There were cardboard cutouts in the stands, crowd noise dulling and crashing all five after the Yankees’ 9-3 win over the Mets on Saturday night at Citi Field, the first action for either club since the shutdown. of the pandemic. It was a preview of what baseball will look like …
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Rick Porcello’s first game for the Mets at Citi Field was quiet enough until he hung up a slider in the fourth inning on Saturday. The masked Clint Frazier crushed him on the second deck in left field, a thunderous two-run blast that essentially defined Porcello’s night. The right-handed pitcher …
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NEW YORK (AP) – Didi Gregorius peered over his face mask as his Washington ace puck Max Scherzer sailed to empty seats in the garden. False applause, meant to cheer on the hometown Nationals, accidentally passed through the stadium when the Philadelphia Phillies shortstop circled the bases. After touching the …
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Despite a report Joe Tsai is part of Alex Rodriguez’s offer to buy the Mets, the owner of the Nets and Liberty said he is not in the mix. “Sorry, Twitter, it’s not true,” Tsai tweeted Saturday of the rumor. “I grew up as a fan of the Mets and …
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Marcus Stroman has plans to, in his words, dominate, pitch so well that he will be considered one of the best arms on the free-agent market. So far, however, in spring 2.0 practice, the animated Long Island right-hander, who was expected to be the Mets’ No. 2 starter behind Jacob …
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