Mets 2, Reds 1: On a night when the Mets honored one member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, a future member inched closer to the 300 win milestone. It was Ralph Kiner Night at Shea Stadium and the Mets announced that their broadcast booth at Citi Field will bear the broadcaster's name. The TV booth at Shea is already named after Kiner, who played in the Majors for 13 seasons, mostly with the Pittsburgh......

Senators 5, Devils 4: Few teams hold leads as well as the Devils. Unfortunately for them, that skill doesn't translate to recovering from early deficits. New Jersey trailed for all but 90 seconds of this game and found itself down by four goals at the 16:39 mark. Goalie Martin Brodeur didn't get pulled, but it didn't matter. Patrick Elias missed the game with a cold, but the Devils will need a better start to win......

Happy Holidays! Chances are, you're reading this the day after Christmas, back at your day job after all-too-short a holiday, and the last thing you want from us is stuff about the holidays. But that's just too bad. Because, see, here in the Ist-A-Verse, we do things ahead of time. It might be December 26 for you, but that's what you get for not checking your Favorite Local Blog on Christmas Eve. Austinist is......

- Remember Scott Harper? He's that kid who foolishly jumped out from the stands at a Yankee game last season only to be caught by the net that protects the crowd from foul balls. For his actions, Harper was given three years probation and banned for life from Yankee Stadium. Seems a little light for risking the lives of all the people in those expensive seats. Then again, being banned for life from The......

- Mets 6, Nationals 4: John Maine's scoreless inning streak surely couldn't last. Former Yankee Nick Johnson ended the streak at 26 with a home run in the 4th inning of last night's win against the Nationals. Maine's chance of winning his third game ended in the 6th inning when the Nationals scored 3 runs, chasing him from the game. The Mets scored two in the 7th to break a 4-4 tie with RBI......

-Mets 8 Reds 3: Carlos Beltran became the first player in four years and the first Met since Robin Ventura to hit grand slams in consecutive games. Beltran’s blast broke open a 3-2 game and ensured Mike Pelfry of his second win. Xavier Nady and Jose Valentin also went deep for New York. -Yankees 5 Seattle 4: Down 4-2 in the ninth, the Yankees benefited from a blown call at first and managed to......

- Marlins 3, Mets 2: John Maine was the tough-luck loser yesterday in the first game of yesterday's doubleheader against the Marlins. Maine allowed only 6 hits over 6 innings, but three of those hits were home runs. The Mets didn't offer up much run support in the loss, getting only 3 hits. - Mets 17, Marlins 3: All the offense the Mets were lacking in game 1 against the Marlins came out in......

- Mets 8, Yankees 3: The Mets woke up from their four-game slump in the first inning during yesterday's game at Yankee Stadium, scoring two runs in the first frame. It got better for the Mets in the 4th when they scored 5 runs. Randy Johnson allowed 8 runs in a game for the first time since 2003 and continued his 1st inning struggles. Steve Trachsel pitched 6 innings, allowing 2 runs and left......

-Washington 11 Yankees 9: If the Yankees miss the playoffs by one game, this is the one to remember. Fifteen hits and a seven-run lead weren’t enough for the pathetic Yankee pitching as they collapsed down the stretch and gave the Nationals an improbable victory. Mariano Rivera came in during the eighth inning and couldn’t stop the bleeding, giving up the tying run on a throwing error by Jorge Posada and two more runs......

- Giants 6, Mets 4: The Giants and Mets waited out a rain delay before the first game of their single ticket doubleheader before San Francisco picked up the victory. Former Met Armando "Who Let the Dogs Out" Benitez picked up the save in a way that every Met fan can remember - walking two batters before getting the save. Of course, that's assuming he even got the save when he was with the......

Red Bull New York lost to FC Dallas, 2-1. While the loss was only the 2nd loss of the season for the Red Bulls, they only have one win. The rest of their games all ended in a tie. The Mets will try for the sweep on Thursday afternoon after beating the Phillies 5-4 Wednesday night. David Wright hit a home run for the third consecutive game while Alay Soler won his first career start.......

Major League Soccer and Red Bull announced today that the MetroStars were bought by Red Bull. Some reports put the purchase price at as much as $30 million. The team's official name is "Red Bull New York" and will be the New York Red Bulls on the pitch. It's the energy drink company's 2nd foray into soccer team ownership. Their other team, Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Bundesliga. In their announcement of the purchase,......

There are tons of meta-property maps these days that pull results from all the local real estate companies, but Trulia has a really nice looking interface, so it's definitely worth checking out. The site also has some cool features, like an email notification for properties that meet your specifications, and a great NYC fact sheet chock full of data links. Also worth a looksie: Trulia Brooklyn! Deep-thought of the day: Trulia seems to be......

We have a building boom in the tristate area. The Yankees and Mets have already announced their plans for new stadiums to be built for the 2009 season, the Nets are building an arena in Brooklyn, the Devils are moving to a new arena in Newark and even the Metrostars have gotten into the act. Not to be left out are the Jets and Giants who have agreed to build a stadium together and yesterday......

Alexi Lalas, President and General Manager - MetroStars...

Early this morning NASA successfully launched a rocket carrying the Aura spacecraft. Aura will orbit the Earth every 100 minutes at an altitude of 438 miles, and will "see" every place on Earth every sixteen days. Aura's primary mission is to study atmospheric chemistry. The spacecraft has four instruments that go by the romantic names HIRDLS, MLS, OMI, and TES. The first two of these, the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) and the......

The MetroStars of the MLS unveiled their plans for a new stadium today. The stadium will seat 25,000 fans at a cost of $100 and will sit on the Passaic River in Harrison, NJ. It is scheduled to be ready for the 2006 MLS season. Like the plans for stadiums in Brooklyn and the West Side, the MetroStars stadium is part of a larger redevelopemnt plan. Unlike the two New York plans, the soccer-only......

After losing to the New England Revolution this weekend, the MetroStars are still atop the Eastern Conference in the MLS. The MetroStars took sole possession of first last week when they defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-0. One week ago, the MetroStars played against the Galaxy at Giants Stadium and beat them 2-1. In Saturday's game, the Revolution scored on goals from Felix Brilliant and Clint Dempsey, both rookies. The Revolution broke a three game......

Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day. Mostly Sunny with a High of 72. (That was me doing my Bill Withers impression.) Hopefully this shocking revelation won't blow anyone's mind, but occasionally, especially on good weather days, Gothamist wakes up and wonders what the heck to say here. That's when the beloved Google search comes in. Today it's going to be sunny. So what happens when you google the word "sunny?" You end up......

- The Mets get down with Wiggy. - Play in the French Open starts, Agassi loses, so does Roddick. - There is baseball in China but no Pandas, what gives? - Gothamist wonders if Hockey is the most demanding playoff sport. - In off-season NBA news, the Draft Lottery takes place and it's an important summer for the Nets. - It's a lame sports weekend, so sign up for some rec sports. Check out......

This weekend looks to be a rather boring for the New York region. The Mets and Yankees are both out of town playing teams in Florida. There is no hockey, no baketball, no nothing. George Vecsey pointed this travesty out yesterday and Gothamist couldn't agree more. When was the last time there were no local sports this weekend? What happened to seeing scores of Navy men and women in the stands of Shea or......

Jeff Croteau, Librarian in G-Training...

With the Stanley Cup Finals starting tonight, Gothamist got to wondering, what is the most physically demanding playoff sport? Assuming we only consider sports in the United States, that limits us to the NBA, NFL, MLS, MLB, and NHL. We're just going to eliminate football and baseball because football plays once a week and baseball, well, if you've seen a baseball game, you know why. The NBA and its players have had an absurd playoff......