Though they were unsuccessful in their pursuit of slugger Albert Pujols, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim today, the Miami Marlins have plenty to be happy about this offseason; yesterday they introduced the keystone of the new team, their $106 million star Jose Reyes. Reyes told reporters that the Marlins really made him feel wanted—they even arranged a midnight meeting the night he became a free agent. Reyes sounded particularly disappointed that the Mets made almost no effort to keep him in town, which general manager Sandy Alderson later addressed: “If you’re asking whether I should have sent him a box of chocolates, perhaps I should have done that. But on the other hand, the box of chocolates would have cost $106 million.” more ›

Where to begin? After the Mets lost out on re-signing their star shortstop Jose Reyes, who is reportedly taking a $102 million deal from the Florida Marlins, the local papers are opining about the once-Amazin's prospects. The Post's Joel Sherman explains why the Mets should trade David Wright now and offers others ideas about potential team rosters, and adds this, "Privately Mets officials will say they do not see the likelihood for strong contention before 2014." more ›

Now that we're officially in baseball's off-season, the Mets announced several changes to Citi Field for the 2012 season, making the park a bit friendlier for hitters. Both the left and right field walls are moving in and the height of all walls will be a uniform eight feet. And if you're tired of those slimming black walls, the walls are going back to the glorious blue that graced Shea Stadium when it closed. The new walls are up to 12' closer and the zig-zag-like pattern to right center field will be uniform. more ›

Evan Longoria hit two home runs, the second to give Tampa a playoff spot as the Rays beat the Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings. Tampa overcame a 7-0 deficit with six runs in the 8th and a game-tying homer in the 9th from Dan Johnson. The Yankees will head home to face the Tigers and Justin Verlander in the ALDS while their hated rival, the Red Sox, will simply head home. more ›

Clearly, the Mets hate Newark. Rather than let the largest Jersey city enjoy a year of being home to a AAA team, the Mets have exercised their territorial rights and blocked the Yankees' Scranton, Pennsylvania, farm team from spending a year playing in Newark while its Scranton-Wilkes Barre stadium undergoes renovations. more ›

With the Rays and Red Sox fighting for the American League's wild card, the Yankees still have a role to play. For the second straight night, they lost to the Rays, dropping a 5-3 game on Tuesday. With Boston's 8-7 win over the Orioles, the Rays and Red Sox remain tied entering the season's final day on Wednesday. The Yankees started Bartolo Colon and used Rafael Soriano, David Robertson and Mariano Rivera in relief. But they still hit into a triple play -- Russell Martin hit a sharp grounder to third with the bases loaded -- and blew a chance to open up their 3-2 lead. Instead, they fell behind to keep some excitement in this season's final stretch. In Wednesday's season finale, they won't be pitching anyone who will be on the postseason roster, so the Rays could very well sweep them. No matter who wins the wild card, the Yankees will open the playoffs Friday at home against either Texas or Detroit. more ›

Other than figuring out a playoff roster, the Yankees don't have anything to play for over the final three games of the year. Tampa, on the other hand, is fighting for its playoff life. That makes Tampa's 5-2 win unsurprising at best. The Rays took advantage of Hector Noesi, who was making the second start of his career. James Shields stymied the Yankees, allowing only six hits and two runs while falling one out short of a complete game. The win by Tampa and a Red Sox loss means the two teams are tied for the final playoff spot in the AL. more ›

Giants 29, Eagles 16: Well, it certainly wasn't supposed to end up like this. After the off-season moves by the Eagles, and the lack of them by the Giants, a win on the road by the Giants wasn't expected. Eli Manning managed to pass for four touchdowns with no interceptions (!!!). The Giants also forced the Eagles into three turnovers, with an interception off Michael Vick and two more off his backup, Mike Kafka. Vick left the game after breaking his hand in the 4th quarter. more ›

In a season with far too few high points, the Mets 8-6 victory over St. Louis was a welcome respite. Trailing 6-1 entering the 8th, New York staged a great comeback with some help from the Cardinals' error-prone defense. New York scored a run in the 8th, thanks to a passed ball. Willie Harris walked to start the 9th and then Nick Evans hit a tailor-made double play ball that Rafael Furcal booted. Instead of two outs and no runners on, the Mets had two runners on and no outs. After a fly out, the Mets drew consecutive walks to force in their third run. Jose Reyes singled in a run and then Ruben Tejada doubled home two more runs to tie the game at 6. David Wright struck out for the second out of the inning, but Willie Harris put the Mets in the lead with a two-run single. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect 9th for his 6th save. more ›

Thanks to a 5-0 victory over Tampa on Tuesday, the Yankees can clinch a playoff spot later today if they earn a split of their doubleheader with Tampa. They could also clinch the AL East crown with a sweep in the doubleheader and a Boston loss. more ›

The Jets improved to 2-0 by demolishing Jacksonville 32-3. Credit the defense with this win as they recorded a safety, two sacks, four interceptions and missed a defensive touchdown by 1/2 a yard. Mark Sanchez threw two interceptions and two touchdowns. Shonn Greene rushed for only 3.1 yards per carry, but found the end zone. The Jets now head on the road for three-straight weeks, stopping in Oakland and Baltimore before heading to Foxboro for a showdown with New England. more ›

After the Seattle Marlins' Mariners FLORIDA MARLINS' Greg Dobbs hit a young boy in the face with a line drive foul ball at Citi Field last month, Mets vice president of security Rob Kasdon told reporters the boy was expected to be okay, and that the vast amounts of blood apparently were from a deep cut on the kid's nose. It turns out that diagnosis was rosily optimistic, and the child's recovery has not gone as well as predicted. more ›

Over the first few innings, it seemed like the Mets would have a chance to break their losing streak, but the late innings proved to be their undoing and they fell to Washington 10-1. Chris Schwinden pitched five effective innings allowing only two runs (one earned). The Mets cut the deficit to 2-1 when Jason Bay doubled in David Wright, but the bullpen caved in from there. New York surrendered a single run in the 7th, three in the 8th and four in the 9th and the losing streak now stands at six. more ›

David Wright made a costly error and the Mets missed a big chance in the 9th as they fell to Washington 2-0. Wright's error allowed Ian Desmond to reach first with one out. Mike Pelfrey stuck the next batter out, but surrendered back-to-back singles for the only scoring in the game. The Mets got the first two runners on in the 9th, but Justin Turner popped up his bunt attempt and Jason Pridle grounded out wile moving the runners up. That brought up Jose Reyes with a chance to tie it. Reyes laced a liner to center, but Rick Ankiel made a great catch to end the game. more ›

Tributes to those who were martyred ten years ago filled the sports world Sunday, but amazingly Major League Baseball repeated a mistake from that era. In 2001 the Mets wanted to wear FDNY and NYPD hats to honor the victims of 9/11 but MLB denied them permission. Those Mets wore the hats in defiance of MLB rules. Sunday, the 2011 Mets tried to make the same tribute with the same result. Most shockingly, it was the Vice-President of MLB, Joe Torre, the Yankee Manager ten years ago, who made the decision. more ›

The Red Bulls eked out a 1-1 tie against Vancouver with Juan Agudelo's 68th minute goal. They are now 6th in the Eastern Conference. more ›

The Mets broke their losing streak and got the weekend off to a good start with a 5-4 comeback win. Mike Pelfrey wasn't great, but he managed to make it into the seventh inning while allowing three runs. Justin Turner put the Mets ahead 4-3 in the fifth with a RBI double. The bullpen protected the one-run lead into the 9th, but Manny Acosta couldn't close the door on Chicago. With two outs, Darwin Barney singled home the tying run, but Acosta escaped further damage and the game went to the bottom of the 9th. Nick Evans led off with a single and was replaced by a pinch runner, Jason Pridle. Pridle advanced to second on a sac bunt, but Ruben Tejada lined out for the second out of the inning. The Cubs chose to intentionally walk Jose Reyes bringing Turner back to the plate. Turner delivered again, singling home Pridle with the winning run. more ›

For the second straight day, the Yankees fell in extra innings to Baltimore. This time, they lost, 5-4, when Scott Proctor allowed the winning run in the 10th inning. The Yankees led 3-0 and 4-1 but Ivan Nova wasn't great -- he isn't the second coming after all -- and Rafael Soriano gave up the lead in the eighth. The Yankees probably would have lost in nine innings if not for some egregiously bad baserunning by the Orioles. They had three guys thrown out on the bases in the late innings. more ›

R.A. Dickey is a lot better than his 8-11 record indicates. His 3.46 ERA is in the Top-20 in the NL. Dickey pitched another gem on Wednesday, allowing only four hits and three walks over seven innings as the Mets beat Florida 1-0. Dickey's pitching made Lucas Duda's RBI double in the first inning stand up. Duda drove in Jose Reyes with the only run of the game. Josh Stinson and Manny Acosta made it stand up as he earned his first save of the year. more ›

The Yankees' two latest starts this season have not come on the West Coast. They started a game against the Red Sox at 10:34 on June 2. And with heavy rain in the area Tuesday, they waited four hours before the 11:08 first pitch against the Orioles. Francisco Cervelli hit a video-replayed seventh-inning homer to give the Yankees the lead for good and make the late start a little more tolerable in a 5-3 win. Jorge Posada and Brett Gardner also homered. Phil Hughes pitched six innings of two-run ball. Mariano Rivera got his 598th career save. The teams play a day game Wednesday. Ouch. more ›