As mentioned last month, MetsBlog is now on the air, just like the blowhards on WFAN. OK, it’s a little different — for example, internet radio isn’t in your car (yet), but it’s a good development for the blogs and a great advancement for the fans, who now have a choice.

The choice for Mets coverage is now:

1. a two-team tandem consisting of a hyperactive rat terrier San Francisco Giant fan and a diehard Yankee fan who has trouble getting his words out in between bites of a six-foot sub

2. a diehard Yankee fan and Yankee announcer who claims not to be a Yankee fan

3. a diehard Yankee fan who thinks the National League is not the Major Leagues

4. the MetsBlog staff headed by the fair and balanced Matt Cerrone

It’s an easy decision, from this vantage point.

Matt’s been getting some great guests and putting together excellent shows, but he’s really hit the mother lode this week: his special guest is Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.

Be sure to tune in to the show at 6:30 PM tonight, or download it afterward and listen to it at your leisure.

The story of the trouble in the Mets clubhouse grows … it’s now beyond anything David Chase could dream up.

In our last segment, “Trouble in Paradise”, a racial divide was splitting the Mets clubhouse. Silly me, I thought it was a gag — along the lines of “Clemens Signs with Mets” — but alas, it turns out the story was indeed meant to be “true”.

Apparently, Luke Halpert (a.k.a. “Scoop Brady”), really did have an “inside source” relaying the tribulations emanating from the Mets’ supposedly squeaky clean clubhouse.

Or did he?

The plot thickens, as Halpert remains mum on “the source” (who may very well be W. Mark Felt, Sr.), and has recanted his claim of creating several confidential contacts deep inside the Mets organization. Further, the godfather of all Mets blogs — Matt Cerrone — has placed a kiss on Halpert’s cheek, excommunicating him from the MetsBlog family for his outlandish claims and making it very clear that Halpert (a) no longer has any ties to MetsBlog whatsoever and (b) never established a single “inside” source during his short time with Cerrone’s esteemed blog.

Kudos to Matt for setting things straight, and for defending the honor of MetsBlog (as well as bloggers all around Flushing). Shame on me for perpetuating what is clearly a desperate attempt to get on Digg.com.

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MetsToday is not in the habit of starting rumors … but helping spread them is another issue altogether.

Diehard readers of MetsBlog may remember frequent contributor Luke Halpert, who is now blogging at NyJer. Anyway, according to Halpert’s “sources”, there is trouble in the Mets clubhouse.

Purportedly, Mets manager Willie Randolph is unhappy with Carlos Beltran’s lack of passion and his lollygagging around the bases. Further, a racial divide has occurred in the clubhouse, separating the Latinos and non-Latinos, and some players are complaining about Carlos Delgado batting cleanup despite a .220 batting average. The major stars of this made-for-TV drama are Julio Franco and Paul LoDuca.

Can it be true? Is New York City large enough to hold two baseball soap operas?

Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of As the Mets Turn…

Some questions answered, some more proposed, and various trivia …

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