Visions of Greatness and a Touch of Gray at Metsâ Camp
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With six players 40 or older, there are obvious health concerns at Metsâ camp. But their presence also adds a richer dimension to a team that integrated players young and old with great success last season.
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Several of the Capitals' top prospects, including their last two first-round picks, attend the club's summer development camp beginning Tuesday.
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For the first time in two and a half seasons, the cheery success story of the New York Mets has lost some of its luster.
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The Mets appreciate RamÃ³n CastroÂs character and jovial personality, but they are more interested in whether he can be their backup catcher in the postseason.
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The Mets are hoping to use Pedro MartÃ­nez as a tool for expanding their appeal in the Caribbean and South America.
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New Jersey, which tried for years but  failed to win the Yankees baseball team from New York City, now  has set its sights on the city's other baseball team, the Mets,  who play in Shea Stadium in Queens.
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This is an eye chart, reprinted as a public service to the New York Mets so they may see from what they suffer: myopia. Has ever a baseball franchise been so shortsighted for so long?
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Everything's bigger in New York including Omar Minaya's goals. The new Mets' general manager wants to take the NL East from the Braves and precedence over the Yankees.
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If the Mets were actually in the pennant race, and not a fourth-place team playing out the string with minor leaguers, it might have been considered classic.
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Mets General Manager Omar Minahas has met with most of the teams that may be willing to trade big-money marquee players in blockbuster deals.
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After missing out on Carlos Delgado and acquiring Doug Mientkiewicz this week to play first base, New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya said his team is ready to start spring training.
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Making a rare appearance in the clubhouse, Fred Wilpon, the Metsâ principal owner, spent his second consecutive day at Shea Stadium.
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Carlos Beltran, the Mets' new center fielder, and his arrival has created new expectations for a franchise that has floundered for the past three seasons.
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Todd Pratt is in camp with the Yankees trying to win a job as the backup catcher. In 2000, he started for the Mets in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees.
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The pinstripes were a brighter blue, the cap featured an orange NY, but Willie Randolph, a Yankees icon, seemed right at home yesterday when he was introduced at Shea Stadium as the new manager of the Mets.
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The Met will be on the air almost as much as the Mets.
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Mets general manager Omar Minaya speaks with Richie Sexson's agent, perhaps a signal that the Mets have picked the player they want at first base.