The Mets had a great record in May (18-9 before tonight's rubber game against the Giants). Carlos Delgado and David Wright each broke out of their slumps as well. I have to admit though that even with a great month behind them, I am a little nervous about June.

The Mets are slated to play the Yankees, Tigers, Twins, Dodgers, Phillies and D-backs.  I am excluding the lowly Cardinals since they don't justify my point that this is as difficult a schedule as it gets.  True the Yankees are squandering, but they're still the Yankees and they can never be underestimated.

Thankfully, Shawn Green and Jose Valentin should be back soon, and Moises Alou will be coming back hopefully as well which are all good things.  Before this season I never would have believed that I would be missing Green's bat but he has proved me wrong.

I know I really have no rational reason to be worried since the Metropolitans are sporting the second best record in baseball, but they have trained me well and until they can recondition me, the Mets definitely still worry me from time to time. Hopefully they can just take June day by day and on July 1st I will be wiping my brow and saluting the Mets for how they whooped some of the best teams in the majors. Realistically, I will be content with winning each of the series they play...is that so far-fetched?

A few weeks ago we touched on the need for video replay on questionable HR calls. Buster Olney writes about the same subject in his blog for ESPN. If you aren't an MLB Insider, you can read the article below.   more »

If you are interested in next week's draft, the first MLB draft to be televised, check out a preview here from 2-3 pm.

RP Guillermo Mota makes his way back to the majors tonight after serving his 50 game steroid suspension.

I'm not going to get into whose fault it is that steroids were/are rampant in MLB. The whole system is flawed but Mota admitted his guilt so let's move on. 

He did the crime and served the time, now let's hope his success last year wasn't a chemically enhanced fluke.

Now perhaps he can take over the middle relief role that willie has been forced to usethe struggling Scott Schoeneweis in so often.

Over at Deadspin, they catch up with the cantankerous Mr. Met as he gallivants around town. 

Here are some even better pics of him showing a side we rarely see.

To invite Mr. Met out with your gang, you can find out more info here. Expect Senor Met to run about $500 however.

Hopefully he doesn't wind up in rehab with Lindsay Lohan...wait, that doesn't sound too be too bad actually.

The Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis now has a new blog to rival that of Curt Schilling's 38 Pitches.

It's good to see that blogs are increasingly becoming a mainstream media source if they aren't considered one already.  They really are the best social forum for people's opinions for better or worse.  It would be funny if someone like Billy Wagner kept us up on his alpaca farm and other musings.

There is a petition circulating around the internet for those who believe interleague play should be abolished.

Petitions like this one rarely work, but I personally don't have a problem with interleague play except for when bigger market teams have a decidedly more difficult interleague schedule than smaller market teams.  Chipper Jones recently spoke up about how unfair he felt the interleague schedule was.

Thanks Joy of Sox

I know noone's surprised but the Daily News is reporting that Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi has failed an amphetamines test within the last year. 

This is interesting only because Giambi has ironically been vocal lately regarding steroid use in MLB:

Mr. Comeback Player of the Year (eyes rolling) is obviously trying to deal with his demons, but he could atleast lay off the amphetamines while he does so.  The Angels have reportedly been interested in Giambi's services if the Yanks decide to let him go.