The Game:

The Mets will travel to Miami Florida to take on the Florida Marlins at 4:10 PM today

The Mets will try to put 2007's collapse behind them by starting off 2008 against the team that finished them off last year

The Lineup:

SS Jose Reyes will bat leadoff, followed by 2B Luis Castillo, 3B David Wright, CF Carlos Beltran, 1B Carlos Delgado, LF Angel Pagan, RF Ryan Church, C Brian Schneider and LHP Johan Santana.

The Pitchers:

Johan Santana will be making his National League and Mets debut

Mark Hendrickson will get the start for the Marlins

The Notes:

2008 will mark the Mets 47th season of existence, and will commemorate the last season at Shea Stadium, where the Mets have played since 1964.

The Mets are 29-17 all time on opening day

This is the second time the Mets will open the season vs. the Florida Marlins (1999, the mets lost 6-2 to the marlins on opening day)

The Mets went 20-11 during Grapefruit league play this spring, giving them the most wins in all of baseball during spring training.

Be sure to head over to the Facebook Group for our In Game Discussion, which will be taking place during every game this year.