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 Talk about turning up the heat.  About the only good news for the New York Yankees right now is the fact that they hit the road tonight for Tampa Bay, therefore they will be sparred from having to hear the litany of screaming Yankees fans on the talk radio and podcast circuit.  Then again, Florida is like New York South ...  The Yankees dropped another series, this time to the Minnesota Twins by the score of 6-1. That's right, I said the Minnesota Twins; the same franchise the Yankees have dominated routinely over the past quarter century plus.  The Twins enjoy a day in the Bronx. Getty Images.  The last time New York lost a regular season series to Minnesota, you'd have to go back to 2023, the year the Yankees didn't make the playoffs.  If that was an omen of things to come in '23, one would hate to see what's in the cards now.   The Twins simply dominated the Yankees behind a stellar outing by Joe Ryan.  The 30-year old veteran pitche...

 There is no doubt that Steve Cohen loves the New York Mets, and wants to see the team succeed. His frustration over the Mets miserable 2026 season was on display in a very open and honest interview with the New York Post's Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman.  However as honest as Cohen tried to be, and as careful as he tried to be at the same time in what he could say, it felt like a 40-minute diatribe where Cohen consistently contradicted himself, and even backed himself into a corner by endorsing embattled President of Baseball Operations, David Stearns.  "David is a thoughtful man, he's incredibly thorough," Cohen said. " There aren't answers where I walk away and say I don't agree with that. He knows what's he's talking about. Does he get any credit for 2024? Does that not count, we almost made it to the World Series. It's a mixed record. I won't say it's going great, but it's too early to make evaluations.   "If we burn and chu...

 So, can we panic now Yankees fans? Can we take this slump seriously?  The Yankees offense was once again limp, and Jazz Chisholm left in the fourth inning under concussion protocol as the Yankees lost to the lowly Detroit Tigers 7-3 at Yankee Stadium.   New York managed only three hits on Monday night as Tigers veteran pitcher Casey Mize matched a career high with 10 strikeouts as he totally bedeviled the Yankees the entire evening.  In the last four games the Yankees batting average has been .098.  They clearly miss both Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, which is a heck of an indictment for a team that can't keep relying on two aging and brittle superstars.  Meanwhile the Tigers teed off of Yankees starter Ryan Weathers, who was charged with five runs (two earned) on seven hits over an inning and two-thirds of work.  What had to add insult to injury for the Yankees was the fact that Chisholm collided with outfielder Jasson Dominguez on a pop ...

 The Mets might have a new skipper, but it doesn't mean they are exempt from further embarrassing themselves. Quiet the contrary, as the Mets bumbled their way to a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays up in Ontario.  New York has now lost three of their last four since Andy Green took over on an interim basis. What fun!?! The Jays scored in the opening frame when George Springer lined a base hit that bounced off the turf and past Juan Soto and skipped to the wall. A.J. Ewing then bobbled the ball on the relay throw, allowing Spring to touch 'em all. Springer was credited with a triple, and scored on the error by Ewing. There was no inside the park homer.  Toronto tacked on another run later in the contest to make it 2-0, before Francisco Lindor cracked his first home run since returning from a long stint on the Injury List in the seventh inning to make it 2-1.  MEANWHILE... Former Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez, who has made no bones about having no love for Mets Presi...

 One of the major contributors to the Knicks NBA Finals run this Spring will be back long term, with an eye at potentially repeating next season.  Landry Shamet and the Knicks came to terms on a four-year $24 million deal a day before free agency opened up in the NBA.    This signing is HUGE for the Knicks. Shamet averaged six points per game in the playoffs and shot around 47.5 percent from downtown. He proved to be a valuable piece off the bench for the Knicks in the playoffs, and knocked down several important three-pointers during their run. In the Eastern Conference Finals, Shamet connected on 11-of-12 shots from beyond three.  Shamet is the second Knicks bench player to re-up with the team. The other being Jose Alvarado who resigned over the weekend.  The question is going to be what will the Knicks do with Mitchell Robinson. He is expected to hit free agency, and chances are he is going to cash in on a major contract.    Knicks owner James ...

 There is something wrong with these 2026 New York Yankees.  No, it's just the fact that Aaron Judge has been missing from the lineup for over a month.  It's much deeper than that.  While the crosstown New York Mets have been in the short-hairs of the New York media's wrath this season, which kicked into high gear this week with the firing of manager Carlos Mendoza, the Yankees have basically gotten away free of heavy criticism.  Again, we get it, it's the Yankees. It's about October.  But if this weekend's series up in Boston proved anything, it's that nobody fears this Yankees team.  And there is no greater indictment of a team when the teams in its own division look at the Yankees as an opportunity to put together a winning streak.  The Red Sox are pretty much left for dead in the AL East race, but as far as the wild card is concerned? After their sweep of the Yankees this weekend, they are very much alive and well. Boston won all four games ag...