link - The Braves have had a dream season, but they have fallen 3 games behind the Phils in the NL East and their wild-card lead is miniscule at best. A team that appeared like a playoff lock a few weeks ago is now fighting for its October life (sound familiar Met fans?). Well, wouldn't you know it. Cox's last trip to Queens will be this weekend and the Mets have a chance to make sure he doesn't go out a winner. A 3-game sweep, or even taking two of three, would never erase all the heartbreak the Mets have given us this season, or all the pain Cox has inflicted on the Mets over the years, but it would certainly be a nice little piece of redemption. Just imagine Cox and his Braves limping out of Citi Field Sunday, maybe 6 games back in the East and 2-3 games back in the wild card.
link - As Jenrry Mejia ran laps around the Citi Field warning track more than four hours before last night’s game against the Pirates, he looked nothing like a pitcher who had just been shut down because of an injury. The Mets and their top prospect were both relieved to learn Thursday that the shoulder injury he suffered during Wednesday night’s game was not serious enough to require surgery. The team announced that the MRI on Mejia’s shoulder after the game revealed “a rhomboid strain of the right shoulder blade.” Although Mejia said he doesn’t have a timetable for when he can begin throwing again, the 20-year-old, hard-throwing righthander said his plans to pitch in winter ball in the Dominican Republic this offseason haven’t changed because of this latest injury
link - Signing with the Mets as an undrafted free agent, Bibby struggled badly in 1965, his first season as a professional. Improvement in his pitching would have to wait: Bibby spent the next two seasons in active military duty, employed as a Vietnam truck driver, particularly dangerous duty in wartime. Emerging from the war physically unscathed, the hard-throwing Bibby returned to the Mets’ minor league system in 1968. He worked his way up the Mets’ chain, but would never pitch for pitching-rich New York, as the Mets sent him to the rival Cardinals as part of an eight-player trade in October of 1971. Delayed by his service in Vietnam, Bibby would not make his major league debut until the age of 27. He would not begin to have an impact until joining the Rangers in a 1973 trade for future big league catcher John Wockenfuss. Finding success under manager Whitey Herzog, Bibby drew comparisons to Nolan Ryan and became a household name when he threw a no-hitter, including 13 strikeouts, against the world champion A’s.
link - New York Mets rookie first baseman Ike Davis does not practice Judaism, but his mother was raised in that religious environment and their family lost several members in the Holocaust. So when Mets officials wanted to know whether Davis planned to sit out on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown Friday, he was unsure how to respond. The verdict: Davis left the decision to his mother. She leaned toward sitting out, but told Davis to do whatever he felt was right. Davis then decided he will play in Friday's series opener against the Atlanta Braves.
link - Dodgers manager Joe Torre said he has decided what he will do next season, but that he isn’t ready to announce whether he will return to his post or retire. “I still have something I need to do first,” Torre said. Torre said he has told his wife about his plans. Asked if he has told his daughter, he replied, “If my wife knows, my daughter knows.” What about General Manager Ned Colletti? “Ned and I talked,” Torre said
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