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Despite Citi Field hosting the two smallest paid crowds since the Subway Series began in 1997, the four-game series between the Mets and Yankees still drew the third-highest average attendance of any "rivalry" series this week. The Big Apple ain't...

Elsa/Getty Images David Wright celebrates the Mets' 2-1 win Monday with Ike Davis. FIRST PITCH: Growing up in Connecticut, where fans divide their allegiances between New England and New York sports, Matt Harvey picked the Patriots, Rangers and Yan...

USA TODAY Sports This weekend at Citi Field, the Mets face (left to right) Kris Medlen, Mike Minor and Julio Teheran. METS (17-27, fourth place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (28-18, first place/NL East) Friday: RHP Jeremy Hefner (0-5, 5.00) vs. RH...

CHICAGO -- ESPN's Keith Law projects the Mets selecting Gardena, Calif., high school first baseman Dominic Smith with the 11th overall pick in next month's draft. Larry Goren/Four Seam Images via AP Images Dominic Smith participates in th...

ST. LOUIS -- Terry Collins expressed remorse Wednesday for saying a day earlier: "I don't answer to fans. They don't play this game." The original comment came in response to questioning of how the Mets handled Jordany Valdespin getting hit by a ...

Mets manager Terry Collins was wrong about his rant. He was also oh-so right.

FIRST PITCH: The Mets need to face the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff right now like Jay Horwitz needs encouragement about his tweeting. (Pause and process that.) Yet, ready or not, the struggling Mets hitters face the top rotation in the m...

Getty Images Terry Collins appears poised to use a stable 3-4-5 of David Wright, Ike Davis and Lucas Duda. Terry Collins has used five different cleanup hitters this season. He has used seven different No. 5 hitters. Now, the manager has conclud...

Jonathon Niese indicated the back issue that had left him "pretty sore lately" is behind him. However, the southpaw added, he developed a bad habit while compensating for the back woes. And now his arm angle is lower and hitters are picking up the ba...

WHAT IT MEANS: Not to fear -- Matt Harvey Day is next. Jonathon Niese was charged with a career-high-matching eight runs while lasting only 4 1/3 innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates drubbed the Mets, 11-2, Saturday afternoon on Banner Day at Citi Fi...

Here is the lineup as the Mets face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon at soggy Citi Field. David Wright is in the lineup a day after fouling a pitch off the inside of his left knee. "I'm sure he'll be stiff, but he plays through a lot,"...

Courtesy of New York Mets Cousins Olivia Nuzzo and Stephanie Giangrande show off the winning entry in the revival of Banner Day last May. FIRST PITCH: Banner Day, the revived annual tradition, comes to Citi Field before today's game on what is for...

WHAT IT MEANS: The only real dilemma ought to be which pitcher Zack Wheeler replaces in the rotation. Shaun Marcum became the first pitcher in franchise history to fail to complete five innings in each of his first three starts as a Met as the Ama...

Here are the lineups as the Mets face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Citi Field. Third-base coach Tim Teufel is away from the team for the next two days to attend his daughter Kelly's graduation at Liberty University. Mets Ruben Tejada...

Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Mike Baxter received a whipped-cream pie to the face from Justin Turner after delivering a walk-off RBI. FIRST PITCH: Shaun Marcum heads to the mound tonight at 7:10 in search of his first Mets victory. Marcum (0-2, 7.2...

Anthony Gruppuso/USA TODAY Sports Dillon Gee was charged with one run in five-plus innings Thursday. Dillon Gee took a scoreless effort into the sixth inning. He departed that frame with the bases loaded and none out, but only ended up responsi...