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

Francisco Pena spent time in major league clubhouses from a young age with his father, five-time All-Star catcher Tony Pena. "That's where I was born," the Mets farmhand said. "I breathe baseball. I eat baseball. I do everything baseball." This...

Courtesy of New York Mets Collin McHugh ST. LOUIS -- Collin McHugh has arrived in St. Louis, presumably to replace Scott Atchison, who had developed finger numbness Monday and was due to be examined in New York on Tuesday afternoon. McHugh, ...

ST. LOUIS -- On pace for historically low production from their outfield, the New York Mets signed Rick Ankiel and intend to use him in a platoon in center field. Ankiel, 33, is starting in center field and batting seventh against his original tea...

The New York Mets have signed outfielder Rick Ankiel and started him in center field against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

Courtesy of New York Mets Kelly, Tim and Denise Betts of Farmingdale, Long Island, with Rebecca Waddington of Rockville, Md., won Saturday's Banner Day competition....

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...

While a prep athlete in Tulsa, Okla., Matt Reynolds strongly considered playing college basketball instead of baseball. A point guard, he received interest from Iowa State as a walk-on as well as from Butler, Furman and "a little bit" from Kansas. ...

Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports Robin Ventura visits Flushing today as manager of the Chicago White Sox. FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey, pitching with three days of extra rest, aims to go to 5-0 when he faces Robin Ventura and Joe McEwing's Chicago White So...

WHAT IT MEANS: The New York Mets were three outs from victory twice. Which made the ending doubly gut-wrenching. After Bobby Parnell failed to hold a one-run lead in the ninth, Shaun Marcum also failed to do so in the 15th. The Mets ultimate...

The New York Mets intended to have third baseman David Wright skip Monday's series opener against the Miami Marlins because of neck stiffness. However, the situation demanded Wright to pinch hit, according to Wright.

Getty Images Matt Harvey opposes rookie Jose Fernandez tonight in Miami. FIRST PITCH: It is safe to watch tonight, New York Mets fans. Matt Harvey takes the mound in the 7:10 p.m. series opener in Miami against rookie right-hander Jose Fernandez...

Although he was drafted with the Mets' top pick in 2009 out of Ward Melville High School on Long Island, left-hander Steven Matz entered this season having made only six professional appearances. After a long road back from May 18, 2010 Tommy John...

Jonathon Niese and the New York Mets may have dodged a bullet. Niese departed in the third inning after being struck on the inside of his right ankle with a comebacker off the bat of Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis. X-rays were negat...

New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese left Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after suffering a leg injury on a comebacker.

Travis d'Arnaud, the highly regarded catching prospect obtained from the Toronto Blue Jays in the December trade for knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, suffered a broken left foot while playing for Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday night.