Look for Anthony De Rosa from Hot Foot on this week’s “Say Goodbye to Shea, Hello to Citifield” segment on Mets Weekly premiering tomorrow, Saturday, April 12th at 12 pm.

Joe Janish from Mets Today, Ted Berg from SNY.tv, Coop from My Summer Family and Matthew Cerrone of Mets Blog will all be part of the blogger’s roundtable on the show and throughout the season.

I will be making appearances throughout the year on various topics.

The theme of the show is the last home opener at Shea where they will look back at memorable openers at Shea. Marlon Anderson and Carlos Beltran will share their favorite moments at Shea. Pedro Feliciano will teach Jocelyn how to Salsa. Fernando Martinez will be profiled in the “On Deck” segment with comments from Matthew Cerrone from Mets Blog.

In addition to being an outfield coach and special ambassador to the Mets, Darryl Strawberry can add SNY contributor to his list of responsibilities.

The Mets have added Strawberry to broadcasts on SNY starting April 28th, Bart Hubbuch reports on his blog for the New York Post.

Strawberry will work primarily with Matt Yallof on SNY’s pre- and post-game shows.

Ted Berg on SNY.tv writes a great column of how he came to forgive Ron Darling for a formative moment in a Mets fan’s life. Darling discusses how even the best teams and players can falter at the most inopportune times, and how for all our endless analysis, “Baseball games and seasons are often decided by good timing or dumb luck”.

Darling not only reminded me that anything can happen in baseball; he demonstrated that baseball is as redeeming as it is damning. That he could move on from his bad start in 1988 and the Mets could move on from their tragic finish in 2007.

The Mets, and Darling, broke my heart too in 1988. It was the first time I felt real, soul-aching pain as a fan of my beloved Mets. It was like the first time a girl broke your heart and you never forget that feeling.

I too have since forgiven the Mets, and Darling, and its what allowed me to get some perspective about last year. Baseball is a funny game, and nothing is promised to you, no matter how perfect things appear to be. 

There are moments of great joy and tremendous pain, but winter ends, spring begins and we start all over again. 

Beverly Hills salon owner Giuseppe Franco on Hot Foot…

I don’t own this blog. I don’t own anything about it. I just know this is the greatest blog ever about the New York Mets. Stop hiding your fandom among the hordes of bandwagon Yankee fans, stop denying that you bleed blue and orange. You can be on the road to loving Hot Foot RIGHT NOW. Get on the Hot Foot program.

I’m Giuseppe Franco, I don’t put my name on the line for something that doesn’t work.

Thanks Giuseppe!

SNY is expected to officially announce tomorrow that eight broadcasters, many who work for WFAN and have been on-air contributors in the past, will take on larger roles at the network, Multichannel News reports.

Officials indicate that Joe Benigno, Chris Carlin, Scott Ferrall, Jon Heyman, Marc Malusis, Sweeny Murti, Adam Schein and Brandon Tierney will now provide exclusive TV work for SNY in the New York market.

Two new shows are scheduled to launch two new series March 24.

The WheelHouse will feature Ferrall (Sirius Satellite Radio), Tierney (ESPN Radio) and host Brian Custer, engaging in “nine innings” of fast-paced discussions about the leading sports topics of the day. The weekday show will run from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Afterwards, from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., SNY will air Loud Mouths with Adam Schein (Fox Sports on MSN, Sirius) and Chris Carlin (WFAN) where they will discuss the hot topics of the day in sports in a ‘Crossfire’ type format. Loud Mouths will incorporate interactive features, including live phone calls, emails, Webcam questions and text messages. Carlin and Schein will also head to the streets to get the opinions of New York sports fans.

Daily News Live, hosted by Chris Cotter, will now air weekdays at 5 p.m. and shift to a new roundtable format.Joe Benigno (WFAN) will appear regularly on the show along with Daily News writers and occasional guests.

SNY is also revamping the 10 p.m. Geico SportsNite program – from an hour – to back-to-back half-hour shows.

Jon Heyman (WFAN) joins SNY as its new Major League Baseball insider, making appearances throughout the network on a variety of different shows, including Geico SportsNite, Mets Pre- and Post-game shows and Mets Hot Stove.

Sweeny Murti (WFAN, YES) officially becomes the network’s New York Yankees insider/beat reporter, where he will also appear throughout the network on programs such as Geico SportsNite and Daily News Live.

Marc Malusis (WFAN, Sirius) joins SNY as a regular contributor to Geico SportsNite.

SNY president Steve Raab said the following in a statement about the changes at SNY

“This announcement further represents our commitment to covering New York sports from every angle, while providing our viewers with a unique, entertaining experience. We’re confident that our continued investment in original entertainment programs – combined with the addition of these dynamic personalities – will continue to forge a passionate connection to sports fans throughout the region.”

The Mets will play the Dodgers today at 1:10 in Port St. Lucie and the game will be re-aired on SNY at 7pm.

Mets Blog’s Matthew Cerrone will appear tonight on SNY’s Mets Hot Stove program to discuss how fans feel about the Mets bullpen heading into 2008.

Kevin Burkhardt will interview Billy Wagner, and then be joined in studio by Adam Rubin of the Daily News and Ed Coleman from WFAN.

The program airs at 6:30 PM EST, and again at 11:00 PM EST.

SNY is currently showing the Giants-Mets Game from April 26, 2006.

Yes, this is the game where Brian Bannister limped home from 3rd. Check it out if you dont remember how we won…

Gillian Reagan of the New York Observer reports that Fred Dressler, the man who established the Mets’ SportsNet New York channel has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 66.

Dressler began his career working for ABC-TV and went on to become a top executive at Time Warner Cable, founding the video-on-demand and pay-per-view channel In Demand.