• Shohei Ohtani, plenty of Mets and Yankees take midseason awards: Sherman

    Shohei Ohtani, plenty of Mets and Yankees take midseason awards: Sherman

    No father and son combo ever has won an MVP in MLB. Barry Bonds won seven times and his dad, Bobby, finished as high as third in 1973. Cecil Fielder landed second twice and his son, Prince, was third...
  • Marcus Stroman continues Mets’ pitching dominance in win over Padres

    Marcus Stroman continues Mets’ pitching dominance in win over Padres

    Marcus Stroman has been putting up All-Star caliber numbers, as well, and that continued when he pitched 6 ¹/₃ innings of one-run ball in Saturday’s 4-1 win over the Padres at Citi Field.
  • Mets come up just short in loss to elite Padres

    Mets come up just short in loss to elite Padres

    The hit parade of the last several days stopped and Taijuan Walker’s performance was among his shakiest of the season in the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Padres at Petco Park to begin a four-game series.
  • Thom Brennaman’s slur was wrong but so is selective justice

    Thom Brennaman’s slur was wrong but so is selective justice

    Who’d a thunk it? In our exchanges, he’d never even cussed. Can’t say the same for myself. I know Fox and Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman long enough to be shocked that he’d speak a slur for homosexuals — the F-word — even when he thought he was off the air, let alone while attached to …
  • Chris Russo slams Fernando Tatis Jr. over grand slam saga

    Chris Russo slams Fernando Tatis Jr. over grand slam saga

    Chris Russo took his own swing at Fernando Tatis Jr., shaming the San Diego Padres superstar for his controversial grand slam Monday night while comparing the star shortstop to an NBA player. Tatis swung at a 3-0 pitch with the bases loaded and his team up seven runs against the Texas Rangers in the eighth …