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!!