I once heard an interview where a player gave his estimation of how many players were on some sort of performance enhancing drug when he played in the early 2000s. He said it was ninety percent of the players—in other words, nine out of ten guys. Let that marinate for a second. I don’t remember who the player was, but

I wrote back in March  about Ike Davis potentially making the all-star team. Coming off of his second half surge that  saw Davis crank 20 home runs, many people believed that he was primed for a breakout season. However, that has not been the case this season. Instead of seeing Davis launch home runs into the night, Mets fans have

Paging the New York Mets Front Office…Grady Sizemore is still available. This could be bad news for the Mets fans who hope that Sizemore will once again regain his All-Star form in a New York Mets uniform. If Sizemore is waiting until he is fully recovered to sign, it is telling the baseball clubs that he is not interested in

The Mets have assured Terry Collins that his job is not in danger and his future with the team will be discussed when his contract expires at the end of this season, two sources told Newsday. Not only is Collins safe, there have been no conversations about Wally Backman as a potential replacement, either for this year or beyond. In fact, Backman’s bold guarantees this

Kevin Burkhardt has reported that Mets phenom Zack Wheeler will now not being making his debut this coming Friday as had been previously reported. Instead, Wheeler will be making his MLB debut when the Mets take on the Braves the following week during an extended five game series due to a postponement earlier in the season. Wheeler scuffled in what

The Mets have designated outfielder Rick Ankiel for assignment and called up Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, is on his way to the big league club and has been red hot over the past few weeks.  Over his last ten games, captain Kirk has three home runs and two doubles for Las Vegas. The 25-year-old jacked eight home runs over his

I was walking around the mall yesterday with my wife, trying to get her to go into labor with our second child (first son). They say walking is good for kick-starting the labor process at this point, and as we were walking around, I decided to duck into the sports memorabilia store. I was pacing through the store, looking at the autographs of all the great

Team News and Notes       (31-20, 1st place) So Mets fans, are you still clamoring for Justin Upton? The answer to that question is probably yes, but the young outfielder has slowed down considerably after his torrid start to the 2013 season. Upton batted .298 with 12 homers and 19 RBI in April, but came crashing back to

Team News and Notes Atlanta Braves (30-19) Justin Upton has really cooled off at the plate in May, batting .241/.365/.380 with just two home runs. B.J. Upton is having a season to forget, hitting an unsightly .148, with 60 strikeouts already. Brian McCann has been a welcomed addition back to the team, cranking four home runs in just 14 games since his return. On the

Mike Kerwick of The Record, says it’s probably a good thing for the Mets that the Subway Series has been shortened from six games to four this season because it “brings glare” to how bad they are. This season has become a dark hour for Mets fans – darker, if possible, than any of the past four sub-.500 seasons. There’s

The Mets’ bullpen may soon be getting some much needed relief of their own as relievers Jeurys Familia and Scott Atchison both began their rehab assignments with Advanced-A St. Lucie on Saturday. Each reliever tossed a scoreless 1-2-3 inning and struck out one as they began their road back to the Mets. Familia, 22, who was placed on the disabled

Mike Puma of the New York Post writes that David Wright has zero regrets, and continues to believe in the direction of the franchise. “I’m disappointed in our performance so far,” Wright told The Post. “As far as specifically what Sandy and I talked about and I guess the plan moving forward, a big part of that plan is pieces we have in the