Mets Fan Matt Murphy To Auction Bond's Record Home Run Ball

Mets' fan, Matt Murphy, has announced he will auction off Bonds record breaking home run ball that he caught in San Francisco earlier this month.

Murphy made all Mets Lifers proud as he was wearing his authentic Mets away jersey while at that Giants' game. According to Yahoo, Murphy says he will auction off the ball using Sotheby's as the auction house. Experts expect the ball to earn Murphy at least $500,000.

Good for you Matt. I hope you use some of that cash to get season tickets at Citi Field.

To bid on the ball, go to www.scpauctions.com on August 28th when the bidding opens. Good luck on that by the way.

New Pictures of Citi Field

The Daily News has some fantastic new photos on the construction of Citi Field.

This stadium is going to be first class. I can’t wait until it opens. To see photos, click here.

Willie Embraces Youth Movement

For the second time in three games, Lastings Milledge is not in the starting lineup. Instead, Dave “Juggernaut” Newhan, the future face of the Mets organization is playing. Have we’ve been waiting for this or what Mets fans? Can’t you just see it …Reyes, Wright and Newhan roaming the grounds at Citifield for the next decade? No, doubt.

Newhan is so much better than Milledge that he has been called up for his 4th tour of duty from AAA. Who cares if Milledge leads the team with runs batted in since the All-Star game. You think that matters? Heck no, and thankfully we have a manger who doesn’t believe in those silly stats. He goes with his gut and his gut is telling him to go with the future and that future, ladies and gentlemen, is Dave “Juggernaut” Newhan. Willie has so much confidence in this offensive machine that he’s putting him in there against Carlos Zambrano, one of the toughest pitchers in the National League. What more do you want from a manager than to exhibit that kind of faith in young players? Dave Newhan must feel so good about this sign of confidence. He certainly feels better than Milledege. Great job, Willie. Great job.