You know when you go out west how they say, don't miss the Grand Canyon, it's one of the few things in life that when you see it, it doesn't disappoint?

—Toby Ziegler, The West Wing

This is it, huh? This is the last series in which we'll see Mike Piazza actively participating in a Mets uniform. […]

So Braden Looper finally fessed up about what a lot of people connected to our team suspected: He's been battling a shoulder injury. He'll have surgery. But here's the catch: He's been battling it since last September.

Wha?

Gory details here: Looper thought the pain would go away on its own (or maybe he didn't want to […]