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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in New York Mets</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/new-york-mets" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/new-york-mets</id><updated>2011-12-12T18:00:07Z</updated><entry><title>Mets get $40 million loan from bank: report</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-40-million-loan-bank-report-4874862a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-12T18:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-12:/professional-baseball/mets-40-million-loan-bank-report-4874862a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The owners of Major League Baseball's &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; received a $40 million (25.65 million pound) loan from a major bank that a source identified as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bank of America Corporation" href="/topic/Bank+of+America+Corporation" &gt;Bank of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The New York Times Company" href="/topic/The+New+York+T...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Bangalore"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Gary Hill"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Soham Chatterjee"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox officially name Valentine as manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-officially-valentine-manager-4867809a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T15:30:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-01:/professional-baseball/red-sox-officially-valentine-manager-4867809a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Valentine" href="/topic/Bobby+Valentine" &gt;Bobby Valentine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was officially introduced as the new manager of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Thursday after agreeing to a two-year deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine replaced &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Terry Francona" href="/topic/Terry+Francona" &gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who led t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Ben Cherington"></category><category term="Bobby Valentine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Valentine offers Red Sox a fresh start</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/valentine-offers-red-sox-fresh-start-4867794a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T15:00:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-01:/professional-baseball/valentine-offers-red-sox-fresh-start-4867794a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Valentine" href="/topic/Bobby+Valentine" &gt;Bobby Valentine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who once famously put on a fake mustache to return to the bench after being ejected from a game, has been asked to inject life into the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after being hired Thursday as their new manager.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine failed to remain inc...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Tommy Lasorda"></category><category term="Ben Cherington"></category><category term="Larry Lucchino"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Bobby Valentine"></category><category term="Stamford (Connecticut)"></category><category term="Chiba Lotte Marines"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Valentine named manager of Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/valentine-named-manager-red-sox-4867042a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-30T17:31:24Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-30:/professional-baseball/valentine-named-manager-red-sox-4867042a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Valentine" href="/topic/Bobby+Valentine" &gt;Bobby Valentine&lt;/a&gt; was named manager of the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday, replacing &lt;a title="Terry Francona" href="/topic/Terry+Francona" &gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt; after eight &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; seasons that included two World Series titles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Francona asked the Red Sox not to pick up the option o...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Theo Epstein"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Ben Cherington"></category><category term="Bobby Valentine"></category><category term="Chiba Lotte Marines"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge says NY Mets case over Madoff deserves jury</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-ny-mets-case-madoff-deserves-jury-4862693a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-23T13:30:41Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-23:/professional-baseball/judge-ny-mets-case-madoff-deserves-jury-4862693a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The trustee seeking money for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s victims has a constitutional right to have his $386 million lawsuit against owners of the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; baseball team heard before a jury, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;U.S. District &lt;a title="Jed Rakoff" ...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC"></category><category term="Mario Cuomo"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Jed Rakoff"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="New York Crime"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Seventh Amendment"></category></entry><entry><title>Nationals opt to keep Johnson on as manager for 2012</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/nationals-opt-johnson-manager-2012-4850222a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-31T12:00:20Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-31:/professional-baseball/nationals-opt-johnson-manager-2012-4850222a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Davey Johnson" href="/topic/Davey+Johnson" &gt;Davey Johnson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who led the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Washington Nationals" href="/topic/Washington+Nationals" &gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to their best &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; finish since the franchise moved from &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Montreal" href="/top...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Montreal"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Davey Johnson"></category><category term="Mike Rizzo"></category><category term="Jim Riggleman"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Former Met Lenny Dykstra pleads to auto theft</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/met-lenny-dykstra-pleads-auto-theft-4846356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-19T19:00:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-19:/professional-baseball/met-lenny-dykstra-pleads-auto-theft-4846356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former New York Mets star &lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt; pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, 48, entered his plea, the equivalent of g...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Superior Court"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="Steve Gorman"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge limits Mets liability to Madoff trustee</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-limits-mets-liability-madoff-trustee-4837596a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-28T15:30:43Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-28:/professional-baseball/judge-limits-mets-liability-madoff-trustee-4837596a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal judge has limited the amount a trustee for investors in &lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernie Madoff&lt;/a&gt;'s Ponzi scheme can collect from the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; to $386 million, court filings on Wednesday revealed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A day after &lt;span&gt;US District &lt;a title="Jed Rakoff" href="/topic/Jed+Rakoff" &gt;Judge Jed Rakoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; dismissed nine of 11 counts in the $1 billion lawsuit against &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jed Rakoff"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Paul Picard"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge says Madoff trustee might get Mets money</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-madoff-trustee-mets-money-4837215a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-27T20:30:29Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-27:/professional-baseball/judge-madoff-trustee-mets-money-4837215a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal judge says the trustee trying to recover almost $300 million for investors in &lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernie Madoff&lt;/a&gt;'s Ponzi scheme "might well prevail" in court against owners of baseball's &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jed Rakoff" href="/topic/Jed+Rakoff" &gt;Jed Rakoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, a US District Judge, said on Tuesday that &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Irving Picard" href="/topic/Irving+Pic...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Jed Rakoff"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge tosses part of Madoff case vs NY Mets owners</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-tosses-part-madoff-case-ny-mets-owners-4837045a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-27T14:30:50Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-27:/professional-baseball/judge-tosses-part-madoff-case-ny-mets-owners-4837045a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Manhattan" href="/topic/Manhattan" &gt;Manhattan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; federal judge on Tuesday threw out part of a $1 billion lawsuit against owners of the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; baseball team by the trustee seeking money for victims of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Mario Cuomo"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Jed Rakoff"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Marlins to debut new ballpark in 2012 opener</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/marlins-debut-new-ballpark-2012-opener-4831647a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-14T14:30:45Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-14:/professional-baseball/marlins-debut-new-ballpark-2012-opener-4831647a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; will open the 2012 season with the renamed &lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Miami Marlins&lt;/a&gt; making their debut in a new home ballpark against &lt;a title="St. Louis Cardinals" href="/topic/St.+Louis+Cardinals" &gt;St. Louis&lt;/a&gt; on April 4 under a schedule announced on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Florida Marlins, as they have been known since being founded in 1993, will change the...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Dykstra pleads innocent to indecent exposure charges</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/dykstra-pleads-innocent-indecent-exposure-charges-4829097a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-07T16:30:34Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-07:/professional-baseball/dykstra-pleads-innocent-indecent-exposure-charges-4829097a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;Former &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he exposed himself to a string of women who answered his &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Craigslist Inc." hr...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Craigslist Inc."></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Superior Court"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="Dan Whitcomb"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets deal for $200 mil collapses</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-deal-200-mil-collapses-4826950a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-01T20:30:29Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-01:/professional-baseball/mets-deal-200-mil-collapses-4826950a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, financially struggling in the wake of investments with &lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernie Madoff&lt;/a&gt;'s Ponzi scheme, announced Thursday that a deal to sell a minority stake in the club for $200 million is off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Talks collapsed with hedge fund manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Einhorn" href="/topic/David+Einhorn" &gt;David Einhorn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after months of negotiations. Einhorn announce...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="ESPN Inc."></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Einhorn deal to invest in New York Mets collapses</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/einhorn-deal-invest-new-york-mets-collapses-4826647a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-01T08:30:32Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-01:/professional-baseball/einhorn-deal-invest-new-york-mets-collapses-4826647a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Einhorn" href="/topic/David+Einhorn" &gt;David Einhorn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has struck out in his attempt to buy a stake in the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Einhorn, who runs the hedge fund &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Greenlight Capital Inc." href="/topic/Greenlight+Capital+Inc." &gt;Greenlight Capital&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, said on Thursday th...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Hedge Funds"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Greenlight Capital Inc."></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="Investment Funds"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Reyes returns to Mets seeking NL batting title</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/reyes-returns-mets-seeking-nl-batting-title-4825577a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-29T23:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-29:/professional-baseball/reyes-returns-mets-seeking-nl-batting-title-4825577a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;National League&lt;/span&gt; batting leader &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; returned from the disabled list for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;' lineup on Monday to help his team beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Florida Marlins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 5-1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Ryan Braun (Baseball)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Hurricane Irene batters weekend MLB schedule</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/hurricane-irene-batters-weekend-mlb-schedule-4824636a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-26T23:30:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-26:/professional-baseball/hurricane-irene-batters-weekend-mlb-schedule-4824636a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A number of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; games have been postponed over the weekend as &lt;a title="Hurricane Irene" href="/topic/Hurricane+Irene" &gt;Hurricane Irene&lt;/a&gt; moves ominously over the east cost of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, it was announced on...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Hurricane Irene"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Golf, tennis, football, baseball hit by hurricane threat</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/golf-tennis-football-baseball-hit-hurricane-threat-4824586a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-26T18:30:24Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-26:/professional-baseball/golf-tennis-football-baseball-hit-hurricane-threat-4824586a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports officials postponed and rescheduled events along the Northeast coast of the &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; on Friday as &lt;a title="Hurricane Irene" href="/topic/Hurricane+Irene" &gt;Hurricane Irene&lt;/a&gt; threatened to bring devastating winds and heavy rain to the region.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="PGA Tour" href="/topic/PGA+Tour" &gt;PGA Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; reduced its first season-ending playoff event, &lt;span id="the_barclays" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title=...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="Professional Football"></category><category term="PGA Tour"></category><category term="Soccer"></category><category term="Tennis"></category><category term="Grand Slam Tennis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Spain"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Portland"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="National Football Conference"></category><category term="Thierry Henry"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="New York Giants"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="David Beckham"></category><category term="Serbia"></category><category term="New England Patriots"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Jets"></category><category term="Rafael Nadal"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Major League Soccer"></category><category term="Los Angeles Galaxy"></category><category term="Novak Djokovic"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="D.C. United"></category><category term="Arthur Ashe"></category><category term="New York Red Bulls"></category><category term="United States Tennis Association"></category><category term="Hurricane Irene"></category><category term="U.S. Open (Tennis)"></category><category term="Flushing Meadows Corona Park"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AFC East"></category><category term="NFC East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Philadelphia Union"></category><category term="The Barclays"></category></entry><entry><title>Lenny Dykstra charged in L.A. with indecent exposure</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lenny-dykstra-charged-la-indecent-exposure-4824132a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-25T18:00:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-25:/professional-baseball/lenny-dykstra-charged-la-indecent-exposure-4824132a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former New York Mets star &lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt; was charged on Thursday with exposing himself to a string of women who answered his &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Craigslist Inc." href="/topic/Craigslist+Inc." &gt;Craigslist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; employment ads, Los Angeles city prosecutors said on T...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Los Angeles County"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Craigslist Inc."></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Superior Court"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="Jerry Norton"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge to rule by September on Madoff Mets owners suit</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-rule-september-madoff-mets-owners-suit-4821687a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-19T16:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-19:/professional-baseball/judge-rule-september-madoff-mets-owners-suit-4821687a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A federal judge in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Manhattan" href="/topic/Manhattan" &gt;Manhattan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; overseeing a $1 billion suit against the owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; baseball team by the trustee liquidating &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s firm said on Fri...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Jed Rakoff"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets lose key players Reyes and Murphy to injuries</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-lose-key-players-reyes-murphy-injuries-4817196a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-08T19:00:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-08:/professional-baseball/mets-lose-key-players-reyes-murphy-injuries-4817196a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have lost &lt;span&gt;National League&lt;/span&gt; batting leader &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for a couple of weeks and infielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)" href="/topic/Daniel+Murphy+(Baseball)" &gt;Daniel Murphy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for the season due to injuries...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Chris Young (Pitcher)"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Ike Davis"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge sets hearing for Dykstra on auto theft charges</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/judge-sets-hearing-dykstra-auto-theft-charges-4817036a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-08T13:00:23Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-08:/professional-baseball/judge-sets-hearing-dykstra-auto-theft-charges-4817036a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A Los Angeles judge on Monday set a September pretrial hearing for former &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on grand theft auto charges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, who was brought into court in...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Superior Court"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Reyes, Murphy hurt in Mets' season of injuries</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/reyes-murphy-hurt-mets-season-injuries-4816811a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-07T21:01:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-07:/professional-baseball/reyes-murphy-hurt-mets-season-injuries-4816811a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will place infielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)" href="/topic/Daniel+Murphy+(Baseball)" &gt;Daniel Murphy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on the disabled list and could be without All Star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after both players were injured on Sunday, continu...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Willie Harris"></category><category term="Chris Young (Pitcher)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Ike Davis"></category></entry><entry><title>Marlins All-Star Ramirez exits with sprained shoulder</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/marlins-allstar-ramirez-exits-sprained-shoulder-4814795a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-02T21:00:17Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-02:/professional-baseball/marlins-allstar-ramirez-exits-sprained-shoulder-4814795a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Florida All-Star shortstop &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Hanley Ramirez" href="/topic/Hanley+Ramirez" &gt;Hanley Ramirez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; exited the &lt;span&gt;Marlins&lt;/span&gt;' 4-3 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the sixth inning with a sprained left shoulder on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ramirez landed on the shoulder after diving for a ball in...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Hanley Ramirez"></category><category term="Jack McKeon"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Wang Chien-Ming goes four innings in MLB return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-30T03:00:09Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-30:/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taiwanese pitcher &lt;a title="Wang Chien-Ming" href="/topic/Wang+Chien-Ming" &gt;Wang Chien-Ming&lt;/a&gt; got a rough welcome in his return to &lt;a title="Major League" href="/topic/Major+League" &gt;Major League&lt;/a&gt; baseball, lasting just four innings and giving up six runs for &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years to the day after he underwent shoulder surgery, Wang ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Davey Johnson"></category><category term="Angel Pagan"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Wang Chien-Ming"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Major League"></category><category term="Lucas Duda"></category></entry><entry><title>Wang Chien-Ming goes four innings in his MLB return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813303a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-29T19:30:41Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-29:/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813303a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taiwanese pitcher &lt;a title="Wang Chien-Ming" href="/topic/Wang+Chien-Ming" &gt;Wang Chien-Ming&lt;/a&gt; made an inauspicious return to &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;, lasting just four innings and giving up six runs for &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years to the day after he underwent shoulder su...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Wang Chien-Ming"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Beltran ready to start with Giants after trade by Mets</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/beltran-ready-start-giants-trade-mets-4812543a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-28T10:00:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-28:/professional-baseball/beltran-ready-start-giants-trade-mets-4812543a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Prized catch &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Carlos Beltran" href="/topic/Carlos+Beltran" &gt;Carlos Beltran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was expected to make his debut in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco Giants" href="/topic/San+Francisco+Giants" &gt;San Francisco Giants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; outfield at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Thursday after being acquired in a ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Bruce Bochy"></category><category term="San Jose Giants"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="Zack Wheeler"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Five-time All Star Wright set to return to Mets lineup</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/fivetime-star-wright-set-return-mets-lineup-4809843a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-21T22:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-21:/professional-baseball/fivetime-star-wright-set-return-mets-lineup-4809843a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Wright" href="/topic/David+Wright" &gt;Third baseman David Wright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will return to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;' lineup for Friday's game at the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Florida Marlins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after being sidelined for more than two months with a stress fractur...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Ike Davis"></category></entry><entry><title>Reyes ready to return to Mets after stint on DL</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/reyes-ready-return-mets-stint-dl-4808342a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-18T22:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-18:/professional-baseball/reyes-ready-return-mets-stint-dl-4808342a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Electrifying &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;shortstop Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is set to come off the disabled list and return to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; line-up , the team announced on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 28-year-old said he felt no lingering effects from a strained hamstring, which he suffered on July 2, a...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets deal pitcher Rodriguez to Milwaukee</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-deal-pitcher-rodriguez-milwaukee-4806111a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-13T04:30:34Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-13:/professional-baseball/mets-deal-pitcher-rodriguez-milwaukee-4806111a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former all-star &lt;a title="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Francisco+Rodriguez+(Baseball)" &gt;pitcher Francisco Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; was traded from the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday in a deal that involved cash and two players to be named later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Brewers acquired Rodriguez as they get ready to start the second half of the season and the Mets are...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Brewers acquire Mets closer Rodriguez</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/brewers-acquire-mets-closer-rodriguez-4806034a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-12T23:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-12:/professional-baseball/brewers-acquire-mets-closer-rodriguez-4806034a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;MILWAUKEE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Milwaukee Brewers acquired relief &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Francisco+Rodriguez+(Baseball)" &gt;pitcher Francisco Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and cash from the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in exchange for two unnamed players, t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Doug Melvin"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets place All-Star shortstop Reyes on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-place-allstar-shortstop-reyes-disabled-list-4804001a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-07T17:30:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-07:/professional-baseball/mets-place-allstar-shortstop-reyes-disabled-list-4804001a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; All-Star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;shortstop Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; club said on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees draw first blood in Subway Series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-draw-blood-subway-series-4801605a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-01T20:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-01:/professional-baseball/yankees-draw-blood-subway-series-4801605a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The red-hot &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; silenced a record crowd at the &lt;span&gt;Mets&lt;/span&gt;' &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Citi Field" href="/topic/Citi+Field" &gt;Citi Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a 5-1 win over their cross-town rivals in the Subway Series opener on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A boisterous crowd of just over 42,000 watched the Yankees extend their...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Jon Niese"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Angel Pagan"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>We didn't shop for Madoff Ponzi insurance: NY Mets</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/didnt-shop-madoff-ponzi-insurance-ny-mets-4796608a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-21T10:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-21:/professional-baseball/didnt-shop-madoff-ponzi-insurance-ny-mets-4796608a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pro baseball team rejected allegations in a $1 billion lawsuit that they once shopped for fraud insurance to insulate themselves from Ponzi schemer &lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fred Wilpon" href="/topic/Fred+Wil...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="David Katz"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="John Wallace"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="New York Crime"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>NY Mets: We didn't shop for Madoff Ponzi insurance</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ny-mets-didnt-shop-madoff-ponzi-insurance-4796604a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-21T09:30:44Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-21:/professional-baseball/ny-mets-didnt-shop-madoff-ponzi-insurance-4796604a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pro baseball team rejected allegations in a $1 billion lawsuit that they once shopped for fraud insurance to insulate themselves from Ponzi schemer &lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fred Wilpon" href="/topic/Fred+Wil...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Manhattan"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="David Katz"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="John Wallace"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="New York Crime"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Lenny Dykstra pleads innocent in L.A. car theft case</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lenny-dykstra-pleads-innocent-la-car-theft-case-4794701a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-16T13:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-16:/professional-baseball/lenny-dykstra-pleads-innocent-la-car-theft-case-4794701a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former New York Mets star &lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt; pleaded innocent on Thursday to 25 criminal counts stemming from what prosecutors say was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, who was indicted by a federal grand jury in May on ...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Superior Court"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="Dan Whitcomb"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jason Bay, Sandy Alderson, R.A. Dickey Might Appear In Mets 'It Gets Better' Video</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jason-bay-sandy-alderson-ra-dickey-mets-video-4794526a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-16T07:00:27Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-16:/professional-baseball/jason-bay-sandy-alderson-ra-dickey-mets-video-4794526a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Three &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;Mets&lt;/a&gt; say they are ready to star in an It Gets Better video if the baseball team decides to produce one&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Three Mets say they are ready to star in an It Gets Better video if the baseball team decides to produce one.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;General manager &lt;a title="Sandy Alderson" href="/topic/Sandy+Alderson" &gt;Sandy Alderson&lt;/a&gt;, outfielder &lt;a title="Jason Bay" href="/topic/Jason+Bay" &gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt; and pitcher &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Daily News LP"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Dan Savage"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="R.A. Dickey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Ex-Mets star Dykstra pleads not guilty in fraud case</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/exmets-star-dykstra-pleads-guilty-fraud-case-4793220a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-13T16:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-13:/professional-baseball/exmets-star-dykstra-pleads-guilty-fraud-case-4793220a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;Former &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pleaded not guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges on Monday and was ordered to stand trial on August 9.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, best known for helping t...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Los Angeles County"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Wayne Gretzky"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Ex-Mets star Dykstra charged with grand theft auto</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/exmets-star-dykstra-charged-grand-theft-auto-4790195a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-06T13:30:39Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-06:/professional-baseball/exmets-star-dykstra-charged-grand-theft-auto-4790195a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Ex-baseball star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, already facing federal bankruptcy fraud charges, was charged in a state case on Monday with trying to lease cars using phony business and credit information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, best known for his post-season heroics for the...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Los Angeles County"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Nine US baseball clubs in debt trouble: report</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/baseball-clubs-debt-trouble-report-4789320a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-03T16:30:24Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-03:/professional-baseball/baseball-clubs-debt-trouble-report-4789320a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nine of &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;'s 30 clubs are not in compliance with debt rules despite the elite level of the American pastime making $7 billion in annual revenues, the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Times" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Times" &gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with a confidential briefing at an owners meeting in May, reported Friday that nearly one-third of the...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Bud Selig"></category><category term="Los Angeles Times"></category><category term="Nolan Ryan"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Frank McCourt"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Rob Manfred"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Einhorn may become majority owner of Mets: reports</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/einhorn-majority-owner-mets-reports-4786686a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-28T17:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-28:/professional-baseball/einhorn-majority-owner-mets-reports-4786686a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Hedge fund manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Einhorn" href="/topic/David+Einhorn" &gt;David Einhorn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who is in talks to buy a large minority stake in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, could become a principal owner of the baseball team in three years, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Th...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Hedge Funds"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Investment Services"></category><category term="Hedge Fund Management"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Sports Illustrated"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Greenlight Capital Inc."></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="John Henry"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Philip Falcone"></category><category term="James Pallotta"></category><category term="Asset Management"></category><category term="Investment Funds"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Hurting Mets get cash infusion</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/hurting-mets-cash-infusion-4786030a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-26T17:30:43Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-26:/professional-baseball/hurting-mets-cash-infusion-4786030a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Owners of the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; sold a minority share of the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; club to investment fund manager &lt;a title="David Einhorn" href="/topic/David+Einhorn" &gt;David Einhorn&lt;/a&gt; for $200 million to help the club cover operating expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Owners Fred and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jeff Wilpon" href="/topic/Jeff+Wilpon" &gt;Jeff Wilpon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Forbes Media LLC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Jeff Wilpon"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Greenlight's Einhorn eyeing NY Mets stake: source</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/greenlights-einhorn-eyeing-ny-mets-stake-source-4785723a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-26T07:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-26:/professional-baseball/greenlights-einhorn-eyeing-ny-mets-stake-source-4785723a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Influential hedge fund manager &lt;a title="David Einhorn" href="/topic/David+Einhorn" &gt;David Einhorn&lt;/a&gt; is in "exclusive" talks with the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; to buy a minority stake in the cash-strapped major league baseball team, a source said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The news of Einhorn's negotiations with the Mets owner &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fred W...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="ESPN Inc."></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Einhorn"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets get out of funk with rain-shortened win over Cubs</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-funk-rainshortened-win-cubs-4785552a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-25T22:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-25:/professional-baseball/mets-funk-rainshortened-win-cubs-4785552a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won a rain-shortened game with the Chicago Cubs 7-4 on Wednesday to bring a positive result to their otherwise less than encouraging week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mets had lost their three previous games while some of the team's leading players had ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets owner Fred Wilpon takes swipe at value of team's stars</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-owner-fred-wilpon-takes-swipe-teams-stars-4784284a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-23T12:00:49Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-23:/professional-baseball/mets-owner-fred-wilpon-takes-swipe-teams-stars-4784284a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The embattled owner of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has taken a swipe at the struggling team's leading players, saying they are overpaid and underperforming and should not expect top money for their next contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Fred Wilpon" href="/topic/Fred+Wilpon" &gt;Fred Wilpon&lt;/a&gt;, whose ownership of the Mets is under pressur...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="The New Yorker Magazine"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Marlins pitcher Johnson put on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/marlins-pitcher-johnson-put-disabled-list-4783662a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-21T11:30:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-21:/professional-baseball/marlins-pitcher-johnson-put-disabled-list-4783662a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami" href="/topic/Miami" &gt;MIAMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Florida Marlins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have placed twice All-Star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Josh Johnson (Baseball)" href="/topic/Josh+Johnson+(Baseball)" &gt;pitcher Josh Johnson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on the 15-day disabled list because of an inflamed right shoulder, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseba...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="New Orleans Zephyrs"></category><category term="Josh Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets knuckleballer Dickey baffles Yankees in 2-1 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-knuckleballer-dickey-baffles-yankees-21-win-4783541a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T21:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-20:/professional-baseball/mets-knuckleballer-dickey-baffles-yankees-21-win-4783541a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="R.A. Dickey" href="/topic/R.A.+Dickey" &gt;Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won an unlikely pitchers' duel as the visiting &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; nipped the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 2-1 on Friday to take the opening game of their weekend Subway...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Mike O'Connor"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="Fernando Martinez"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="R.A. Dickey"></category><category term="Jason Isringhausen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets, Yankees on menu in first taste of Interleague play</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-yankees-menu-taste-interleague-play-4783467a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T17:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-20:/professional-baseball/mets-yankees-menu-taste-interleague-play-4783467a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The first taste of interleague play in 2011 comes this weekend to &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and 15 seasons after it was first introduced during the regular season some of the match-ups still create a buzz.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Metropolitan areas that are home to two MLB teams, like New York, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" h...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="San Francisco Bay"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Ailing Mets overcome adversity to blank Nationals</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ailing-mets-overcome-adversity-blank-nationals-4782536a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-18T20:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-18:/professional-baseball/ailing-mets-overcome-adversity-blank-nationals-4782536a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Niese" href="/topic/Jon+Niese" &gt;Jonathon Niese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; tossed seven scoreless innings to give the injury-riddled &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a 3-0 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Washington Nationals" href="/topic/Washington+Nationals" &gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Niese struck out seven...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jon Niese"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Ike Davis"></category></entry><entry><title>NY Mets' Wright sidelined with stress fracture in back</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ny-mets-wright-sidelined-stress-fracture-4781531a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-16T20:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-16:/professional-baseball/ny-mets-wright-sidelined-stress-fracture-4781531a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="David Wright" href="/topic/David+Wright" &gt;third baseman David Wright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture in his back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wright sustained the injury on April 19, but continued to play with what he described as just discomfort. He underwent an MRI on Monday ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Ex-Mets equipment manager arrested</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/exmets-equipment-manager-arrested-4779520a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-11T19:30:54Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-11:/professional-baseball/exmets-equipment-manager-arrested-4779520a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charlie Samuels, who worked 27 seasons for the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, was arrested Wednesday on charges he stole $2.3 million in souvenir equipment to finance his retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosecutors say the long-time clubhouse equipment manager accumulated a king's ransom that included 507 jerseys, 304 caps, 828 bats, 22 batting helmets and 10 equipment bags, with some of the items autographed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Among the most prized items was an autograph...</summary><category term="Law Enforcement"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="New York City Police Department"></category><category term="Richard Brown"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Former Mets clubhouse manager accused of $2.3 million in steals</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-clubhouse-manager-accused-23-million-steals-4779259a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-11T12:00:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-11:/professional-baseball/mets-clubhouse-manager-accused-23-million-steals-4779259a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A former clubhouse manager for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been accused of looting $2.3 million of team memorabilia and stashing it in a friend's basement in &lt;span&gt;Connecticut&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Charlie Samuels&lt;/span&gt;, 53, of Queens was arrested on Wednesday on 21 counts including grand larceny, falsifying busin...</summary><category term="Investigations"></category><category term="Criminal Investigations"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Ray Kelly"></category><category term="Richard Brown"></category><category term="Jerry Norton"></category><category term="Madison (Connecticut)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Turner propels Mets to win over slumping Dodgers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/turner-propels-mets-win-slumping-dodgers-4777767a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-07T23:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-07:/professional-baseball/turner-propels-mets-win-slumping-dodgers-4777767a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A clutch hit from pinch hitter &lt;span&gt;Justin Turner&lt;/span&gt; in the eighth inning gave the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a 4-2 win over the slumping &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Dodgers" &gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Citi Field" href="/topic/Citi+Field" &gt;Citi Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sp...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Aaron Miles"></category><category term="Dioner Navarro"></category><category term="Andre Ethier"></category><category term="Matt Kemp"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Jamey Carroll"></category><category term="Tim Byrdak"></category><category term="Chris Young (Pitcher)"></category><category term="Jason Pridie"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="Dillon Gee"></category></entry><entry><title>Ex-Mets star Lenny Dykstra indicted by grand jury</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/exmets-star-lenny-dykstra-indicted-grand-jury-4777416a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-06T17:00:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-06:/professional-baseball/exmets-star-lenny-dykstra-indicted-grand-jury-4777416a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Onetime World Series hero &lt;a title="Lenny Dykstra" href="/topic/Lenny+Dykstra" &gt;Lenny Dykstra&lt;/a&gt; was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday, accused of stealing or destroying some $400,000 in property that was part of his bankruptcy case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dykstra, a popular member of the 1986 &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" hre...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Federal Bureau of Investigation"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="U.S. Attorney's Office"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Wayne Gretzky"></category><category term="Thom Mrozek"></category><category term="Lenny Dykstra"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Steve Cohen bidding for minority stake in New York Mets: report</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/steve-cohen-bidding-minority-stake-new-york-mets-report-4767036a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-13T01:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-04-13:/professional-baseball/steve-cohen-bidding-minority-stake-new-york-mets-report-4767036a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Billionaire hedge-fund manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Steven Cohen" href="/topic/Steven+Cohen" &gt;Steven Cohen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is bidding for a minority stake in the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; baseball team as it tries to raise about $200 million to cover losses and pay down debt, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The Wall Street Journal" href="/topic/The+Wall+Street+Journal" &gt;Wall...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Hedge Funds"></category><category term="Private Equity"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Goldman Sachs Group Inc."></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Steven Cohen"></category><category term="SAC Capital Advisors LLC"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Apollo Global Management LLC"></category><category term="Investment Funds"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets to open season with Bay, Santana on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-open-season-bay-santana-disabled-list-4761736a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-31T10:00:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-31:/professional-baseball/mets-open-season-bay-santana-disabled-list-4761736a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will begin the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; season with outfielder &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Bay" href="/topic/Jason+Bay" &gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and starting pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Johan Santana" href="/topic/Johan+Santana" &gt;Jo...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Venezuela"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Five teams to watch in 2011 MLB season</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/teams-watch-2011-mlb-season-4759938a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-28T16:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-28:/world-series/teams-watch-2011-mlb-season-4759938a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Five teams to watch in the 2011 &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; season, which begins March 31:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- - - -&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco Giants" href="/topic/San+Francisco+Giants" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They scraped their way into the postseason by cobbling together just enough offense to s...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Mike Cameron"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Roy Oswalt"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Miguel Tejada"></category><category term="Brad Lidge"></category><category term="Tim Lincecum"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Bruce Bochy"></category><category term="Matt Garza"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Edgar Renteria"></category><category term="Jason Bartlett (Baseball)"></category><category term="Juan Uribe"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Pablo Sandoval"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Neftali Feliz"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Average Major League team worth more than ever: Forbes</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/average-major-league-team-worth-forbes-4757773a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-23T10:30:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-23:/professional-baseball/average-major-league-team-worth-forbes-4757773a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; emerged from the recession with a 7 percent jump in the average value of a team this year to an all-time high of $523 million, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Forbes Media LLC" href="/topic/Forbes+Media+LLC" &gt;Forbes magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Helping to boost the average value was...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Forbes Media LLC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Bob Simpson"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Ray Davis"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets drop pitcher Oliver Perez despite owing him $12 million</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-drop-pitcher-oliver-perez-owing-12-million-4756809a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-21T11:00:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-21:/professional-baseball/mets-drop-pitcher-oliver-perez-owing-12-million-4756809a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have released struggling pitcher &lt;a title="Oliver Perez" href="/topic/Oliver+Perez" &gt;Oliver Perez&lt;/a&gt; despite owing him $12 million in contract money, the team said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The velocity wasn't there, the command wasn't there," &lt;span&gt;Mets General Manager &lt;a title="Sandy Alderson" href="/topic/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Oliver Perez"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Luis Castillo (Baseball)"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Madoff trustee adds claims vs Mets owners</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/madoff-trustee-adds-claims-mets-owners-4756021a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-18T17:30:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-18:/professional-baseball/madoff-trustee-adds-claims-mets-owners-4756021a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The trustee recovering money for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s victims has added more than $700 million to the claims he is seeking against the owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; baseball team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Irving Picard" href="/topic/Irving+Pica...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Richard Chang"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets cut ties with struggling second baseman Castillo</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-cut-ties-struggling-baseman-castillo-4755860a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-18T10:30:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-18:/professional-baseball/mets-cut-ties-struggling-baseman-castillo-4755860a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; released struggling &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Luis Castillo (Baseball)" href="/topic/Luis+Castillo+(Baseball)" &gt;second baseman Luis Castillo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; even though they owed the three-time All-Star $6 million this season, the team said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Castillo, 35, was in the final season of a four-year, $25 mi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jeff Wilpon"></category><category term="Luis Castillo (Baseball)"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Gold Glove Award"></category></entry><entry><title>MLB puts restrictions on team debt: report</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mlb-puts-restrictions-team-debt-report-4754044a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-14T19:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-03-14:/professional-baseball/mlb-puts-restrictions-team-debt-report-4754044a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has placed restrictions on the resale of debt issued by its teams in a bid to protect the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from being squeezed by investors, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The Wall Street Journal" href="/topic/The...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Gary Hill"></category><category term="Ben Berkowitz"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Former manager Joe Torre to oversee Major League operations</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/manager-joe-torre-oversee-major-league-operations-4747384a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-26T14:00:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-26:/professional-baseball/manager-joe-torre-oversee-major-league-operations-4747384a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;PHOENIX&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former manager &lt;a title="Joe Torre" href="/topic/Joe+Torre" &gt;Joe Torre&lt;/a&gt; has been named &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s executive vice president for baseball operations, commissioner &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bud Selig" href="/topic/Bud+Selig" &gt;Bud Selig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Torre, 70, retired ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Scottsdale"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Bud Selig"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="John McHale"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category></entry><entry><title>Prospective Mets partner wants cable stake</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/prospective-mets-partner-cable-stake-4741307a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-11T14:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-11:/professional-baseball/prospective-mets-partner-cable-stake-4741307a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;Mike Repole&lt;/span&gt; built his fortune on healthy food products and would like to satisfy his boyhood cravings by buying a healthy piece of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, including their lucrative cable sports network &lt;span&gt;SNY&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Repole stepped to the plate after Mets owners, including chairman &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fred ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="Kentucky Derby"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Shea Stadium"></category><category term="Churchill Downs"></category><category term="Glaceau VitaminWater"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Darryl Strawberry"></category><category term="Dwight Gooden"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="SportsNet New York"></category></entry><entry><title>Ex-NY governor Cuomo to mediate $1 billion Mets-Madoff suit</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/exny-governor-cuomo-mediate-1-billion-metsmadoff-suit-4741012a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-10T20:30:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-10:/professional-baseball/exny-governor-cuomo-mediate-1-billion-metsmadoff-suit-4741012a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mario Cuomo" href="/topic/Mario+Cuomo" &gt;Mario Cuomo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the former New York governor, was named as mediator in the $1 billion legal battle between the owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; baseball team and the trustee for victims of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff"...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Andrew Cuomo"></category><category term="Mario Cuomo"></category><category term="Irving Picard"></category><category term="Burton Lifland"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="New York State Politics"></category><category term="Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets ballpark debt outlook hurt by lawsuit: Moody's</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-ballpark-debt-outlook-hurt-lawsuit-moodys-4740758a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-10T11:30:39Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-10:/professional-baseball/mets-ballpark-debt-outlook-hurt-lawsuit-moodys-4740758a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The outlook for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; stadium debt has turned negative, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Moody's Corporation" href="/topic/Moody's+Corporation" &gt;Moody's Investors Service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said on Thursday, after the trustee recovering money for victims of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;B...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Moody's Corporation"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets owners scored millions in Madoff scheme: lawsuit</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-owners-scored-millions-madoff-scheme-lawsuit-4738366a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-04T10:30:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-02-04:/professional-baseball/mets-owners-scored-millions-madoff-scheme-lawsuit-4738366a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; were accused of reaping $300 million of fictitious profits from &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s record Ponzi scheme, a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for Madoff's victims said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a sweeping 365-page lawsuit unsealed on...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Crime"></category><category term="Corporate Fraud"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Saul Katz"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="Jonathan Stempel"></category><category term="Pyramid Schemes"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees sign former Mets reliever Feliciano</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-sign-mets-reliever-feliciano-4724184a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-03T13:00:55Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-03:/professional-baseball/yankees-sign-mets-reliever-feliciano-4724184a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fortified their bullpen by signing free agent left-handed reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pedro Feliciano" href="/topic/Pedro+Feliciano" &gt;Pedro Feliciano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a two-year contract, the club said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feliciano, 34, also agreed to a club option for the 2013 season. Financial terms wer...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Pedro Feliciano"></category><category term="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets owner sued by Madoff trustee</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-owner-sued-madoff-trustee-4708020a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T11:30:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-07:/professional-baseball/mets-owner-sued-madoff-trustee-4708020a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The owners of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; club were sued by the trustee seeking to recover money from &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bernard Madoff" href="/topic/Bernard+Madoff" &gt;Bernard Madoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s massive Ponzi scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Th...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Bernard Madoff"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Richard Chang"></category><category term="Sterling Equities Inc."></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Alderson looks to go shopping at winter meetings</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/alderson-shopping-winter-meetings-4705760a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T17:00:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/alderson-shopping-winter-meetings-4705760a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Alderson intends to come back from winter meetings with new players&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Sandy Alderson" href="/topic/Sandy+Alderson" &gt;Sandy Alderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; intends to come back from the winter meetings with at least one present for &lt;span&gt;Mets&lt;/span&gt; fans &amp;#8212; even though he isn't planning to splurge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The bottom line is I hope that we come back with some new players," the team's new general manager said Friday. "I can guarantee you we'll come back with so...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="North America"></category><category term="Mexico"></category><category term="Cancun"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Oliver Perez"></category><category term="Omar Minaya"></category><category term="Chris Young"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Lake Buena Vista"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Jeff Francis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets reliever Rodriguez avoids jail in plea deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-reliever-rodriguez-avoids-jail-plea-deal-4705757a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T16:30:46Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/mets-reliever-rodriguez-avoids-jail-plea-deal-4705757a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; closing relief &lt;a title="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Francisco+Rodriguez+(Baseball)" &gt;pitcher Francisco Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; pleaded guilty to attempted assault charges on Friday in a plea deal that will ensure the Venezuelan serves no jail time and is not deported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The agreement with prosecutors settles charges that Rodriguez attacked his girlfriend's father last season at the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major L...</summary><category term="Crime"></category><category term="Criminal Assault"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Lefty Hisanori Takahashi ready for any role in Angels bullpen</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lefty-hisanori-takahashi-ready-role-angels-bullpen-4705507a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T13:26:02Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/lefty-hisanori-takahashi-ready-role-angels-bullpen-4705507a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Versatile Japanese left-hander &lt;a title="Hisanori Takahashi" href="/topic/Hisanori+Takahashi" &gt;Hisanori Takahashi&lt;/a&gt; could play a number of roles in the Los Angeles Angels bullpen next season, according to manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Scioscia" href="/topic/Mike+Scioscia" &gt;Mike Sciosc...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Hisanori Takahashi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets' K-Rod pleads guilty to attempted assault</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-krod-pleads-guilty-attempted-assault-4705356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T12:32:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/mets-krod-pleads-guilty-attempted-assault-4705356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Mets' &lt;a title="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)" href="/topic/Francisco+Rodriguez+(Baseball)" &gt;K-Rod&lt;/a&gt; pleads guilty to attempted assault; must continue anger management to avoid jail&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez pleaded guilty Friday to attempted assault to settle charges he attacked his girlfriend's father at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Citi Field" href="/topic/Citi+Field" &gt;Citi Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; last season in a deal that spares him jail time but sends him to additional...</summary><category term="Criminal Sentencing and Punishment"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Criminal Trials"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Venezuela"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Scott Kessler"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Richard Brown"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="Daian Pena"></category></entry><entry><title>Takahashi agrees to 2-year deal with Angels</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/takahashi-agrees-2year-deal-angels-4705348a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T12:32:02Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/takahashi-agrees-2year-deal-angels-4705348a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Hisanori Takahashi" href="/topic/Hisanori+Takahashi" &gt;LHP Hisanori Takahashi&lt;/a&gt; agrees to 2-year deal with &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/span&gt; bolstered their bullpen Thursday, agreeing to an $8 million, two-year deal with Japanese left-hander Hisanori Takahashi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Takahashi appeared in 53 games this year with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Met...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Yomiuri Giants"></category><category term="Tony Reagins"></category><category term="Kevin Frandsen"></category><category term="Roger McDowell"></category><category term="Hisanori Takahashi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Japan's Takahashi signs two-year deal with Angels</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/japans-takahashi-signs-twoyear-deal-angels-4705178a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T12:02:04Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/japans-takahashi-signs-twoyear-deal-angels-4705178a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese southpaw pitcher &lt;a title="Hisanori Takahashi" href="/topic/Hisanori+Takahashi" &gt;Hisanori Takahashi&lt;/a&gt; has signed a two-year &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; contract with the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 35-year-old left-hander made an impressive North American debut last season with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Yomiuri Giants"></category><category term="Tony Reagins"></category><category term="Hisanori Takahashi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets decline offers to Maine, Green, Carter</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-decline-offers-maine-green-carter-4705126a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T12:00:36Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-03:/professional-baseball/mets-decline-offers-maine-green-carter-4705126a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; decline to offer 2011 contracts to &lt;a title="John Maine" href="/topic/John+Maine" &gt;John Maine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Sean Green" href="/topic/Sean+Green" &gt;Sean Green&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Chris Carter (Baseball)" href="/topic/Chris+Carter+(Baseball)" &gt;Chris Carter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New York Mets have cut ties with oft-injured pitcher John Maine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right-hander was one of three players who did not receive a 201...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Sean Green"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="John Maine"></category><category term="Chris Carpenter"></category><category term="Chris Carter (Baseball)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>New Mets manager Terry Collins eyes energy and execution</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/new-mets-manager-terry-collins-eyes-energy-execution-4387762a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-23T10:30:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-23:/professional-baseball/new-mets-manager-terry-collins-eyes-energy-execution-4387762a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - New Mets manager &lt;a title="Terry Collins" href="/topic/Terry+Collins" &gt;Terry Collins&lt;/a&gt; vowed on Tuesday that the 2011 New York team would mirror his approach to baseball by exhibiting energy and respect for execution of fundamentals during the upcoming season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Collins, who last managed in the major leagues 11 years ago for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anah...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="China"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="World Baseball Classic"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Orix Buffaloes"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Terry Collins introduced as Mets' manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/terry-collins-introduced-mets-manager-4387692a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-23T08:30:14Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-23:/professional-baseball/terry-collins-introduced-mets-manager-4387692a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Terry Collins" href="/topic/Terry+Collins" &gt;Terry Collins&lt;/a&gt; introduced as Mets' manager; signs 2-year contract with a team beset by problems&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terry Collins has been introduced as manager of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the latest hire for an organization undergoing an overhaul after four years without a playoff berth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team said Tuesday he signed a 2-year contract with a club option f...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Bob Melvin"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Chip Hale"></category><category term="Wally Backman"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets end Collins managerial exile</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-collins-managerial-exile-4387283a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-22T18:30:39Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-22:/professional-baseball/mets-collins-managerial-exile-4387283a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Terry Collins" href="/topic/Terry+Collins" &gt;Terry Collins&lt;/a&gt;, who has not managed a &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; club in 11 years, was named the new manager of the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt; on Monday, hoping to revive a team that last made the playoffs in 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Collins, who served this past season as the Mets minor league field coordinator, is a 61-year-old ve...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Omar Minaya"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="J.P. Ricciardi"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Paul Depodesta"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets hire Terry Collins as manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4420564a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:41:13Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4420564a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Port St. Lucie"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Oliver Perez"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Omar Minaya"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Jeff Wilpon"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Luis Castillo (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jim Tracy"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Willie Randolph"></category><category term="J.P. Ricciardi"></category><category term="Bob Melvin"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Chip Hale"></category><category term="Wally Backman"></category><category term="Paul Depodesta"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>New York Mets Hire Terry Collins to be Their Next Manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/new-york-mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4448924a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T14:53:28Z</updated><author><name>Suite 101</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/new-york-mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4448924a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Davey Johnson"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Sandy Koufax"></category><category term="Fred Wilpon"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Grady Little"></category><category term="Doug Collins"></category><category term="Wally Backman"></category><category term="Paul Depodesta"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>AP Source: Mets hire Terry Collins as manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4386450a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-21T17:30:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-21:/professional-baseball/ap-source-mets-hire-terry-collins-manager-4386450a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Person with knowledge of situation says &lt;a title="Terry Collins" href="/topic/Terry+Collins" &gt;Terry Collins&lt;/a&gt; will become &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;' new manager&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terry Collins is a major league manager once again, hired by the New York Mets to help revitalize a franchise that has struggled on the field and at the gate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A person with knowledge of the situation told &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The Associated Press" href="/top...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Port St. Lucie"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Oliver Perez"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Omar Minaya"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Jeff Wilpon"></category><category term="Jerry Manuel"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Luis Castillo (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jim Tracy"></category><category term="Sandy Alderson"></category><category term="Willie Randolph"></category><category term="J.P. Ricciardi"></category><category term="Bob Melvin"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="Chip Hale"></category><category term="Wally Backman"></category><category term="Paul Depodesta"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets fire clubhouse manager amid gambling probe</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-fire-clubhouse-manager-gambling-probe-4379970a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-12T17:31:36Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-12:/professional-baseball/mets-fire-clubhouse-manager-gambling-probe-4379970a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Mets fire longtime clubhouse manager involved in gambling investigation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fired their longtime clubhouse manager Friday amid a police investigation into illegal gambling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mets said &lt;span&gt;Charlie Samuels&lt;/span&gt; was fired for violating team policies. The club said the decision came after an internal investigation that lasted several months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This season was Samuels'...</summary><category term="Investigations"></category><category term="Criminal Investigations"></category><category term="Law Enforcement"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="New York City Police Department"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets want new manager by December winter meetings</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-new-manager-december-winter-meetings-4377422a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-09T14:30:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-09:/professional-baseball/mets-new-manager-december-winter-meetings-4377422a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Mets plan to hire manager by December winter meetings; 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        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http:...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets  Collins Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/mets-collins-baseball-2386132p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-23T09:03:41Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-23:/photo/mets-collins-baseball-2386132p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Terry Collins" href="/topic/Terry+Collins" &gt;Terry Collins&lt;/a&gt; answers reporter's questions during a news conference after being introduced as the new manager of the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;,  at &lt;a title="Citi Field" href="/topic/Citi+Field" &gt;Citi Field&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;New York&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. . (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
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