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Key numbers suggest the Mets are a solid team offensively, despite their mediocre scoring output. Start with an on-base percentage of .350 that ranked second in the major leagues as Thursday’s play began, 117 hits (second in the majors) and .261 batting average (third in the majors). And yet the Mets were averaging just 3.92 …
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These Bon Appétit stars are saying bon voyage. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly and contributing food editor Rick Martinez have announced they are leaving the video channel. Their departure comes after five weeks of contract negotiations, reports Business Insider, and a slew of controversy at the popular …
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The coronavirus led to some ruff times for dog groomer Brian Taylor. But Taylor, who calls himself “Dogfather of Harlem,” found a way to reinvent his business amid the pandemic: He’s taken his show on the road, transitioning from his uptown brick-and mortar-shop to a mobile van that wheels around to pamper pups. The 37-year-old …
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The Mets have produced a better-than .500 record just three times in the past 11 seasons. On each occasion they were mediocre or worse for much of the schedule, then were among the majors’ best teams down the stretch. This year is pretty much all stretch. By late July or early August of 2015, 2016 …
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ATLANTA — The Mets sure resembled a team Saturday that had their hearts ripped out and shown to them the previous night. Zombies was more like it, as manager Luis Rojas’ crew fell into an early hole then never bothered to muster much of a fight in losing their fourth straight, 7-1 to the Braves …
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Trader Joe’s scrapped plans to abandon its ethnic food brands days after pledging to ditch them amid charges of racism. The discount grocer says it may now keep some of the controversial names it has slapped on foreign foods for decades if they sell well enough and customers continue to appreciate them. “Recently we have …
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The sight of Seth Lugo or Justin Wilson to protect a lead or tie usually ensures the Mets are in good shape, but Wednesday night they got hit with a double whammy. First, the ultra-reliable Lugo flushed a lead in the seventh inning by surrendering a long ball to tie it. Wilson took matters a …
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BOSTON — In a best-case scenario — remember those? — David Peterson would be four months into his first season at Triple-A. There wouldn’t have been even a thought about him spending even a day as a Met this year because he would be learning his craft in Syracuse. Meanwhile — best-case, remember — the …
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BOSTON — David Peterson earned his big-boy pants Tuesday night, departing the mound in the sixth inning all grown up so quickly. A major league debut can be scary enough, but for a left-handed pitcher performing in the Green Monster’s fabled shadow, the pressure can strangulate. And yet here was Peterson in control against the …
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Peter Strzok, the former FBI counterintelligence agent who was fired by the agency for sending anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign, is releasing a book detailing his lingering concerns that the president could be compromised. The book, “Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump,” due out two months before the November election, …
Key numbers suggest the Mets are a solid team offensively, despite their mediocre scoring output. Start with an on-base percentage of .350 that ranked second in the major leagues as Thursday’s play began, 117 hits (second in the majors) and .261 batting average (third in the majors). And yet the Mets were averaging just 3.92 …
