Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

Okay so that news about Murphy playing at first base tonight would really only be big news to Shannon.
The real big news is that David Wright is back in the line up tonight and at third base tonight.

Here is the line up.

1 Reyes SS
2 Turner 2B
3 Beltran RF
4 Wright 3B
5 Murphy 1B
6 Pagan CF
7 Duda LF
8 Paulino C
9 Pelfrey P

And the Mets are wearing Black tonight.

This is from Adam Rubin over at ESPN New York.

The Mets have claimed outfielder Mike Baxter off waivers from San Diego and optioned him to Class A St. Lucie. Here’s the release:

The New York Mets announced today that the club has claimed outfielder Mike Baxter off waivers from the San Diego Padres and optioned him to St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League to continue his major league rehabilitation.

Baxter, a Whitestone, Queens native, had surgery earlier this year to repair ligaments in his left thumb that he injured during Spring Training. Before being claimed by the Mets, Baxter had appeared in 11 major league rehabilitation games with Lake Elsinore (A) of the California League. Baxter began his rehabilitation on June 8, batting .278 (10-36) with one double and two RBI.

The 26-year-old appeared in nine games with the Padres last year, collecting one hit and one RBI in eight at-bats.

Baxter starred at Archbishop Molloy in Queens before teaming up with Tampa Bay Rays lefthanded pitcher David Price at Vanderbilt University.

He is a career .278 minor league hitter with 156 doubles, 35 triples, 47 home runs and 326 RBI in 687 games.

Okay so this isn’t huge news on any front. I just happened to have graduated from Archbishop Molloy in the 1994 and for me it is cool to see someone from Molloy claimed by the Mets.

Laura aka MetsMom, let us know that the Mets Party Patrol is now working up in the Promenade area.

My husband and son were at last night’s game and reported that the Party Patrol was in Promenade tossing t-shirts to the crowd.  I’m happy to report that my husband was able to get one for my son (he’s moving up in the competition for most fun parent at a Mets game, though I’m still in the lead).  Nice job by the Mets.  It’s nice to see them getting some of the “perks” to the common folks upstairs, not just the ones who are at field level.