A few minutes after recording the 500th save of his career Mariano Rivera was laughing in an interview room at Citi Field, talking about how he actually preferred getting his first career RBI in the 9th inning to the milestone save...

Both the Mets and Yankees, who are a little desperate these days as they watch the baseball postseason go on without them, should stay away from Manny Ramirez. Let the Dodgers pay him. And have him.

Troubled Mets relief pitcher Ambiorix Burgos allegedly struck and killed two women in a hit-and-run crash in his homeland of the Dominican Republic, cops told a local paper...

The Mets have several major decisions to make after falling short of the playoffs on the season's final day for the second straight year, but Jerry Manuel will return as manager in 2009 and beyond, the Daily News has learned...

Jose Reyes married Katherine Ramirez, the mother of his two children, at City Hall in Manhattan a month ago. Now the shortstop has his sights on another goal: U.S. citizenship...

Responding to a fan backlash that the inaugural season at Citi Field embraced the team's Brooklyn Dodgers predecessors and ignored the club's own Amazin' past, Mets officials announced a series of changes for 2010 designed to embrace the team's...

The Mets have a backup option if the Matt Holliday and Jason Bay bidding gets out of hand. The Royals, who are looking to deal outfielder Jose Guillen, identified the Mets as a potential trading partner, although there was no deal considered close,...

According to sources with first-hand knowledge of the MLB profit-and-loss sheets, the Mets were "right in the middle" of the teams that made money in 2009. However, their initial revenue projections for 2010 are said to be not so good.

On the shopping list for the Mets: a catcher to replace Brian Schneider; a power upgrade in left field; a second baseman if Luis Castillo can be traded; rotation help; an eighth-inning reliever, and a second lefthander in the bullpen.

The Mets did the right thing in bringing Wally Backman back to the organization after all these years. And Jerry Manuel will have much more to worry about when he goes into the 2010 season on a short leash.