Fall Classics: Game 6, 1986 NLCS

FOX News captures video of the New York Mets mascot losing his head. OH THE HUMANITY!! Can anything else go wrong for the Mets the past few years?

Minor leaguers who are not on the 40 man roster or still under control ( first six years) are eligible to declare free agency earlier then those who on the roster. Yahoo Sports reports on the Mets transaction page that three players who spent time with the major league club have filed for free agency..... Raul Casnova was the third string catcher early in the season while Robinson...

Last May, Deadspin posted some pics of the New York Mets' most eligible bachelor, Mr. Met, enjoying the NYC night life. From the picture above it appears that the old guy is back in action and recovering well from Mets Collapse: The Sequel.What strikes us about this picture is how incredibly natural the photo looks. Yes, one of the parties involved has a giant baseball as a head...

Adam Rubin's Surfin' the Mets blog has a Q & A with Mets prospect Eddie Kunz. The Mets reliever, who was promoted from Double-A Binghmaton last July, said his experience in 2008 will take away the "shock" of the pitching in the majors next time the opportunity comes.

From FOX News (with a tip of the hat to the folks at Metsblog):

In the next few days, I expect to see many more articles like this one praising the work of Phillies GM Pat Gillick. The Phillies have had a tremendous season and the shrewd moves made by Gillick have been a complementary reason why the Phillies won the pennant for the first time since 1993. Gillick's genius is not simply that he was able to acquire big name players, but it's his...

Long believed to be some sort of baseballoid, Mr. Met is in fact human. Some of us were hoping that there was secretly a hot chick in the costume (don't ask) but it's not.

Some things have already been taken home, others will go down into the pile of rubble.

There is no questioning the impact of Julio Franco on the 2006 team, the player/coach had a significant influence on the maturation of the young inexperienced team. Everybody remembers the embattled Carlos Beltran being urged by Franco to take his curtain call. The team seemed to respond to a coach who still took the field.However, by 2007 Franco at 49 y/o was out of steam and his...

I said to begin the NLCS that if there was one player we could sign I would pick Derek Lowe and after watching him pitch in this series despite his team losing both his starts nothing has changed. In game one Lowe did everything he could to keep his team in the game and it was the offense that failed to produce, until the fifth he was perfect and still battled into the seventh giving...

This is just me thinking out loud but, now that New York Yankees have let third base coach Bobby Meacham go, whose name is tumbling in the rumor mill to replace him? Of course, Willie Randolph.

Two years ago Mike Carp was one of the Mets top prospects and many thought when Delgado moved on he was the heir apparent. Carp had a miserable 2007 where he was hampered by injuries and the team was dissatisfied with his conditioning. Carp had a solid 2008 in which he hit .299 with a .471 Slg. pct. in Binghamton and was an all-star his detractors will say thats a result of repeating...

Former New York Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson is scheduled to interview with the Texas Rangers Friday. Peterson is the most experienced candidate on the Rangers list ...

Now that the Yankees have fired 3rd base coach Bobby Meacham the door remains open for Willie Randolph. In a article by George King in the NY Post, Willie was quoted: "I heard rumors about [Yankee] changes," "I haven't talked to anyone. I buzzed Brian to congratulate him [on his new contract], but other than that I have had no contact at all. I'll try...

Jon Heyman also has the latest on K-Rod.  He says the Mets and Angels are very hesitant to give the 26 year old a 5 yrs contract. He also mentions that there will be 20 other potential suitors for his services.. As for Brian Fuentes, who has put himself  in what Heyman describes a "incredible position". He is demanding 11 Million a year and he see the Mets and Cards are...