**Posted By Sal**

Pirates 0  Mets 6 
Mid 4
Shea Stadium
New York

Lastings Milledge 2-2 Single Double, Run
David Wright 1-1 BB Double, 2 Run
Carlos Delgado  2BB, 2 Run
Paul Lo Duca 2-2 2 Doubles, 4 RBI
Marlon Anderson 1-1 Sac Fly Single, RBI
Damian Easley 1-2 Single, RBI

Tom Glavine 4.0 IP 0 R 3 H

Phillies 0  Nationals 1

NOTES: Lastings Milledge 6 Straight hits...Franchise record 9 straight hits (Vizciano and Olerud)
               Goerzelany Leaves after 2.1 Innings Due to Injury (Stifness in Left Shoulder) (Second time in as many days the mets chased the SP before 5 innings)
               Jim Tracy Ejected after 2.2

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**Posted By Sal**  

Pirates 4 Mets 8
Shea Stadium
New York

Batting
Jose Reyes 2-5 Single Double, Run
Ruben Gotay 2-4 Single Double, RBI Run
Paul Lo Duca 2-4 Double, 2 Runs
Shawn Green 1-4 Single, Run
Lastings Milledge 3-3 2-Run HR 3 RBI
John Maine 1-1 2 Sac Bunts 2-Run HR (First Career HR/extra Base Hit)

Mets Pitching
John Maine 7.0 Innings  5 H 2 R 6 K's
Aaron Heilman 1.0 Inning 1-2-3 Inning
Guillermo Mota 1.0 Inning 2 R

NOTES:
Mets 49-19 in home openers since Willie took over the team(in 2005)
Mets left 5 runners on base
Mets had 17 hits
John Maine faced 27 batters (103 Pitches-63 Strikes)
Aaron Heilman had another good outing (9 Pitches-6 Strikes)
Lastings Milledge had a break out type game
Ruben Gotay continues to produce against RHP
Ruben Gotay continues to produce behind Reyes in the 2 hole
Paul Lo Duca had a good day at the plate (2 Hits, 2 Runs)
Nissan Post Game Live! NOW on SNY
Gieco Sportsnite Coming up after Nissan Post Game Live! on SNY

Sportsnite Headlines:
David Stern Talks about the Referee Betting Scandal
More on the Micheal Vick Scandal
Curtis Martin Retires

MLB Headlines:
Bud Selig Will Attend the Giants vs. Braves Series in San Fran
Craig Biggio Set To Retire after season

Player of the Game: John Maine

For more post game go to mets.com or Yahoo! Sports

**Posted By Sal**  

Pirates 2  Mets 6

Jose Reyes 2-3 Single Double
Ruben Gotay 2-3 Single Double
Lastings Milladge 2-2 Single Double
John Maine 1-1 Sac Bunt 2-Run HR

Just Giving You a basic idea of what's going on in the game.

Note: Kieth Likes Lo Duca's New Walk Up Song

Ian Snell Pitched ONLY 4 innings
John Maine 6 K's 2 R Allowed

We posted a non-met related poll just to get your opinion on the topic. This topic was discussed on Mike and the Angry Puppy all Friday. We will TRY to post a METS poll.

Just Vote and the mets poll will be posted on the left side on top

Here are the results of the poll.

Q; Who Is The Lightest Throwing Pitcher?

A: Tim Wakefield- 8 Votes 42%
B: Rich Harden- 5 Votes 26%
C: Mike Maroth- 0 Votes 0%
D: Jason Vargas- 3 Votes 16%
E: Scott Bloenwies- 2 Votes 11%
F: Other- 1 Vote 5%

19 Votes

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**Posted By Sal**

Mets At The Plate: Hit less first 2 2/3 innings
                              Sosa 1st Career Double
                              Reyes Single
                              Wright Single, R
                              Delgado Single
                              Lo Duca RBI Single
                              Beltran 12 Pitch AB in 1st

Padres At The Plate: Bradley BB, R
                                 K. Greene 2B, R
                                 Barrett RBI Single
                                 Wells Single

Sosa 4.0 4H 2R 1K 2 BB
Wells 4.1 5H 1R 2K 0 BB

Braves Lose
Nats Win
Phillies Trailing

**Posted By Sal**

...The Game...

New York Mets (51-40) at San Diego Padres (50-40)
PETCO Park, San Diego, CA

...The Line Up...

Mets

7 Jose Reyes SS
44 Lastings Milledge LF
15 Carlos Beltran CF
5 David Wright 3B
21 Carlos Delgado 1B
16 Paul Lo Duca C
20 Shawn Green RF
22 Jose Valentin 2B
29 Jorge Sosa P

...The Pitchers...

RHP Jorge Sosa (7-3, 3.92 ERA) 
LHP David Wells (4-5, 4.31 ERA)

...Players To Watch...

NYM: Jorge Sosa- Sosa's first start off the DL (Hamstring)
SD: Jose Cruz is batting .375 in eight career at-bats against Sosa. Facing the Mets, the outfielder is 23-for-81 with a 1.044 OPS in 24 career games.

...Catch It...

SNY IO Channel 60 (HD 730)
MLB.TV

WFAN 660 AM
WADO 1280 AM (Espanol)
MLB Game Day Audio

...UP NEXT...

Tomorrow- Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez VS. San Diego Padres
Wednesday- John Maine VS. San Diego Padres
Thursday- Tom Glavine VS. LA Dodgers

**Posted By Sal**

Here's a Week In Review because the last few days were WILD!

SUNDAY:
John Maine was STILL NOT announced to the NL ALL-STAR Team

TUESDAY:
Jose Reyes has a 3 hit game in The All-Star game
Carlos Beltran Triples in the All-Star Game
NL Loses All-Star Game

THURSDAY: (Hold on, This is were it gets WACKY!)
The Mets Fire Hitting Coach Rick Down
The Mets Hire Ricky Henderson to the coaching staff
The Mets DFA Julio Franco
The Mets Call Up Lastings Milladge Who scores Game Winning Run
The Mets make Franchise history by hitting back-to-back HR's To lead off the game
The Mets Win their first game back from the All-Star Break without a hitting coach


FRIDAY:
The Mets Name HoJo Their Hitting coach making Ricky Henderson their first base coach
John Maine Starts Friday nights game
He Gives up a Grand Slam 4 batters into the game
Lastings Milladge Hits a 3 run Home run
Mets Lose 8-4

SATURDAY:
The Mets Honor long time announcer Ralph Kiner before the 7:10 Game
Lastings Milladge knocks in the go ahead run in a 2-1 Nail Biter giving Tommy G. win 298

SUNDAY:
The Mets DFA RHP Dave Williams to make room for Oliver Perez
The Mets Win 5-2
Billy Wagner Gets Save #20 in 21 Chances
Jose Reyes Hits a HR
Oliver Perez gets the W
Adam Dunn Breaks some lights on the Shea Scoreboard with a MONSTER HR

Now the Mets need to activate Jorge Sosa for tomorrow's game so watch out for another move!

**Posted By Sal**

It Finally happened! Rick Down was fired by the Mets! Rickey Henderson was hired to replace Down on the coaching staff. It was not said what Rickey would coach. The Mets are debating between Rickey and HoJo to decide who will take over as the batting coach and who will be the first base coach. Stay tuned we will keep you posted. 

**Posted by Allan**

So here we are, staggering into the All-Star break somehow clinging onto first place. So many unexpected things have happened over the course of this season, so here are my midterm report card grades:
(Note: I'm not gonna mention the individual problems with RISP because everyone on this team stinks at it)

The Opening Day Lineup:

Paul Lo Duca: (B) Paulie had a very nice beginning of the season, batting over 300 for most of the year, but when the mets as a team started playing poorly, so did Duke. His avg. is down to around 280 but he is one of the most durable catchers in the MLB . His D is up, and hes been a tremendous leader.

Carlos Delgado: (D+) What can we say about Delgado, besides that hes been awful. A batting avg around 240, hes been playing much better as of late. His power has been on and off all season, and his lack of consistency getting on base had me questioning is he was done. His D has been atrocious and he cant buy a hit with a runner on 3rd and 1 out. All in all, an extremely disappointing 1st half for Deli.

Jose Valentine: (D) Jose had his dream rejuvenation year last year, but that was last year. Hes been slumping all year, even before he went down with the injury. His D has been much worse then last year due to his knee brace or whatever it is. His job many be in jeopardy with 2 guys waiting in line.

Jose Reyes: (A) Theres not much negativity going on in Jose's world, as hes been a model of consistence on a very inconsistent team. He is stealing on a regular basis and has kept his batting avg up all year long. His D has also been spectacular as well as his walks. Keep it up Jose!

Davis Wright: (B) David started off the year awfully alongside Delgado, the difference is, hes broken out and consistently hit since that April. He brought his avg up to a nice 28oish, and hes been a great leader in the clubhouse. However, he needs to spend less time with his extra curricular activities and more time in the batting cages. David was moved up to the 4 spot and will be very important going forward.

Shawn Green: (B-) Shawn has been a nice surprise for mets fans this season. He is hitting a respectable 270 and is a nice veteran presence in the clubhouse. His D has been a little better this year and he is showing he isnt as slow as we thought he was on the base paths. Not much else you can say about Shawn, except that he should never shave his head ever again!

Carlos Beltran: (C+) Beltran is hitting the same 270 as Green, but we expect more from the top vote-getter in the NL. His lack of veteran leadership has been well documented, but he has been pretty solid all around. As usual, his D has been spectacular and he is using his speed a little more with Wright instead of Delgado batting behind him.

Moises Alou: (MED excuse) No this is not a typo, Moises Alou is a New York Met. I cant really give him a grade since he hasnt played since Julio Franco pulled a fastball. When he has been in there, hes been great, batting over 315. Obviously, he doesnt move in left feild, but everyone expected that when we got him. Hopefully, he wont get lost on the way to shea when hes ready to come back.

The Starters:

Tom Glavine: (B) Known for his consistency, he has been none of that this year. When hes on, hes lights out, as hes shown he can be last year. He has been a victim of a lack of run support and some spotty D behind him. Lets try to get 300 so we can actually focus on the mets as a team, Tommy.

John Maine: (A+) As everyone knows, the Maine event deserves to be in the midsummer classic. Hes been great all year, picking up right where he left off during last year's playoffs. Hopefully, we will see him in a mets uni for many years to come. 

Oliver Perez: (A-) Ollie has been great this year, especially in clutch situations. His 3 wins Vs. Atlanta and his win Vs. the Yankees have made him a instant fan favorite. He has had a couple of shoddy starts, but hes been fairly consistent throughout the season.

Orlando Hernandez: (B) A little more inconsistent then the rest of them, El Duque has looked spectacular many times during the year. His stuff has looks extremely nasty, and if he controls it, hes will be unhittable.

Jorge Sosa: (B+) Me and Sal had a argument about wheter this was a good pickup, and so far, I have been completly right! Jorge shocked the world when he came up and actually retired batters. With a couple of bad starts sprayed in, Jorge had been spectacular as a 5th starter.

Relievers: 

Aaron Sele: (C-) While not the automatic bandage that Darran Oliver was, Aaron has pitched adequately in his long man role. Like the starters, Aaron has been inconsistent from appearance to appearance.  However, he looked very strong in the last couple  of outings while trying to save his job.

Scott Schoenweis: (D-) Why oh why did we give this man a big 3 year contract? While looking great away from his adoring fans at Shea, he has been awful in high pressure situations in the numerous chances that have presented themselves to him. Maybe the first step in the right direction would be changing to an actual Major league number!

Joe Smith: (B) Starting the year out of this world, Smith had quickly been pulled back down. Chad Brad's replacement shows tremendous potential, as long as the bases arent loaded.

Pedro Feliciano: (A+) There isnt much to complain about Pedro, as hes been near perfect all year long. He will see his role change as he continues to dominate.

Guillermo Mota: (D+) Guillermoid has been everything he was last year and a Indian. Many speculate that his success last year was due to those 'riods, so I dont know what we will see out of him in the 2nd half.

Aaron Heilman: (C+) This was the hardest player to judge, as he has pitched better than given credit for. Hes given up way to many home runs, and he has to watch his back as Feliciano might be stealing his 8th inning spot. 

Billy Wagner: (A+) Billy has been spectacular this season, blowing just one save all year. I dont know about you but I have total confidence when Billy runs in from the 'pen.

Bench: (Due to lazyness, I will not give comments to the guys on the bench.)

Damion Easley: B+

Ramon Castro: A

Endy Chavez: A-

Julio Franco: F (sorry old man)

Ruben Gotay: A

David Newhan: D

Carlos Gomez: B+

Other Players:

Ambiorix Burgos: B-

Mike Pelfrey: C-

Jason Varges: F

Dave Williams: D-

Sandy Alomar Jr: D

Ben Johnson: D-

Lino Urdinetta: F

**Posted By Sal**

The Opponent

Houston Astros (37-49)
Minute Maid Park
Houston, Texas

The  Line-Up for the METS

7 Jose Reyes  SS
22 Jose Valentin  2B
15 Carlos Beltran  CF
5 David Wright  3B
21 Carlos Delgado  1B
3 Damion Easley  LF
20 Shawn Green  RF
11 Ramon Castro  C
34 Mike Pelfrey  P

Catch It On...

TV
SNY IO CHANNEL 60 (HD 730)

Radio

660 AM  WFAN         
1280 AM  WADO (Espanol)


Players to Watch

Jose Reyes- Reyes is batting .326 in 43 career at-bats in Minute Maid Park.
Damion Easley- Tonight will be only the second game Easley will play in Left Field in his career. (1st Also came this season)

**Posted By Sal**

THE LINE-UP FOR THE METS

7 Jose Reyes  SS
9 Ricky Ledee   LF
15 Carlos Beltran   CF
5 David Wright   3B
21 Carlos Delgado   1B
22 Jose Valentin   2B
20 Shawn Green   RF
11 Ramon Castro   C
33 John Maine   P


CATCH IT ON...

TV
SNY IO Channel 60 or 730(HDTV)

RADIO
WFAN 660 AM
WADO 1280 AM

WHO TO WATCH...

John Maine- Maine pitched brilliantly in pitcher-unfriendly Citizens Bank Park on Friday night. He has won his past three starts and has walked none in four of his six past outings.

LETS GO METS!

**Posted By Sal**  

Ed Coleman announced during a 20:20 on WFAN that Carlos Gomez was sent to NY for an MRI. Gomez got injured during last night's game. David Newhan has been called up to take Gomez's spot on the roster.

**Posted By Sal**  

    In case you can't remember, Paul Lo Duca, received a two game suspension for is tirade on the field during the game against the Oakland A's. Lo Duca was upset about two called strikes on him by Marvin Hudson. Lo Duca argued and argued some more. Finally Hudson threw Lo Duca out of the game. Lo Duca than argued more and than threw all of his equipment onto the field. He received a 2 game suspension, but appealed it. Now the hearing will be held Friday.

Jason Vargas was sent down to AAA New Orleans. Sandy Alomar Jr. was called up.

..Updated at 5:30 PM..

Just heard on SNY Daily News Live! Chris Cotter said that Paul Lo Duca will serve the 2 game suspension. Lo Duca will sit out tonight and tomorrow.

The new poll was JUST put up. Vote as much as you want! Just do it from different computers!  A new poll will be put up shortly! This week is a double poll week, because we missed it last week!

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Finally we are closing this poll we had up for 2 weeks.


Q: Who is the hardest throwing pitcher in the Majors?

A: Joel Zumaya    got      6 Votes for 38%  of the votes
B: Billy Wagner    got      1 Vote  for 6%    of the votes
C: Justin Verlander  got    2 Votes for 13% of the votes  
D: Rich Harden    got NO Votes   for 0%     of the votes
E: Tim "Knuckleballer" Wakefield  got 8 votes for 38% of the votes


WOW! Wakefield must throw pretty hard!

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