Mets 7, Padres 6: When Trevor Hoffman enters a game, more often than not, it's over for the opposing team. Then again, the all-time save leader with 513, has never been good in New York. Last night, the Mets came back from a one-run deficit in the 9th with Hoffman in the game for a dramatic victory. From the Mets standpoint, the bottom of the 9th was perfect and they looked like the Mets of......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: another scaffold collapse, a fatal fire in the Bronx, and an animal rescue uptown. Will Smith's Legend has been driving Washington Square Park area residents insane: "I haven't slept for three weeks." The NTSB is saying that wind was responsible for the Cory Lidle plane crash. The NYPD wants to install video surveillance at all 344 city housing projects to deter crime. The ACLU wants privacy safeguards. Busta Rhymes......

Unfortunately Mike Cameron knows San Diego well. In August, he had that horrifying crash in the outfield with Carlos Beltran. Yesterday, Cameron was traded to the Padres for Xavier Nady, a right-fielder and first baseman. Assuming both players pass their physical, the Mets stand to save $5 million next year, something that already has local baseball writers speaking about Manny Ramirez. The trade would end a brief stint with the Mets for Cameron, who joined......

Less than a week from his collision with Mike Cameron, Carlos Beltran returned to the field for the Mets last night against the Pirates. He made his return without wearing a face mask or much special protection for his fractured cheek at all. The only adjustment was extra padding to the ear flap of his batting helmet. In the 5-1 Mets victory, Beltran was 1-2 with 2 walks and a stolen base. His lone hit......

Sunday afternoon Mets’ fans were five outs away from something they had never seen before, four pitches later they saw something they have seen far too often. Pedro Martinez took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before surrendering a triple followed by a home run in a 2-1 loss. Pedro was brilliant as he gave up only those two hits, walked only one batter and struck out five. Unfortunately, Pedro’s dominance coincided with another bad......

- Scientists may have found the hangover gene, but this sentence caught our eye: "Other studies have revealed that people of Chinese, Japanese or Jewish descent often carry genes that ward off alcoholism by increasing nausea-producing liver enzymes that make drinking unpleasant." All we can say is, Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad! - The country's mass transit threat level has been lowered, but, don't worry kids, it's still high in NYC... - And......

At the start of the season, the Mets had two players that could excel in center field, Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron. After yesterday's game in San Diego, they've lost both. A collision in the 7th inning between Beltran and Cameron, who has played right field most of the season, sent both players to the hospital. The two players dove for a ball hit by David Ross and collided head first. Beltran escaped with......

While the trading deadline came and went without any movement from the Mets, last night was filled with action at Shea Stadium. The Mets returned home to Flushing to face the Brewers who got off to a hot start offensively. The Brew Crew hit four home runs in the first two innings off of Victor Zambrano who was charged with 6 earned runs. Zambrano lasted a short 1 1/3 inning, but hey, he's available for......

Going into their series against the Colorado Rockies, the Mets were playing well, winning games and keeping themselves in the race for both the NL East and the Wild Card. While they didn't eliminate themselves from contention, one has to wonder, how good a team can be if they lose two of three against what was the worst team in baseball. Last night, the Mets salvaged their series against the National League doormat with a......

You know that AARP commercial with the man that clones himself to help with household chores to the surprise of his wife? Well, if the Mets could do that with Pedro Martinez, they would be in good shape. It seems like every time they need a win, it's Pedro's turn to pitch and he comes through. Yesterday's game against the Braves was no different. Entering the game, the Mets were 3-9 against the Braves this......

The Yankees got younger on Thursday, but did they get any better? After organizational meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Yankees made their first changes, cutting ties with relievers, Paul Quantrill and Mike Stanton. Both were designated for assignment meaning the Yankees have ten days to trade or release them. Jason Anderson, a former Yankee prospect who was traded to the Mets for Armando Benitez and Wayne Franklin, a 31-year-old lefty specialist, will take their......

Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the Yankees and Mets had preliminary discussions about swapping right fielders, Gary Sheffield for Mike Cameron. While the trade has since been taken off the table, Sheffield took it a step further during an interview with Mike and the Mad Dog yesterday afternoon: "I made a lot of concessions to come here. And I'll make it clear: If I have to go somewhere else, a lot of things......

Sean Henn can’t seem to beat the Devil Rays. Summoned from AAA to make a second start against the Rays, Henn produced the same results as the first and the Yankees lost to Tampa 5-4. Henn had been an emergency starter in May and claimed that nervousness led to his poor performance. This time around he had flown into New York on Sunday to prepare, but it made no difference as he walked seven batters......

It might be said that yesterday's 8-6 Mets loss at the hands of the Braves was all due to a lack of control. Kaz Ishii exhibited his trademark lack of control when he walked Atlanta pitcher Horacio Ramirez for the first run of the game. Unfortunately for the Mets, Ishii's troubles didn't end there. After walking Ramirez, Ishii gave up a bases-clearing triple to Rafael Furcal. As if that wasn't enough, Ishii allowed three more......

No opponent cures poor play like the Cincinnati Reds. The Mets pounded them 9-2 at Shea Stadium on Monday, getting to former Met Paul Wilson for seven runs. There are two items of good news for the Mets: Kris Benson pitched like he did down the stretch last season and they get to play the Reds two more times this week. The Reds and their non-existent pitching staff are now 10 games under .500, their......

In yesterday afternoon's 7-5 win against the Phillies, two Mets made their season debuts after coming off the disabled list. Kris Benson started his first game of the season and threw for 4.2 strong innings while allowing 5 hits and 2 runs. While he didn't pick up the victory, Benson's performance was encouraging after his recovery from a strained pectoral muscle. Mike Cameron, who also played his first game of the season, had a good......

Tom Glavine continues to struggle for the Mets this season, picking up his 4th loss of the season last night against the Phillies. Glavine only made it 3.2 innings and gave up 6 hits, 8 runs, and 6 walks. His ERA in 6 games is 7.04. Yikes! On the flipside, Brett Myers, the starter for Philadelpha, has only allowed 6 earned runs all season! We'll look past the loss for some other things of note......

Since starting the season 0-5, the Mets have been on fire, winning 10 of 13 games. Their play has lifted them to two games over .500, which generally isn't very good, but when was the last time the Mets were in this position? One area of concern pops up for the Mets despite their record, the starting pitching. Three starting pitchers - Kris Benson, Steve Trachsel, Kaz Ishii - for the Mets are currently......

With our expectations low for yesterday's doubleheader against the Braves, the Mets pulled out a 9-7 (box score) win in the first game of the twi-night doubleheader. Aaron Heilman picked up his first win of the season in game one in six innings of work. Heilman gave up four runs and the Mets offense came alive to take the lead in the sixth inning. In game two, the Mets didn't fare quite as well. Paul......

And how! Not only did the Mets finally end their 11 game losing streak, they also shutout the defending World Champions, 4-0 (box score). The Mets also ended their streak of innings without a lead in the 2nd inning. The win obviously does nothing for the playoff hopes of the Mets who have an elimination number of four games, which is the combination of wins by the first place team (Atlanta) and losses by the......

Kaz Matsui out? Naturally you start Jose Reyes...but what does this mean for the Mets next year? Yes, Gothamist is already thinking about next year for the Mets. Sure, they have won two in a row, but they beat the lowly Brewers. Since the Mets and the Brewers have the same record, one can only conclude the Mets are a lowly team as well. Hmm...we're rambling. The Mets are 8 games out of first and......

The Mets offense had a banner day yesterday. Mike Cameron hit two home runs and Eric Valent hit for the cycle in the 10-1 victory for the Mets (box score). With the victory, the Mets "earned" a split with the last place Montreal Expos. Valent, filling in for Cliff Floyd in left field, went 4-4 with an infield single in the 2nd, a double in the 3rd, a home run in the 5th, and......

Guess what everyone - the snapped their four game losing streak yesterday and Tom Glavine won his first game since June 13th! Glavine gave up 2 runs in six innings in the 4-2 Mets victory (box score) and his ERA went up to 2.61 from 2.60. Luckily for Glavine, the Mets had some offense last night. Mike Cameron hit his second home run of the two game series in the 6th inning. The three run......

Scott Erickson hadn't played in the Major Leagues since August, 2002, when he was with the Baltimore Orioles. Last night, he started for the Mets against the Florida Marlins. Dontrell Willis started for the Marlins and was 5-0 with a 1.05 ERA against the Mets. The Mets and Erickson were presented with a tough task, but Erickson pitched solidly, throwing for 6 innings, and allowing only 1 earned run. Despite his performance and Willis giving......

In the box score of Sunday's Phillies-Mets game, there is a benign Cameron-Matsui-Zeile notation for a double play. The actual play where Mike Cameron made a spectacular play in the outfield and doubled up Todd Pratt was really much bigger. In the top of the 5th inning, there was no score and Pratt was on first. Doug Glanville hit a ball towards right-center field and Cameron was more than 40 yards away. It appears......

- Greece wins the Euro Cup. - The Mets surprise just about everyone by sweeping the Yankees. - The Mets pull close to first but then lose their chance. - The Yankees have major pitching woes. - Lance Armstrong briefly captures the lead in the Tour de France. Check out the short week in full.......

After last night's 10-1 victory (box score), the Mets have http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/sports/baseball/08mets.html ">their sights set on first place in the NL East. Richard hidalgo extended his hitting streak to 10 games, going 1-5 but the offense came early and often from his teammates. Cliff Floyd, Ty Wigginton and Mike Cameron all homered in the 2nd inning off Phillies starter Brett Myers. Cameron added another home run in the 5th inning. Steve Trachsel pitched 7 innings,......

There is nothing quite like backing into a series with a team that beat you six times last year, but that's exactly what the Mets are about to do. Yesterday afternoon, the Mets took on the Reds and all was going smoothly until a Ken Griffey Jr. fly ball in the 7th inning. Jose Reyes had a two-run homer, his first since late August of last season, and the Mets had a 1 run lead.......

Yesterday afternoon the Mets fired hitting coach Denny Walling and replaced him on an interim basis with Bench Coach Don Baylor. When you are hitting .246 as a team and .101 (6 for 59) with the bases loaded, someone needs to be fired and since it is rare that owners fire the actual players, Walling ends up as the scapegoat. The Mets responded by tagging the Cleveland Indians for 14 hits and seven runs and......