Mets: Daniel Murphy, John Rauch, Darin Gorski, Mets Win Court Case

Well, the Mets are reporting to Port St. Lucie in droves, and Terry Collins has begun to meet the media. Lots to discuss, but I wanted to focus on one particular comment by Collins yesterday: that his backup first baseman is Justin Turner, not Daniel Murphy. This makes no sense at first glance, as pointed out by Patrick Flood on Twitter. After all, if Murphy and Turner are on the field, why would Turner, who doesn’t play first base, get the nod there while Murphy, who has been a gifted defender at the position, remains at second? The answer, to my mind, is a simple one: the Mets have finally decided to see what they have in Murphy at second base. http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2012/02/22/daniel-murphy-2b-at-last/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mets+%28The+LoHud+Mets+Blog%29  

New Mets reliever Jon Rauch is 6 feet 11, 290 pounds, and covered with ink.  The piece of artwork that nudged open the gate to his world of ink is gone now. “Covered up,” Rauch said Monday morning in the locker room at Digital Domain Park. But the needle did not stop at the ankle. The Mets reliever has ink running up and down both arms, ink canvassing his back, ink sneaking up the right side of his neck. http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/baseball/mets/Mets_reliever_Jon_Rauch_an_imposing_figure.html?c=y&page=1

2-10-12 - http://seedlingstostars.com/2012/02/10/s2s-2012-team-prospect-lists-new-york-mets/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitte r  - #5.) Darin Gorski, LHP. Gorski had a nice year in High-A (2.08 ERA, 2.99 FIP), but he’s a 23-year-old finesse lefthander who doesn’t have an out pitch and doesn’t get enough groundballs. A potential fifth starter or lefty specialist. Grade: C+

The Mets won a case in federal court Tuesday.  It was not a momentous victory. It will not affect the future of the team.  No, it did not involve that other, more famous federal case, the one involving the Mets’ owners and the trustee for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.  This one was about glatt kosher hot dogs and whether a vendor at Citi Field could sell them during the Jewish Sabbath on Friday nights and Saturdays. The Mets said no to such sales even before the 2009 season began. Kosher Sports Inc. filed suit in 2010 against Queens Ballpark Company, the team subsidiary that built Citi Field., for breaching the deal http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/