Mets and Bisons Swap Rosters

NEW YORK, June 5 -- The New York Mets have succumbed to the inevitable and have officially swapped teams with their AAA affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons.

Effective immediately, the two teams will switch everything, with the Bisons traveling to Milwaukee for the opening of the major league team's road trip. The Mets, who were expecting a day off today, must all scramble to get a ticket on a bus out of Port Authority Bus Terminal for the Bisons' game tonight against Gwinnet. Gwinett? Guinette?

The move was prompted by the benching of former slugger Jason Bay, and the possible leg injury to Carlos Beltran. Bay has been hitting .0001 this season with -15 home runs and -44 runs batted in. Beltran was hitting well for the first time in three years, but fouled a ball off his leg, shattering his leg brace and leaving a big boo-boo on the tender flesh below.

They will join on the Very Expensive Injured Regular List (VEIRL) first baseman Ike Davis, who had been the team's most prolific slugger, and third baseman David Wright, whom had been equally productive as Davis while going for the single season strikeout record.

"Hell," said manager Terry Collins in his typically blunt manner. "We got the damn Bisons playing every position here anyway. Why the hell not switch? Maybe a Bison won't collapse in the seventh inning every freakin' day."

Perennial Bison team members currently on the Met roster include first baseman Daniel Murphy; second baseman Ruben Tejada; third baseman Justin Turner; reserve infielder Nick Evans; outfielders Jason Pridie and Angel Pagan; and pretty much the entire pitching staff.

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