AMAZIN' REBOUND IS 1ST RESPONSE

BILLY BACK TO CLOSE DOOR

GAME 102: PHILLIES AT METS

The rubber game between the Phillies and Mets starts at noon today. Jimmy Rollins was scratched from the starting lineup. We're not sure why yet. Here is Jerry Manuel's...more >

3 UP: THE DEADLINE, MUSSINA/DELGADO...

1. Baseball fans should take note of the Giants' trade of Jeremy Shockey to the Saints if they want to know a coming truth about the July 31 trade deadline. The Giants said a lot over time that they were comfortable going to...more >

New York Mets

• REMEMBERING SHEA STADIUM: 1964 - 2008

  SEE THE 25 GREATEST MOMENTS AT SHEA STADIUM

  We're counting down the 25 greatest moments that took place at Shea Stadium. See the photos and read the stories...more >

• DON'T BLAME BILLY FOR BEING CAUTIOUS

  By LARRY BROOKS

  THERE'Sa difference between doing something heroic on the diamond and attempting to be a hero. After 13 years in the big leagues, Billy Wagner gets that. He gets that there are times when an...more >

• PEDRO'S FATHER DIES

  By BRIAN LEWIS

  Pedro Martinez's father Pablo died in the Dominican Republic yesterday, succumbing after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 79. After hearing the news, the pitcher left Shea Stadium to...more >

• MANUEL DEFENDS HOOK, SAYS SANTANA HIT LIMIT

  By BRIAN COSTELLO

  Jerry Manuel yesterday defended his decision to take starter Johan Santana out of Tuesday's game with Philadelphia after eight innings. Santana departed with a 5-2 lead, having thrown 105...more >

• MANUEL METS SHOW GRIT

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  NEARLY a whole day later, manager Jerry Manuel was totally fine with the autopsy. The sock-to-the-gut loss to the Phillies on Tuesday was the kind of defeat that keeps on giving - at least until...more >

• MANUEL: IF JOHAN WAS ADAMANT, I WOULD HAVE LET HIM PITCH

  LIFTED PRIOR TO METS' COLLAPSE AGAINST PHILLIES

  Post Staff Report

  July 23, 2008 -

  If Johan Santana demanded to be out there for the ninth inning of last night's demoralizing loss to the Phillies, Jerry Manuel would not have stopped him. The Mets interim manager talked about...more >

• SLEEPLESS NIGHT FOR FRED WILPON AFTER METS' DEBACLE

  BUT CO-OWNER HAPPY WITH MANUEL

  By LENN ROBBINS

  July 23, 2008 -

  Mets fans weren't the only ones tossing and turning last night after the bullpen imploded in an 8-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Co-owner Fred Wilpon said he didn't sleep after...more >

• SLEEPLESS NIGHT FOR FRED WILPON AFTER DISMAL LOSS

  BUT CO-OWNER HAPPY WITH MANUEL'S PERFORMANCE

  By LENN ROBBINS

  July 22, 2008 -

  Mets fans weren't the only ones tossing and turning last night after the bullpen imploded in an 8-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Co-owner Fred Wilpon said he didn't sleep after his...more >

• ON DECK: PHILLIES AT METS

  TONIGHT, 7:10, SNY, WFAN

  By JUSTIN TERRANOVA

  July 23, 2008 -

  The Mets will turn to John Maine to put last night's debacle behind them. At one time that would have sounded like a great idea, but not anymore. A win tonight against the Phillies (7:10, SNY...more >

• WAGNER WASN'T AVAILABLE

  SHOULDER SPASMS STALL CLOSER

  By BRIAN COSTELLO

  July 23, 2008 -

  Billy Wagner was sitting on a couch in the Mets' clubhouse as the ninth-inning lead melted away quicker than a summertime snowman. Wagner was unavailable due to spasms in his left shoulder...more >

• SANTANA EFFORT FLUSHED

  By BRIAN LEWIS

  July 23, 2008 -

  Once again, Johan Santana pitched like the ace the Mets got him to be, smothering heavy-hitting Philadelphia with eight brilliant innings. And once again, the Amazin's squandered one of his...more >

• B-TEAM GETS AN 'F'

  BILLY'S BACKUPS CRASH IN 'CLOSE' ENCOUNTER

  By LARRY BROOKS

  July 23, 2008 -

  WELL, we didn't have Billy Wagner to kick around last night. Neither did the Phillies. So they did the next best thing. They kicked around the three ninth-inning understudies who failed to...more >

• AMAZIN' PEN IS JUST PITI-BULL

  CAN'T HOLD LEAD WITHOUT BILLY

  By BRIAN COSTELLO

  July 23, 2008 -

  You can't blame this one on Billy Wagner. The Mets last night endured another stunning collapse at the hands of the Phillies, this one an 8-6 loss at Shea thanks to a six-run Philadelphia...more >

• IT DOESN'T GET MUCH WORSE THAN THIS

  By MIKE VACCARO

  July 23, 2008 -

  THE part that would have been funny, if it weren't so galling, was with Jimmy Rollins at the plate. The game was already tied. The feel-good, everybody-loves-everybody atmosphere that had ruled...more >

• MONUMENTAL MET MELTDOWN

  PHILS RALLY FOR 6 RUNS IN NINTH TO BEAT METS

  AP

  July 22, 2008 -

  So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over...more >