More to Come

But first, an excerpt from a short piece in today's Daily News:

Kazuo Matsui also makes his Mets debut today, and Art Howe preached patience with the Japanese shortstop at the plate. "What I expect is solid defense," Howe said.

Matsui recalled his first at-bat for the Seibu Lions in 1995, a base hit that scored a run. He will lead off tonight's game, making an RBI difficult, but not impossible. Told through an interpreter he could duplicate the RBI feat with a leadoff homer, he said in perfect English: "No chance."

Mets exceeding expectations would be a story I'd like to write this year.