David Wright childhood baseball photo

According to Mark Healy, the Mets would be smart to sign Ivan Rodriguez this offseason. Schneider hit .257 this season and did a pretty good job handling the staff. However, bringing in a veteran like Pudge would give the Mets a much needed leader, as well as someone who can handle the pitching staff. In a lineup like the Mets, you really don't need a catcher who is going to...

A Final Salute to Shea Stadium, a day in pictures.

The Mets won in 2006 with a dominant offense and bull-pen that compensated for a mediocre rotation. As Omar focused on improving the rotation I think he took the other components for granted and of the two the bull-pen suffered the most. In 2006 the team had four players with closing experience ( Wagner/Julio/Sanchez/Bradford) and Heilman who they thought had set-up potential. Basically...

In yet another sign of the bungled management that leads the New York Mets, the closing ceremonies to Shea Stadium turned out to be more like a funeral than a celebration. Why, you ask. Well, once again the people in the front office made the BRUTAL decision to have the big gala AFTER the game, rather than before the first pitch. Didn't anyone have the foresight to think...

It's where Endy Chavez made his now famous catch in the 2006 in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series, where Tommie Agee saved the Mets in 1969 with a snow cone catch ...

A comprehensive look at the Mets position players from 2008, and whether they should STAY or GO for 2009.

The Mets' plan to bring back Jerry Manuel as manager is not going as smoothly as anticipated. A person familiar with the situation told Newsday Wednesday night that the team has offered Manuel a two-year contract to return, but he has yet to accept the deal.During the final month of the season, Manuel gave every indication that he wanted the job, and certainly deserved a shot...

This is how I think Omar Minaya should approach the Off-season:1) Go and get a closer via Free Agency - Francisco Rodriquez, Brian Fuentes2) Package Aaron Heilman and a prospect (Maybe Daniel Murphy/Fernando Martinez) for a Starting pitcher. The Mets this Off-season are going to have to part with one of their top prospects to get something done. Heilman has wore out his welcome...

John Maine underwent successful surgery today at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He will begin rehab immediately and is expected to be fully healed by Spring Training 2009.

It was a collapse. A collapse that was only supposed to happen once. Only, it didn't. It happened twice - and in back-to-back seasons. The New York Mets closed out the final season at Shea Stadium by blowing the lead in the National League East and falling in the final game ever at the stadium.

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A very popular rumor today was the Eric Byrnes for Luis Castillo idea. First off I would make the deal in a minute but I just don't see it as realistic. The funny thing is, it was an Arizona beat writer who suggested the idea and I would think the D-Backs would be the team that scoffed at the suggestion.So why would the the D-Backs look to move Byrnes, he's a 32 y/o right...

If the Mets really are looking to change catchers then I think I have the perfect guy for the job.Now I'm not endorsing moving Schneider, I thought he did a decent job and think the team should focus their effort elsewhere. But I'm also not so invested in him that it would bother me if they did look for someone else. If the Mets are hoping to get more offense out of the catchers...

The Diamondbacks are very interested in bringing back Adam Dunn, but will not have room for him unless they trade either Eric Byrnes, Connor Jackson, or Justin Upton. It appears that Eric Byrnes will be the most likely to be traded. He only played in 52 games this year, but is a career .263 hitter and is not a free agent until 2011. But, who wants an injured outfielder who only hit...

I'm back from my blog vacation and I've missed so many good topics, like TO whining again, the Mets collapsing again, the Rams losing again and firing their head coach, and much more. I feel like it's a little late to re-hash those topics, so we'll just move on. I'll have a few more posts up tonight, including the Six Picks for Sunday results and a new entry...