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They are our Little League Boys of Summer, robbed of the joy of playing the game they love and by COVID-19. The Elmora Troopers dreamed of reaching the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., where the 2019 team finished fourth and returned home to a celebratory Elizabeth, N.J., filled with memories that will last …
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On a cold March day two years ago, 30 scouts made the trip to Monsignor McClancy to see Quentin Holmes, the Queens school’s highly rated senior center fielder. When Holmes took his at-bats, all the scouts paid close attention. McClancy’s opponent, Mount St. Michael, was irrelevant — until coach Wally Stampfel inserted sophomore right-hander Alex …
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What is being lost by major league owners and players is so much more than an 82-game season and wrapping themselves in wall-to-wall games on Independence Day weekend and potentially creating new fans starved for live games. An already compromised season was going to provide MLB a hall pass to workshop extra innings that would …
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A new power duo has emerged as potential suitors to buy the Mets. Private equity billionaires Josh Harris and David Blitzer are now serious about making a run at the Amazins, adding the baseball club to their portfolio of teams that already includes the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. The interest …
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Matt Harvey still might get another shot in major league baseball, but any thought the Mets are interested is misguided at this point. Amid speculation the right-hander could be headed toward a reunion with his former team, an industry source on Monday indicated the Mets aren’t considering Harvey at this point. Harvey, 31, has explored …
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Remember in “Breaking Bad” when Walt rehired Jesse at the lab just so Jesse wouldn’t sue Hank for assaulting him? The arrangement met everyone’s short-term needs. It also produced considerably more long-term agita. Which brings to mind the 50ish-game Major League Baseball regular-season schedule that Rob Manfred, on behalf of his owners, has threatened to …
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A Mets win in the 2000 World Series could have been Derek Jeter’s ticket out of New York City. The Yankees ended up winning the Subway Series in five games, with Jeter winning the MVP after batting .409 with a pair of home runs, but had it played out differently, the shortstop may have been …
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Happy Harvey Day Anniversary. On June 7, 2010, the Mets, picking seventh overall in the annual amateur draft, selected right-handed pitcher Matt Harvey out of the University of North Carolina. So began one of the greatest thrill rides in this rarely boring franchise’s history. Ten years later, with perspective from all of the key players …
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Matt Harvey’s comeback attempt may take him to Korea. The Post confirmed on Friday a Korean-based report by SBS that Harvey’s representatives with Scott Boras’ agency reached out to KBO teams. According to the report, there’s no match yet, but it remains a possibility. KBO rosters allow a maximum of three foreign players and only …
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David Cone knows firsthand how the clock can strike 12 on a baseball season and strike it out. The YES Network analyst and former Yankee and Met was an MLBPA rep during hardball negotiations that could not prevent the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. “What comes to mind is there’s a deadline,” Cone said. …
They are our Little League Boys of Summer, robbed of the joy of playing the game they love and by COVID-19. The Elmora Troopers dreamed of reaching the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., where the 2019 team finished fourth and returned home to a celebratory Elizabeth, N.J., filled with memories that will last …
