Buzz: Mets, Front-Runners for Santana?
metsblog.com 1/14/2008 — In yesterday’s Daily News , citing a baseball official, Anthony McCaron wrote that the Mets are pursuing a trade for LHP Johan Santana . According to the official, “Maybe this week something will heat up. Nothing’s going on right now.”  ...

What If... History Weren't: The New York Mets
ballhype.com 1/14/2008 —   Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks , the Chicago Cubs , the Los Angeles Lakers , the St. Louis Cardinals , the ...

Giving Out the Hall Passes
metsgeek.com 1/14/2008 — With the Hall of Fame results out today, it’s a good time to take a look at how a few active Mets’ players stack up against those already enshrined in Cooperstown. It’s early yet to start casting the mold for David Wright and Jose ...

Winners and Losers: National League
metsgeek.com 1/14/2008 — There hasn’t been much to talk about on the Mets’ front, so I thought I’d give a summary about how the offseason is going for the rest of the National League. Winners Diamondbacks: They have won on every deal this off-season. First, they dealt ...

KRIEGER: Baker, Stewart in the mix at second base : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News
rockymountainnews.com 1/14/2008 — A month and a day before pitchers and catchers report to the Rockies spring training complex in Tucson, the club has fewer issues than it ever has at this time of year. Although Rockies officials made inquiries into some of the big names of the hot ...

ENDY HURTS HAMSTRING PLAYING WINTER BALL — NY Post: Sports 1/14/2008
Mets outfielder Endy Chavez injured his right hamstring and right ankle while playing winter ball in Venezuela. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said yesterday that Chavez was hurt last month while playing for Magallanes. Chavez is expected to be ready...

Mets name Nieto first-base coach — Major League Baseball News 1/14/2008
The first-base coaching box at Shea Stadium will no longer need to contain Rickey Henderson's flair. The Mets on Monday named Tom Nieto to Henderson's old post.

Cardwell, pitcher with Miracle Mets, dies at 72 — ESPN.com - MLB 1/15/2008
Don Cardwell, a pitcher on the 1969 Miracle Mets, died on Monday.

Ex-major league pitcher Cardwell dies at 72 — FOXSports.com News for MLB 1/15/2008
Don Cardwell, who pitched a no-hitter and helped the New York Mets win the 1969 World Series, died Monday. He was 72. Cardwell died Monday morning, said Richard Puryear, a spokesman for Salem Funerals & Cremations. The cause of death was not ...

Miracle Met Cardwell dies at 72 — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 1/15/2008
Pitcher Don Cardwell, an unsung member of the 1969 Miracle Mets who made vital contributions to the Amazins' late-season run, died Monday. He was 72. Cardwell played a key role in the Mets' August-September surge.