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Luke Voit saw DJ LeMahieu on Wednesday and was bubbling with excitement that the All-Star second baseman has made it back from COVID-19. Right-hander Luis Cessa, who like LeMahieu tested positive for COVID-19 and wasn’t allowed to be at Yankee Stadium for spring training 2.0 until testing negative twice, posted on Instagram Thursday that he …
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Alex Rodriguez will be spared the awkwardness of criticizing players who may end up under his employ. Rodriguez, who is currently leading a group bid with fiancée Jennifer Lopez to assume ownership of the Mets, will remain in his role as an analyst on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” this season, but the network will avoid …
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Jacob deGrom has eyes toward Opening Day. After incurring back stiffness during a scrimmage-game appearance earlier this week and receiving a subsequent clean MRI exam, the Mets right-hander Thursday indicated he’s thinking toward July 24 and the Braves. “I feel good,” deGrom said at Citi Field. “That’s the goal, to pitch on Opening Day.” Manager …
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“Real Housewives of New York City” drama has moved from Bravo to Cameo. Ramona Singer is firing back at fellow “Housewife” Leah McSweeney and frequent guest star Elyse Slaine, who continued their feud with Singer in a wild video Slaine made for Cameo — in which they make the bizarre claim that their rival “s–ts” when …
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Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei says he has a chip on his shoulder going into the best-of-five qualifying series against the Rangers, his former team who traded him five months ago. “I’ve got a ton of motivation,” Skjei said on a Zoom call with reporters Thursday. “I really enjoyed my time in New York, loved every …
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A number of New York City police officers including the NYPD department chief were injured at a George Floyd protest on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday morning. Chief of Department Terence Monahan, the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, was admitted to a local hospital with “non-life threatening injuries,” an NYPD spokesman told the New York Post. …
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Aaron Boone didn’t need to witness Aaron Judge drive a James Paxton pitch into Monument Park to know a stiff neck that had idled the hulking right fielder had vanished into a cool Bronx summer evening. “I felt like it was going to be a couple of days. I have been there in the course …
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Jennifer Lopez could give the Mets a much-needed makeover. As the race to buy the team goes into overdrive, entertainment insiders say bidders J.Lo and Alex Rodriguez would add a missing ingredient to Citi Field the others can’t offer — glamour. A source said Lopez would do for the Mets what Jay-Z did for the …
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Jacob deGrom’s back stiffness doesn’t appear serious, but still to be resolved is whether the Mets ace will make his scheduled Opening Day start. A day after deGrom departed an intrasquad scrimmage because of lower-back discomfort, an MRI exam Wednesday showed nothing of concern, according to an industry source. DeGrom had pitched only one inning …
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A mystery bidder for the Mets has been revealed, but it’s not a new group, it’s merely huge new players. According to multiple sources, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and private equity giant Silver Lake Partners are joining with the group led by Josh Harris and David Blitzer in their pursuit of the Amazins. Considering …
Luke Voit saw DJ LeMahieu on Wednesday and was bubbling with excitement that the All-Star second baseman has made it back from COVID-19. Right-hander Luis Cessa, who like LeMahieu tested positive for COVID-19 and wasn’t allowed to be at Yankee Stadium for spring training 2.0 until testing negative twice, posted on Instagram Thursday that he …
