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New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that checkpoints will be set up at major entrances to the city to screen for out-of-state travelers who may be violating quarantine rules. Currently, travelers from 35 states and Puerto Rico are required to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in New York. Anyone flying into …
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PHILADELPHIA — Sure, had the Yankees received six more outs with which to work early Wednesday evening, they very well might have completed their coup against Joe Girardi’s shaky Phillies bullpen. They just had to settle for saving the sport of baseball. Say it with me, everyone: seven-inning games! The Yankees’ first doubleheader of seven-inning …
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It was another rough night for Gary Sanchez, who struck out two more times and was hit by a pitch on the left elbow during the Yankees’ 3-1 win over the Phillies on Wednesday night in the second half of a doubleheader. Manager Aaron Boone said Sanchez might be affected by the hit to the …
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WASHINGTON — The battle between 2016 Cy Young award-winners ended with one injured and the other in control. If you guessed Rick Porcello as the injured, given the Mets’ health misfortunes this week and Max Scherzer’s ability to dominate, wrong answer. In the kind of performance the team envisioned when it gave Porcello a one-year …
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The offseason began Wednesday, when the Rangers left the bubble in Toronto for disparate precincts across the globe. It is on to 2020-21 for the players who amassed just a little more than three weeks ago for camp and the trek into the bubble. It is on to the offseason for management that not only …
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Add Yankees third-base coach Phil Nevin to the growing list of Angel Hernandez critics. A visibly heated Nevin was ejected during the first half of Wednesday’s doubleheader 11-7 loss to the Phillies after arguing a called third-strike on Yankees first baseman Mike Ford. The pitch, thrown by Phillies pitcher Trevor Kelley, appeared to be inside. …
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Not even the Yankees’ offense could bail out J.A. Happ this time. The struggling left-hander had another shaky start Wednesday in Philadelphia, allowing four runs in just three innings in the Yankees’ 11-7 loss to the Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the Yankees’ first appearance in a seven-inning doubleheader, a …
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The body is sculpted and glistening with perspiration, and Le’Veon Bell loves showing it off on Instagram. See Le’Veon skipping rope. See Le’Veon boxing. Hear coach Adam Gase giving Le’Veon Bell one ringing endorsement: “I would say he’s extremely motivated. Seeing him run, and everything I’ve heard from the strength guys as far as the …
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WASHINGTON — Andres Gimenez was a surprise roster addition at the end of spring training 2.0, but suddenly has assumed a larger role with the Mets. Robinson Cano’s recent move to the injured list with a grade 2 abductor strain and ailments to Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario that kept both removed from the starting …
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Will the real Fairway please stand up? The supermarket chain that bought Fairway Market out of bankruptcy in March says the former owners of the Big Apple grocer have been engaging in shady tactics to steal its customers for a new business. Village Super Market, which operates the ShopRite chain of groceries, claims in a …