...]

The Mets ended a 10–game road trip 5–5 yesterday, that sent them to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston.
On May 14, 50 percent of 4,200 people on MetsBlog said the expected the Mets would go 5–5 on the recently-concluded 10–game road trip, which is exactly what happened, while 33 percent said they would go 7–3.
Jerry Manuel, [...]

Yesterday, during a conference call with reporters, Omar Minaya said he is confident in his team’s doctors who say Carlos Delgado can return to the lineup in 10 weeks, though that will obviously all depend on how his rehab goes.
According to Minaya, though he is always open to making a trade, Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis will be able to [...]

Earlier this season I had been posting a link to an online, audio, post-game show, featuring a guest, live callers, a minor-league recap and discussion about that night’s game.
I am trying to learn how to make the show better, so, if you have time, please take one of the following anonymous, three–minute surveys:
If you listened to [...]

The Mets begin a four-game series with the Giants in San Francisco tonight, after which they travel to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers and then to Boston to face the Red Sox in Fenway Park.
In the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch points out, “So far, the Mets faced only one superior team, the Cardinals, [...]

Tomorrow, at 12:30 pm, I am scheduled to be on SNY’s Pre Game Live, during which I’d like to give a sense of where Mets are fans are at, in regards to the following poll question: