The Yankees are starting to look like Secretariat in the Belmont Stakes. Even on a night when Nestor Cortes came up with his roughest start of the season, the Yankees used their offense and bullpen to further cement their place as the best team in the division — as well as in the  majors — … Continue reading Yankees Easily Over Red Sox 12-5 →

Max Scherzer’s return from nearly seven weeks on the injured list went about as well as the Mets could have scripted Tuesday night. But in a case of mistaken identity, Scherzer’s teammates evidently thought he was Jacob deGrom. That meant giving him nothing in terms of run support, nullifying the zeroes Scherzer placed on the … Continue reading Max Scherzer Pitches Superb, But Mets Lose to Reds 1-0 →

The Yankees have played 14 teams and have a winning record against all but one. It shouldn’t be hard to come up with the exception, as the Yankees lost to the Astros, 2-1, — and have lost three of the team’s five meetings so far this year. They’ve also been held to one runs or … Continue reading Astros Beat Yankees, 2-1 →

An incoming City Council member who’ll soon be representing Coney Island says he’ll fight the plan to run a plastic boardwalk through the heart of the neighborhood’s fabled amusement district. Ari Kagan, a Brooklyn Democrat replacing term-limited Mark Treyger, said he fully supports the city’s desire to renovate the long-rickety 2.7-mile Riegelmann Boardwalk running from … Continue reading Fighting To Save Coney Island’s Wooden Boardwalk →