Church: It's just a migraine

- Ryan Church was out of the starting lineup yesterday as he and the Mets continued to insist his latest absence was due to long-term migraines and not two recent concussions.

Church was lifted in the eighth inning of Saturday night's 9-4 win over the Phillies because of dizziness and unavailable for use yesterday in the Mets' 4-2 win in 12 innings. That heightened suspicions that the post-concussion syndrome that sidelined the right fielder for three weeks last month had returned. But after consulting with a team neurologist in New York that the club still refuses to name, Church and the Mets repeated their assertion that migraines were the cause of the dizziness. Continue