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J.D. Martinez makes Mets return with new cleats after bizarre injury

WASHINGTON — J.D. Martinez’s new cleats arrived Wednesday, and he felt a degree of relief. The veteran defensive back missed Tuesday’s game due to soreness in his left ankle, but believes this was due to him putting on a different pair of cleats the night before because he hadn’t received his new order. The cleats […]

J.D. Martinez’s ankle soreness came from issue with new cleats

WASHINGTON — It must be the shoes. J.D. Martinez, who had started 28 games for the Mets, was removed from Tuesday’s starting lineup because of a sore left ankle, but later attributed it to the cleats he had been wearing the night before. “To be honest, I had to try out the new cleats because […]

J.D. Davis cannot get over ‘surreal’ chance to play with Yankees

J.D. Davis was out of work for a few days, but when he bounced back he was back in the running and on a bigger stage. The Yankees acquired Davis from the last-place Athletics on Sunday to bolster their faltering core, but he arrived at Citi Field on Tuesday as part of the first-place team […]

Historic Mets on-base streak by J.D. Martinez ended vs. Padres

Finally, after 10 attempts, the Padres got J.D. Martinez out. The team finally got him out in the ninth inning of the series finale when Martinez swung at a 2-2 split ball from Jeremiah Estrada, a sensational moment Martinez last experienced in the sixth inning of the series opener on Friday. Since then, he has […]

Turning Point Action Straw Poll Shows J.D. Vance Favored for Trump VP

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) won a weekend poll run by Turning Point Action’s People’s Convention asking people who they would like to see as former President Donald Trump’s vice president. Big Data Poll conducted a public opinion survey of 1,986 convention attendees, found The poll found that 43% support Vance running to be Trump’s vice […]

J.D. Martinez leads suddenly hot Mets to fourth straight win

J.D. Martinez has said multiple times in recent days that the Mets suddenly started playing with “no pressure” and as if other teams were “counting us out.” Martinez continued his recent hot streak by hitting two more home runs in a 5-1 win over the Padres at Citi Field on Saturday, helping Jose Quintana get […]

J.D. Vance Would Pose the Greatest Debate Threat to VP

Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, said on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live” on Friday that a debate would be a threat to the vice president if former President Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate. “One of the things we’re hearing from The New York Times is […]

J.D. Martinez’s heroics at plate propel Mets once again

J.D. Martinez continues to score important runs for the Mets. The six-time All-Star, one game after hitting his first career walk-off home run, hit a crucial two-run double in the third inning to give the Mets a 2-1 victory over the Padres on Friday night at Citi Field. After the game, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza […]

J.D. FOSTER: Beware The Big 2025 Tax Con

Language can be decisive in deciding outcomes. Consider how adopting the term “death tax” in lieu of “estate tax” advanced reforms to previously unimaginable success. The Trump tax cuts expire December 31, 2025, and so the ever-higher-tax crowd is working hard to center next year’s debate on similarly advantageous rhetorical ground. But that ground is typical swamp […]