Mets’ Maine still struggling with sore shoulder (Yahoo! Sports)

Mets‘ Maine still struggling with sore shoulder (Yahoo! Sports)
The night began with the New York Mets just hoping to see John Maine regain the zip on his fastball.

Mets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Interim manager Jerry Manuel had predicted Luis Castillo would be activated Saturday, ending a seven-week disabled list stint for a strained left hip flexor. Instead, after a pregame meeting with Manuel and third base coach Luis Aguayo that day, the second baseman agreed to temporarily remain inactive.

The major issue: Mets officials had been so pleased with the play of fill-ins Damion Easley and rookie Argenis Reyes, they didn’t want to disrupt it. That was the case even though Castillo is in the first season of a four-year, $25 million contract.

“We brought him in and had a conversation,” Manuel said. “He felt that if given a few more days that he would be much better prepared, also saying that the team is playing extremely well without him.”

Castillo said he…

Mets, Nortel Team Up at Citi Field

The New York Mets and Nortel , a global leader in Unified Communications, today announced a new partnership at Citi Field, the new Mets world-class home opening in 2009.

NL Capsules (AP)
Pedro Feliz hit a tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a three-run homer with two outs in the 11th to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday night. The Phillies closed within a half-game of the NL East-leading New York Mets, while Los Angeles remained three games behind Arizona in the West.

Baseball beat: Mets just might have the answers down the stretch

There is nothing the Mets can do to erase the pain and embarrassment of their collapse last season.

Amazin’s Hoping it’s not Deja Boo

VIEWED through the broad scope of the season and even the more narrow vision of the mid-summer surge in which Friday’s victory gave the Mets a 10-1 record in their last 11 and 30-13 in the last 43, the ensuing …

Ausmus, Erstad homer in 10th to lead Astros (AP)

Pedro Feliciano was stunned to see two Houston Astros with a combined three homers this season take him deep in the 10th inning. The way the year has gone for the Mets‘ bullpen, it shouldn’t have been surprising at all. Brad Ausmus led off the 10th with his second homer of the year, Darin Erstad connected for his third three batters later and Houston rallied against New York’s unpredictable bullpen…