COHEN'S CORNER SPORTS

The Colorado Rockies are 29-17, the best record in the National League on May 23. The Rockies have been led by superior relief pitching, a solid young starting rotation, and of course a lethal offense. Can the Rockies keep it going? I talk to special guest, Bryan Kilpatrick of SB Nation's Purple Row to get his take on the NL West leader.

Tonight on Open Mike I reviewed a wild week in baseball. I open up with the Matt Harvey suspension, the Jeurys Familia injury and Derek Jeter's jersey number retirement. Enjoy the program right here!!

Derek Jeter will make his way back to Yankee Stadium this weekend to have his iconic number 2 officially retired. While the jersey has been pretty much accepted as retired since Jeter's final game in pinstripes in 2014, now the Bronx Bombers can make it official. Jeter was the embodiment of New York. Tough, gritty, never-giving up. That was Jeter in a nutshell. Not to mention, he was the City's ultimate winner. A champion of five World Series titles, and seven World Series appearances, Jeter's Yankees have gone down in history as one of the greatest dynasty's in baseball history. Yankee fans will forever remember Jeter for his clutch play at the plate -- the big hits in the big moments, from the home run against the Orioles in the '96 playoffs, to his walk-off homer in Game 3 of the 2001 World Series against Arizona. To his homers against the Mets in the 2000 World Series, and of course his walk-off winner in his final at bat at Yankee Stadium. There were ...

Mets closer Jeurys Familia is going to be out for a while. How long is anyone's guess right now, after word came down Thursday that Familia has been diagnosed with an arterial clot in his right shoulder. The prognosis for such an injury usually isn't good. A couple years ago when Dillion Gee was pitching for the Mets, he suffered a blood clot in his shoulder and would miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery. Last season, Matt Harvey had a thoracic outlet syndrome, and required surgery in July and missed the remainder of the season. According to Dr. Todd Breland, while speaking to the New York Post , it is likely that Familia has thoracic Outlet Syndrome. AKA it doesn't look good for the Mets closer. Familia has had a rough year. He was suspended the first 15 games of the season for his involvement in a domestic abuse case, which involved the closer firing a gun in his own garage. Since returning, Familia has been inconsistent at best. He's strugg...

Matt Harvey tried to deliver a mea cupla to the Mets fanbase, his teammates and coaches on Tuesday in an effort to show that he will work on improving his image. In a rather restrained eight minute press conference, Harvey pinned the blame on himself. He owned up to partying late on Friday night into Saturday morning, and golfing later that day before deciding not to head to work that night. In the eight minute press conference that at times felt more like a tooth extraction than a sincere apology,  Harvey said the word 'apologize' 12 times,' embarrassed' four times, and repeatedly said that he won't put himself in a position to hurt his team again.  We'll see. As far as the grievance against the Mets, Harvey said he was not thinking about filing any paperwork against the Mets for penalizing him $85,000 for the three days he was out. Again, we'll see. The fact, is the Mets and Harvey are destined for a break-up between now and the end of the 2018 s...

Here is my article on Matt Harvey that also appeared in Mets on Scout. Matt Harvey always wanted to be considered the Dark Knight of New York. The man who would be the face and ace of the pitching staff of the New York Mets, would collect multiple All-Star games, championships, Cy Young Awards, and millions of dollars. After a stellar first year in 2013, Harvey seemed destined for stardom. But now, on this day in May of 2017, Matt Harvey is no longer the Dark Knight. He’s not the “Broadway Joe” of baseball. He’s simply “Broadway Schmo.” Beginning Sunday, the Mets suspended Harvey three games for violating team policy. In spite of early rumors that the suspension may have had something to do with a locker room prank, it was rather Harvey’s own insubordination. According to multiple sources, Harvey was out golfing Saturday, suffered a migraine headache and decided not to show up at Citi Field. When he returned to Citi Field Sunday, the Mets finally put him in his place ...

Couldn't have picked a better day to do Open Mike today. With the Yankees 3-2 comeback win against the Chicago Cubs, I spent the show talking about the game, and the Cubs season thus far with Robert Villarreal. Check it out!! 

YANKEES 3/ CUBS 2  If Friday afternoon was any indication of what is in store for the rest of this Yankees-Cubs series, sign me up. The Yankees were down to their final strike, trailing the defending World Series Champion Cubs 2-0 before Brett Gardner launched a 2-2 pitch from Hector Rondon over the the right field wall for a 3-run homer. All of a sudden a certain Cubs victory was ripped from their hands by a Yankee team that doesn't fear failure. When Gardner hit the homer, a sense of jubilation sprung out of him that we have rarely see from the typically reserved outfielder. He jumped into the air and high-fived his teammates when he stepped on homeplate and was seen yelling back at the Cubs dugout. There was a reason for this sense of anger and joy. An inning earlier the Cubs planted the seeds of their own demise when Pedro Strop acted like he won the World Series after striking out Aaron Judge to end the top of the eighth with an emphatic fist pump. Judge gave Strop a l...

When the Mets opened Spring Training, Noah Syndergaard looked like a changed man. The once tall-lanky pitcher was now living up to his nickname “Thor” when he checked in at 242 pounds, having added 17 pounds of muscle during the off-season. When asked by reporters what he did differently last off-season, Syndergaard said he bulked up by eating a “bowl of doom.” Two-and-a half months later, Syndergaard has served up a “bowl of doom” for the Mets when he left Sunday’s 23-5 smack-down at the hands of the Washington Nationals, clutching his side after a pitch in the bottom of the second inning. When Syndergaard grabbed the right side of his chest, underneath his shoulder in obvious pain, there was no question he was done for the day. What’s most disturbing is the injury comes just days after he refused to have an MRI done after he felt discomfort in his biceps muscle on Thursday that led to Matt Harvey making the spot start. Now, Syndergaard will have an MRI today to dete...

The Giants came into the draft needing to address a number of needs from tight end to offensive line, running back, and even back-up quarterback. While New York didn't address perhaps the biggest needs on this team which were the offensive line and running game, they did add a pass catching tight end in Evan Engram. Engram is big and physical. Last year he hauled in 65 passes for 928 yards and eight touchdowns for Ole Miss, which was by far his best season at the school. Still though he averaged around 14 yards a catch, which tells you that he is a vertical threat. The one weakness with Engram is that he is not a great blocker, an issue that all these pass catching tight ends struggle with. Regardless he will give Eli Manning another option to throw to, as if Manning doesn't have enough receivers. The drafting of Dalvin Tomlinson is an interesting pick, a defensive lineman from Alabama, because it is a pick that is more about adding depth than about adding a guaranteed star...

The 2017 NFL draft is in the books, and the handwringing that came with what the Jets would do has gone by the wayside. Many had expected (even feared) that the Jets would use one of their draft picks on a quarterback, namely their first round selection. Fortunately for the Jets, the Chicago Bears decided to jump on the dynamite and traded up one slot to select North Carolina enigma Mitchell Trubisky with the Number Two pick in the draft. One can imagine the kind of hit they Bears have taken on Social Media. As for New York, they played it safe in a lot of respects, and filled out positions of need. That is really all one can ask of General Manager Mike Maccagnan. The Jets have what many consider to be one of the worst rosters in the National Football League. They have holes in the secondary, offensive line, running back, wide receiver, tight end, kicker, and, of course, quarterback; to be honest, they couldn't fill them all in this draft. The drafting of Jamal Adams with the...