Mets Add Another Game to Their Growing To-Do List Be it subfreezing temperatures, heavy snow or hammering rains, the Mets have faced Mother Nature's worst this season. Alex Brandon/Associated Press The Mets" postponement in Washington was their second straight and sixth over all. Richard Shiro/Associated Press The Mets drafted UConn's L. J. Mazzilli on Friday. His father, Lee, played for the team at both ends of his 14-year career. After their series finale against the Washington Nationals was rained out Thursday, the Mets sat out a second straight day when their series opener at home against the Miami Marlins on Friday was washed away, too. It left some players grumbling. Reliever LaTroy Hawkins wrote on Twitter: "Game is canceled Again, Can't remember having such bad weather in my 19 years in one season." Friday's game was the sixth Mets game this season postponed because of inclement weather. In addition, a game was suspended last month because of a downpour. But rain has represented the tame end of the weather spectrum. When the Mets visited the Minnesota Twins in April, they played two games in freezing temperatures before their final game there was postponed because of snow and cold. They went directly from there to Denver to play the Colorado Rockies, and things did not get any more comfortable. Two games were postponed in that series, which also featured General Manager Sandy Alderson's grabbing a shovel to aid a snow-clearing effort at Coors Field. Weather has been a leaguewide problem. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, 30 games have been postponed this season, including three on Friday. There were 11 postponements through June 7 last year, and 21 by the end of the season. Postponements are a headache for fans and hard on players, who are creatures of habit. The Mets pounded out a season-high 15 hits Wednesday night, but any hope for them to keep that rhythm going might have been washed away. Pitching rotations become misaligned, too. The right-hander Matt Harvey was rescheduled to pitch Saturday against the Marlins, and the left-hander Jon Niese was shifted to Sunday. Shawn Marcum, originally scheduled to pitch Saturday, will have his turn skipped. Postponements also create unorthodox situations later in the season. The Mets will play five games over four days this month against the Atlanta Braves. Later, they will lose a scheduled day off to go to Denver for one day. Games will pile up toward the end of the season, too, when players are most run down from the season. Friday's game against the Nationals was rescheduled as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sept. METS DRAFT MAZZILLI'S SON From the stream of white noise that characterizes baseball's three-day draft emerged an unmistakable name for Mets fans: the club on Friday picked L. J. Mazzilli, the son of the former player Lee Mazzilli, with their fourth-round selection. L. J. Mazzilli, 22, played second base for Connecticut this season, helping the Huskies win the Big East title. He batted .354 and compiled 29 stolen bases. Forty years ago, the Mets selected his father with their first-round pick. "This is a very happy moment for me as a dad, to see my son 40 years after I was drafted go to a team that I grew up in," Lee Mazzilli said. This is a good thing for L. J. He's off to start his own career, which any parent is very proud of. Lee Mazzilli was traded midway through the 1982 season, but he returned to the Mets during the 1986 season and won a World Series ring with the team that year. L. J. Mazzilli said, "I am so excited to start whenever I do start and work hard and try to bring another Mazzilli to the Mets."