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Familia has clot in shoulder; surgery possible

NEW YORK -- Jeurys Familia was examined today by doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and diagnosed with an arterial clot in his right shoulder. Jeurys will see Dr. Robert Thompson tomorrow in St. Louis for further tests and possible surgery.

Mets GM Sandy Alderson will be available pregame tomorrow in Milwaukee

NEW YORK -- For much of the first half of last century, as baseball carved its place among our most national fixtures, New York served as its cultural center and main talent incubator. Many of the game's legends began Major League journeys alongside many of its workmen, on fields cramped amid the city's urban tapestry: tucked under bridges, hugging freeways, plopped in between apartment buildings.