Mets’ return to mediocrity is killing their playoff hopes
The Mets’ season continued to stagnate through late May. What followed was a six-week surge that boosted their postseason dreams. Now the glamour has given way to mediocrity, or worse, that threatens to bury the Mets, who travel next week to face the Padres and Diamondbacks, who lead the National League wild-card race. Pete Alonso […]
Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa disagree with Scottie Scheffler, applaud FedEx Cup Playoff format
The PGA Tour’s three-week playoffs begin Thursday with the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, but debate continues to rage among the top players over its format. Some, such as Scottie Scheffler, don’t like that structure. Scheffler even called it “absurd,” adding that he doesn’t like the idea of it all boiling down to the […]
Scottie Scheffler rips ‘silly’ PGA Tour playoff format: ‘It is what it is’
Scottie Scheffler is all but certain to win his first FedExCup title, but a poor weekend could ruin it all. That’s why the reigning Olympic gold medalist (and Masters champion) isn’t a big fan of the PGA Tour’s current playoff format. “I’ve been talking about this for a few years now, and I think it’s […]
Mets aren’t going to beat Braves in playoff race by playing like this
The Mets have their best chance in years to finally beat their longtime rivals, the injured Braves, but it’s not going to happen this way. It was a lovely calm night in Flushing, and the Mets were a blessing to all of Queens County, but the mood of fans soured as they began to realize […]
Carlos Rodon making case for spot in Yankees’ playoff rotation
Isn’t it kind of interesting that Marcus Stroman might not be good enough to be one of the Yankees’ four playoff starters? If you recall, that was the crux of the argument between Brian Cashman and Stroman when the Yankees failed to acquire the right-handed pitcher at the trade deadline in 2019. The Yankees GM […]
What it will take for Yankees to win AL East and be playoff threat
Don’t look now, but the only team more likely to win the World Series this season than the Yankees is the Dodgers. At least, that’s according to Fangraphs, which projected the Braves as overwhelming favorites to win the championship a year ago this time last October, only for 104-win Atlanta to lose to the 90-win […]
This Mets win was sneaky important in MLB playoff race
These things happen sometimes. They happen all the time. They’re not must-win games, because playing must-win baseball games in August is just something that, frankly, you don’t have the luxury of a baseball season. So it wasn’t that the Mets were facing a must-win game early Monday evening as they arrived in eastern Missouri on […]
Anthony Volpe eager for first playoff push with Yankees
Anthony Volpe returned to his alma mater, Delbarton School, in his hometown of Morristown on Monday to host hundreds of players for his first pro camp. The game was played at Brian E. Fleury Field, the same field where Volpe led Delbarton to a New Jersey state title just five years earlier. “I was joking […]
Harry Hall’s mind-boggling playoff chip-in, breakthrough 1st PGA Tour victory
The Bluegrass State has produced an ISCO Championship winner, as Harry Hall defeated four other players in a playoff to win his first PGA Tour event. He, Matt Nesmith, Pierson Coody, Zach Blair and Rico Hoey all finished at 22 under and headed into extra holes. Blair and Hoey both bogeyed the first hole of […]
The most important part of Mets’ improbable vault into playoff spot
When the Mets wake up Friday morning, open the Post to look at the box score and the standings (as I’m sure they start their day by opening the Post and checking the box score and the standings), they’ll notice something very fun written next to their team’s name. They will see this: “—” This […]