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The Atlanta Braves are digging in their cleats.
Shortly after Major League Baseball announced it would be moving the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta amid backlash over new Georgia voting laws, the
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The Yankees began a stretch of 35 games in 33 days with a doubleheader in Atlanta on Wednesday. It couldn’t have gone much worse. They dropped both ends of the twin bill, with Gerrit Cole beaten in the first game, as the Yankees lost 5-1 in seven innings. And then they dropped the second game …
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Here is the question all Mets fans should be asking. Can we finish second? Sure, no fan base wants to chant, “We’re No. 2.” But remember that with expanded playoffs, eight clubs in each league make the playoffs and the top two in each division are guaranteed entry. So, like every team, the Mets want …
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ATLANTA — The Mets sure resembled a team Saturday that had their hearts ripped out and shown to them the previous night. Zombies was more like it, as manager Luis Rojas’ crew fell into an early hole then never bothered to muster much of a fight in losing their fourth straight, 7-1 to the Braves …
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ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can’t find a fast solution. Just like old times, the bullpen is a raging inferno. Friday night it was Dellin …
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Jacob deGrom pitched brilliantly yet did not win. But since it was Opening Day — even in late July — the Mets did. That was all quite familiar. So much else was not. It still takes getting used to cardboard cutout fans, piped in noise and a designated hitter in a National League park. Especially …
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Yoenis Cespedes crushed it and Edwin Diaz protected it, turning fan-empty Citi Field into a tame celebration of high-fives and blaring music. The Mets couldn’t have asked for a better script to start their abbreviated 2020 season. With Cespedes’ mighty bat supplying the only run, the Mets beat the Braves 1-0 in front of several …
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He retired in 2012, but longtime foe Chipper Jones is still haunting the Mets. The Hall of Famer provided a Hall of Fame-level troll for his old rivals, buying a cutout of himself at Citi Field. The Mets are allowing fans to buy cutouts of themselves to fill the empty seats. During his 19-year career …
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The Post’s Ken Davidoff previews the NL East. 1. New York Mets O/U wins: 32 Key player: OF/DH Yoenis Cespedes. In his four years as an active Met, Cespedes has tallied a 138 OPS+, his best output for any of the four major league teams for which he has played. If he could produce at …
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ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman doesn’t know if he has time to be ready for the Atlanta Braves’ opener. Following a scary journey in his battle with COVID-19, Freeman is grateful to even have a chance. On Saturday, the four-time All-Star revealed he had a high temperature of 104.5 degrees early in his battle with the …
The Atlanta Braves are digging in their cleats. Shortly after Major League Baseball announced it would be moving the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta amid backlash over new Georgia voting laws, the
