A Mets Twitter Account Strikes Again During the winter, the Mets" chief operating officer, Jeff Wilpon, invited the team spokesman, Jay Horwitz, to have fun with his newly created Twitter account. Since then, Horwitz has used the account to poke fun at himself and to jokingly report false news items. Recently, he claimed that the Mets would be playing a tripleheader against the Colorado Rockies to make up for the snowed out series in Denver. But on Tuesday, Horwitz caused a stir when he tweeted: "Matt Harvey has Mets" permission to skip game tomorrow and be at MSG to root on Rangers. Matt has not seen Rangers lose at home. WFAN radio took the news seriously and began to blast the team for showing preferential treatment to their talented young pitcher. Soon, outraged fans on Twitter voiced their displeasure. But the story was never true. As in the past, Horwitz was just having a little fun. "No offense, but who in their right mind would let a player miss a game for a hockey game?" said Horwitz, who was surprised at the reaction. I was just having fun. It was a play on words. It's just a fun thing to do. Horwitz added: "If anybody reads my stuff, they know that's what I do. It's not Ernest Hemingway. Francisco Gearing Up Mets reliever Frank Francisco, on the disabled list with right elbow inflammation, pitched a scoreless inning on Monday for Class A Port St. Lucie, the first time he had pitched in consecutive games. Mets Manager Terry Collins said the team would soon decide where Francisco will pitch next. Collins did not discount the possibility Francisco's next stop could be with the Mets. "The reports are that his velocity is good, his command is good," Collins said. Collins said that either way, the closer job belongs to Bobby Parnell, who entered Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox with a 1.38 earned run average in 13 innings. Collins said he would need to see Francisco pitch in consecutive games in the majors before even considering him for the closer spot. "We'll wait until Frank gets here to make some determination," Collins said. Homecomings Tuesday's game brought the return of two former Mets favorites: White Sox Manager Robin Ventura, who played with the Mets from 1999 to 2001, and the third-base coach Joe McEwing, a Met from 2000 to 2004. "Over the course of playing five years there, it was a big part of my life," McEwing said. Ventura is best remembered for his game-winning single, which would have been a grand slam had he crossed home plate, in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series in 1999 against the Atlanta Braves. "It was a special time to come here," Ventura said of his time with the Mets. The Mets were great to me and my family. There's good feelings coming here. Both former players said they were saddened by Shea Stadium's demolition. Before it was torn down, McEwing said, he stopped by Shea to see it one final time. He also stopped by Citi Field during its first year of existence to compare the scene with his memories of Shea. McEwing was surprised at how tame the atmosphere was. Ventura agreed. "For me, new stadiums don't have the feel of old stadiums," Ventura said. At Shea, Ventura continued, "when it was noisy, you could feel it in your feet."