NEW YORK -- Although the Mets did not take batting practice prior to Sunday's game against the Nationals, the field was a flurry of activity. Mickey Callaway took the mound, throwing BP to the Staten Island Little League team, which recently lost in the semifinals of the US Bracket at the Little League World Series.
Originally, the Mets were scheduled to watch Staten Island's quarterfinal in Williamsport, Penn., on the morning of the Little League Classic. But because their plane landed late, the Mets missed that game.
To make it up to the Staten Island Little Leaguers, the Mets invited them to watch batting practice before the Little League Classic later that night, then scheduled them to come to Citi Field to take some hacks of their own.