New York Mets News

Zach Petersel over at The Curious Case of Sidd Finch A - a New York Mets website - posed an interesting question on Friday.

It also marked the return of Charles Dillon 'Casey' Stengel as a major league manager after he was fired by the New York Yankees in 1960.

We already knew Ron Darling stood up for his catcher , and today Stacy Podelski @StacyPodelski ) has a wonderful piece at Examiner.com on Darling's work with Habitat For Humanity .

One of the more interesting developments in the study of baseball over the last few years - whether you're interested in sabermetrics or not - has been the public release of pitch-tracking data, or PITCHf/x. This data, available for free on the MLB website , allows anyone to look at every individual pitch thrown by their favorite pitchers to ... (more)

In a story featured in the New York Post , we learned that Mets GM Sandy Alderson has discovered the joys of Twitter. Unfortunately, this does not equate with any joy for fans of the New York Mets.

We projected Project: Duda last in this series and there were a few ways to read the available peripherals.

The next report was in October: this time, the destination was Ottawa. That report was repeated in November.

I took my dogs for a walk this morning and had to check my calendar to make sure it's actually February.

The New York Mets owners were so "hooked" on money from Bernard Madoff that they used it in place of disability insurance for the baseball team and to fund players' deferred-compensation plans, said the liquidator of the con man's firm.

The countdown of the 50 greatest players in New York Mets history continues with this Part Two portion in which the 31st to 40th greatest players will be named.

As part of his continuing Top 100 Prospects series for ESPN, Keith Law posted his top sleeper in each organization this morning.

Well, the entry period for XFINITY's Ultimate Sports Social Media Job Contest has passed and now it's time to choose the finalists.

Over at ESPN.com Keith Law has put together his list of baseball's Top 100 prospects .

Alderson's first tweet: ''Getting ready for Spring Training-Driving to FL but haven't left yet.

New York Mets catcher Charles "Dock" Doyle and pitcher Scott Moviel have been suspended games each under baseball's minor league drug program.

Desperately in need of a left-handed bat off the bench, many insiders are speculating that Raul Ibanez could land in New York.

It only took us a couple weeks but we've finally broken into the top ten. As with the last couple of rounds we'll break these last two segments into groups of five as many of these guys warrant extended discussion and analysis.

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the New York Mets are all but done pursuing those lefty-hitting free agents currently on the market.A After losing out on Rick Ankiel those players include names like Kosuke Fukudome, Johnny Damon and Raul Ibanez.A The market for these players, however, put them in a familiar category and allow us yet ... (more)

Are the NEW YORK METS about to make former TEXAS RANGERS announcer JOSH LEWIN's addition to the radio booth alongside HOWIE ROSE on CBS RADIO Sports WFAN-A/NEW YORK official? LEWIN's present employer, CBS RADIO Sports KRLD-F /DALLAS, where he has co-hosted middays for 16 months, posted an article announcing the move earlier in the day, but has ... (more)

At a press conference this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked about Councilman Jimmy Oddo's suggestion he buy the cash-strapped New York Mets.