newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Unheralded Duncan Robinson scores 26 for Heat in win over Lakers

LeBron James and Jimmy Butler went toe-to-toe like heavyweight champions , ...

With guard Goran Dragic still hurt, and just a few empty possessions separating them from elimination, the Heat desperately needed somebody — anybody — to step up Friday night and help Jimmy Butler.
What they got was Duncan Robinson.
The undrafted second-year pro erupted for 26 points, and helped spark a 111-108 Game 5 win over the Lakers in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. It was a breakout nobody could have seen coming.
“No, none of us really know. We just know his makeup, his character, he’s going to continue to work his routes,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “I thought he was just so persistent and their level of physicality on him as well is nothing like the regular season or nothing like the first three rounds.
“He just dusts himself off, continues to run his routes with great force, he broke free a few times and he didn’t break free a few times and still was able to put some pressure on them. But look, not only him but [Kendrick] Nunn and Tyler [Herro], they’re like sticks of dynamite, they can go off at any time and we needed that.”
They needed it desperately with Dragic out since Game 1, and Bam Adebayo off his game since returning from a neck injury in Game 4. Robinson came up big, with his six fourth-quarter points second only to Butler and LeBron James, and his plus-6 in the final period best on the Heat.
“We keep forcing him to shoot it and sometimes he gets caught in an awkward situation, do I pass or shoot? And we always tell him shoot first and then pass later,” Adebayo said. “So we’re just going to keep doing that and he keeps hitting shots, keeps making the shots that he’s shooting and just keeps building his confidence. That’s big for Dunc, I feel like he’s waking up in this series.”
Butler was utterly dominant again, but needed help. He prodded Robinson to shoot more, getting in the young wing’s ear with some blunt advice. The advice took, and they’ll likely need more of that in Sunday’s Game 6.
“[I told him] to stop running from the basketball,” Butler said. “[You] can’t shoot the ball if you don’t have the ball. I think he gets lost in trying to get other people open, when everybody is going to react to him probably more so than they’re going to react to me. A 3 is worth more than a 2.
“So as long as he’s coming to the ball, shooting the ball when he’s open, when he’s not open, that’s the Duncan Robinson that we need, that we want, because that’s how he’s been playing all year long. And we’re going to need him to be even more aggressive for Game 6.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Yankees’ Luke Voit sheds light on foot pain he was playing through

He ’ d spent the afternoon working the barbecue in his backyard ...

As he limped through the postseason, neither Luke Voit nor the Yankees ever explained in detail what the obvious problem with his foot was.
Following Friday night’s season-ending, 2-1, loss to the Rays in Game 5 of the ALDS at San Diego’s Petco Park, Voit shed some light on the problem that limited his mobility.
“The plan for is to go back [to New York] and get it looked at. I think it is your classic case of plantar fasciitis. I plan on getting something done on Sunday, get an MRI and see what the problem is,’’ said Voit, who led the majors with 22 homers but went 5-for-25 (.200) in the five games against the Rays.
“I wasn’t trying to be secretive about it. I didn’t know.’’
Aaron Boone and Zack Britton didn’t know Whitey Ford, other than understanding the greatness of the Hall of Famer and wearing the same Yankees uniform.
That, however, didn’t stop the manager and reliever from paying their respects to Ford, who died Thursday night at his Long Island home. The Hall of Famer, who played all 16 years of a big league career with the Yankees, was 91. To honor Ford, the Yankees wore his No. 16 on their gray NEW YORK jerseys Friday.
“As a young left-handed starter coming up, Whitey Ford was one of those guys, obviously I didn’t get to see him pitch, but you know the name,’’ Britton said. “You know where he ranks as one of the best pitchers of all time, especially left-handed. Never got the opportunity to meet him, unfortunately. It is a big loss for the game and his family, obviously. I will be honored to wear that 16 on my chest. Just looking up a lot of things he accomplished, not only in his career but the military service as well. I have a lot of respect for what he accomplished.’’
Boone said he didn’t have a lot of interaction with Ford, but grasped what he meant to baseball and the Yankees.
“I understand he was watching the Yankee game when he passed away. I feel like there is some comfort in that,’’ Boone said. “Whitey Ford is a legend in our industry and certainly here with the New York Yankees. He is one of those guys who is a Mount Rushmore guy in the Yankees’ organization. This larger than life ‘Chairman Of The Board,’ obviously a great pitcher, but one of those guys who personifies this franchise’s greatness, Whitey, just the nickname itself. I know he was beloved in this organization by so many people, and my heart goes out to his family.’’
For much of the shortened regular season, there was a case to be made that Brett Gardner was playing his last games as a Yankee. Then he got hot in the final stretch. That carried into the postseason and the veteran outfielder has made a case for the Yankees bringing him back.
He went 0-for-2 with a walk in the Game 5 loss and finished the postseason reaching base in 12 of 24 plate appearances.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Yankees family remembers Whitey Ford’s kindness, humor

Hall of Fame pitcher.
Better human being.
That’s how friends remembered Yankees legend Whitey Ford on Friday, after “The Chairman Of The Board,’’ who had been following the club’s ALDS run, died Thursday night at his Long Island home.
Ford, 91, seemingly had a smile and story for everyone he met and a lot of the tales included his running partners, Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin, in a long gone era of New York baseball.
“There are a couple of guys waiting in heaven right now with a drink in their hands. Chairman of the Board, what a class act all the way to the end,’’ Billy Martin Jr. said Thursday from Arlington, Texas, about Mantle and his father. “The first call I got was from Danny Mantle.’’
Ford, born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, pitched in the big leagues for 16 years, all of them with the Yankees, for whom he went 236-106 with a 2.74 ERA.
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For all of Ford’s accomplishments, Stump Merrill remembers that no task was too small for Ford when he was an instructor during spring training while Merrill was the Yankees’ manager in 1990-91.
“He threw batting practice like everyone else and was just like Catfish [Hunter]. He would throw batting practice from the rubber and he would back up behind the screen getting balls from the outfield,’’ said Merrill, whose voice cracked when told by The Post that Ford died.
Talking from his Maine home, Merrill shared the giving side of Ford.
“He had an apartment in Fort Lauderdale that he always rented to either the manager or a coach for the Fort Lauderdale club in the Florida State League,’’ Merrill said. “That was his way of taking care of that person because he had two kids at home and so on and so forth and didn’t have enough money. You put him in the same class as Yogi. No enemies, nobody said a bad word about him. Do anything in the world for you.’’
Fellow Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson painted the same picture of Ford.
“Absolute sweetheart, a genuine person,’’ said Jackson, who savored the Hall of Fame weekends when Ford would kid Jackson that he would have been a fourth outfielder on the Ford-Mantle-Berra Yankees.
Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage was a pitcher with the Yankees when Ford was a spring training instructor in Fort Lauderdale.
“Whitey used to run our workouts on the back fields and as soon as Billy [Martin] and everybody was on the bus to the game, Whitey would go, ‘OK, go golfing,’ ” Gossage recalled from his home in Colorado. “It was great. We got our work in and he was a joy to be around.’’
Recalled Joe Torre: “He was a jokester. Him and Yogi, they would be on the bench together and they would loosen up our dugout getting ready to throw the first pitch. It was special. Whitey was everything you hoped he would be.”
Ron Guidry grew up idolizing Sandy Koufax and Ford and understood the latter was more than simply a Yankees pitcher.
“He wasn’t just another New York pitcher in Yankees annals,’’ Guidry said. “He was Whitey Ford, Chairman of the Board. It’s tough to lose him.”
“Whitey’s name and accomplishments are forever stitched into the fabric of baseball’s rich history. He was a treasure, and one of the greatest of Yankees to ever wear the pinstripes. Beyond the accolades that earned him his rightful spot within the walls of the Hall of Fame, in so many ways he encapsulated the spirit of the Yankees teams he played for and represented for nearly two decades,” said Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner.
“Whitey was New York tough. When you couple that with his dedicated service to our country, a deep love for the only team he ever played for, six World Championships, and a genuine personality and charisma that showed throughout his life, it’s no wonder he endeared himself as a legend to generations of Yankees fans everywhere.
“While there is comfort knowing Whitey was surrounded by his family at the time of his passing while watching his favorite team compete, this is a tremendous loss to the Yankees and the baseball community. We have lost our ‘Chairman of the Board,’ and we extend our deepest condolences to the entire Ford family.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Fantasy football: Players to start, sit for NFL Week 5

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The Post’s Drew Loftis evaluates all the relevant fantasy football news ahead of Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season.
Big weeks
Daniel Jones QB, Giants, at Cowboys (FanDuel $7,000/DraftKings $5,400)
Dallas has trouble stopping the passing game, at least when it isn’t struggling to stop the run. Since the Giants can’t run the ball with any consistency, expect Jones and his air crew to post strong fantasy numbers.
Justin Jefferson WR, Vikings, at Seahawks (FD $5,700/DK $5,500)
When you see an area struggle on a particular defense for multiple weeks, jump the trend. We’re going to keep attacking the Seahawks’ pass defense until it burns us.
T.Y. Hilton WR, Colts, at Browns (FD $5,700/DK $4,900)
We expect a Hilton-Philip Rivers connection to get established eventually. This is a good week to start, against the second-most generous defense to opposing WRs so far this season.
Eric Ebron TE, Steelers, vs. Eagles (FD $5,100/DK $4,000)
Worth a shot to see if he can build on strong Week 3, against one of the three worst defenses against tight ends.
Small Weaks
Carson Wentz QB, Eagles, at Steelers (FD $7,200/DK $5,600)
Without a rushing TD in three straight weeks, his miserable fantasy numbers would be even worse. Steelers are coming off a week of unexpected rest and are among the better defenses in the league so far.
Christian Kirk WR, Cardinals, at Jets (FD $5,600/DK $4,700)
Assuming this game gets played this week, after a reported positive test among the Jets, we still aren’t ready to invest confidently in Kirk. Was eager to grab him, just not eager to start him.
Odell Beckham Jr. WR, Browns, vs. Colts (FD $6,800/DK $6,400)
Don’t chase the points. If you had found an alternative based on Odell’s slow start, go back to that this week against a tough Indy D. Also, the wheel has been greased, so it’s time for Browns’ offense to turn attention to Jarvis Landry for a week.
Hayden Hurst TE, Falcons, vs. Panthers (FD $5,700/DK $4,700)
The new Atlanta tight end just isn’t getting quality targets. He has just two red zone targets this season. If you have another option, use it.
Fantasy Insanity’s Daily Duel
Drew Loftis and Jarad Wilk submit dueling rosters into a DFS contest:
Site: DraftKings
Slate: Sun. main (10 games)
Type: $12 tourney
Top Prize: $30K
Pot: $300K
Drew’s Crew
QB: Teddy Bridgewater (Car, at Atl) $5,900
RB: Mike Davis (Car, at Atl) $6,400
RB: Todd Gurley II (Atl, vs. Car) $5,700
WR: D.J. Moore (Car, at Atl) $6,000
WR: Calvin Ridley (Atl, vs. Car) $7,500
WR: Deebo Samuel (SF, vs. Mia) $5,300
TE: Mo Alie-Cox (Ind, at Cle) $4,200
Flex: Darius Slayton (NYG, at Dal) $4,800
DST: Steelers (Pit, vs. Phi) $3,800
Wilk’s Warriors
QB: Teddy Bridgewater (Car, at Atl) $5,900
RB: Mike Davis (Car, at Atl) $6,400
RB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire (KC, vs. Oak) $6,800
WR: Robby Anderson (Car, at Atl) $5,900
WR: Diontae Johnson (Pit, vs. Phi) $5,600
WR: Olamide Zaccheaus (Atl, vs. Car) $3,000
TE: Dalton Schultz (Dal, vs. NYG) $4,800
Flex: Ezekiel Elliott (Dal, vs. NYG) $7,800
DST: Cowboys (Dal, vs. NYG) $3,100
Season risked: $39
Winnings: Drew $75, Jarad $25


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Yankees have to settle for split decision on wild wall plays

This time , there was nothing nefarious lurking around the batter ’ s ...

There must be something about Oct. 9 and wild plays at the wall for the Yankees.
On the anniversary of the day young fan Jeffrey Maier stole a home run for Derek Jeter and the Yankees against the Orioles in 1996, Aaron Judge and Brett Gardner both had plays at the fence at San Diego’s Petco Park in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Rays — with very different results.
And this time, it ended in a loss, as the 2-1 defeat Friday night finished the Yankees’ season.
The Yankees led by a run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth when Austin Meadows turned on a pitch from Gerrit Cole and sent it deep to right. Judge tried to time his jump in an attempt to rob the Rays of a game-tying solo shot. But when the 6-foot-7 Judge jumped, he almost immediately banged his head on padding that jutted out from the right field fence.
Cole thought Judge had a chance at grabbing it. It’s unlikely Judge would have brought the ball back, but he might have had a shot to get a glove on it. Instead, Meadows finally got the Rays on the board against Cole, who had yet to allow a hit on the night.
“I had a bead on it from the get-go,’’ Judge said. “I got too close to the wall and ran out of room. I didn’t make the play. It changes the game if I rob that homer. It’s a different outcome. It’s a tough one.”
Judge said he knew the overhang was there after running into the fence earlier in the series.
“I was right there,’’ Judge said. “I think I’ve got a good shot at any ball that gets hit to right field. I’ve got to get up there.”
The Yankees had better luck an inning later, when the red-hot Randy Arozarena jumped on a Cole pitch to lead off the bottom of the sixth. He looked to have a sure go-ahead homer, but the ball hung up and Gardner got back in front of the wall in left — where there was no overhang — and made a terrific leaping catch to steal the homer and keep the game tied.
Neither play had quite the drama of the Jeter play, which came in Game 1 of the ALCS, with the Yankees in search of their first World Series title in 18 years.
At the time, the Yankees trailed by a run in the bottom of the eighth, and Jeter hit a fly ball to right, where Tony Tarasco appeared to be in position to catch it. But Maier, who was 12 at the time, reached his glove over the wall, and it went over the fence. Umpire Rich Garcia ruled it a homer — despite a vehement argument from Tarasco and Baltimore manager Davey Johnson — and the Yankees went on to win the game in the bottom of the 11th on a Bernie Williams homer.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Rays’ Tyler Glasnow comes up big pitching on two days’ rest

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Tyler Glasnow had dueled against Gerrit Cole in an ALDS Game 5 before.
But this year’s pressure-packed start went much better than his last and the Rays are moving on because of it.
Pitching on two days’ rest, after having won Game 2 on Tuesday, Glasnow gave the Rays all they could have asked for. He tossed 2 ¹/₃ scoreless and hitless innings, going one turn through the Yankees’ lineup before handing it over to the bullpen in what turned into a 2-1 win over the Yankees on Friday at Petco Park in San Diego.
“I guess it’s just been the theme of all year, a bunch of guys coming in and just closing the door,” Glasnow said. “That was just such a phenomenal game, definitely one I’ll never forget.”
Glasnow came out sharp from the start, needing just eight pitches to mow down the Yankees in the first inning while hitting 100 mph on the radar gun in the process. He walked Luke Voit in the second inning, but 3-0 swings from Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres turned into easy outs to help Glasnow get through the inning unscathed.
In the third inning, the 6-foot-8 right-hander walked Brett Gardner and struck out Kyle Higashioka before he was pulled after 37 pitches for Nick Anderson, who got DJ LeMahieu to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The 27-year-old Glasnow —a former Pirates teammate of Cole’s after both were drafted by Pittsburgh in 2011 — had never pitched on short rest in his career. Rays manager Kevin Cash said he had landed on Glasnow as the starter because of how he lined up against the Yankees right-handed heavy lineup, but admitted he wasn’t sure what to expect.
“Physically I felt fine,” Glasnow said. “I’m sure adrenaline had something to do with it.”
Glasnow had pitched Game 5 of the ALDS last year for the Rays against Cole and the Astros and was tagged for four runs in the bottom of the first inning on the way to a 6-1 loss. Friday, he and the Rays found redemption.
“We felt most comfortable, as the game unfolded, with Tyler and what he gave us, that we could line this up with our back-end relievers and give us as much of a chance as possible,” Cash said. “Just a really special, well-pitched game by unbelievably talented starters, relievers, both teams alike.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Zack Britton got his wish and delivered in Game 5 for Yankees

Masahiro Tanaka ’ s seven-year contract has run out and so has ...

Zack Britton has said he’s more effective when he works often.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone gave him his wish in the ALDS. The left-hander came back after getting five outs in Game 4 on Thursday and entered in the sixth inning of Friday’s Game 5 against the Rays.
Again on Friday, Britton got the job done — but it came in a season-ending defeat, as the Yankees lost, 2-1 at Petco Park in San Diego.
Though he wasn’t as overpowering as he was on Thursday, when Britton needed just 22 pitches in 1 ¹/₃ innings, he fought his way to get the final two outs of the sixth in relief of Gerrit Cole and the first two outs of the seventh before Aroldis Chapman came in.
Britton made it interesting in the sixth after Cole allowed a long fly ball to Randy Arozarena to lead off the inning that Brett Gardner brought back to prevent a go-ahead homer.
Britton allowed an infield single to pinch hitter Mike Brosseau and then walked Yandy Diaz.
But he recovered and struck out Joey Wendle and got Willy Adames to line out to Aaron Judge in right.
He came out for the seventh and got Kevin Kiermaier swinging before Mike Zunino reached on an error by Gio Urshela. Britton then got Austin Meadows to fly out to left and was replaced by Chapman after throwing 26 pitches. It was the first time this year he had thrown 20-plus pitches on back-to-back nights.
Britton pitched well in recent weeks, finishing the regular season with eight straight scoreless appearances, covering eight innings. Britton faltered in Game 2 of the wild-card series against the Indians, when he allowed a pair of runs, but was strong against the Rays.
Before the game, Britton noted the balls being used in the postseason have occasionally been subpar.
“I think throughout the postseason, it’s been kind of hit-or-miss on the baseball you get out of there,’’ Britton said. “I think there was a period in Cleveland when Gary [Sanchez] was getting a ball and chucking it out because of the quality of the balls.”
Asked what made for a poor quality ball, Britton said: “That’s a good question. Mostly just the way it’s rubbed down now. You don’t worry about it in this weather [in San Diego], but when it’s really cold and it’s not rubbed down, it’s really slick.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Disney’s Space Mountain roller coaster to become live-action movie

Disney hopes to turn its iconic Space Mountain rollercoaster into a movie .
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Disney hopes to turn its iconic Space Mountain rollercoaster into a movie.
The space-themed indoor rollercoaster is inspiring a live-action film that’s now in development, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
While many of the project details remain hidden among the stars, the movie will be a family adventure, the website reported.
Helming the project as producer and writer is Joby Harold — who is also currently writing and executive producing the upcoming Obi-wan Kenobi series for Disney+ — and his wife, Tory Tunnell, who is producing the film under their shared company, Safehouse Pictures.
Space Mountain opened in 1975 at Disney World in Florida where it became an instantaneous hit.
The fervor for the ride allowed Disney to open another Space Mountain in California’s Disneyland a few years later.
As of now, five out of the six Disney parks have a Space Mountain attraction.
Though the movie is in the early stages, it is planned to have a theatrical release.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--New York movie theater marquees troll Gov. Andrew Cuomo

A Regal movie theater in Times Square — shuttered like all others in the state — has found an interim use for its empty marquis : blasting Governor Andrew Cuomo .
Instead of movie titles , the message that plays across the Regal E-Walk reads “ 48 states have reopened theaters so far .
Why not New York , Gov .
Cuomo ?
# ReopenOurCinemasNY.
” Cuomo , who said back in August that theaters would soon be up and running , still has not made good on his word , even as indoor dining , gyms and other businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theatres have had it , according to The Hollywood Reporter .
“ We are owed an answer .
We ’ ve answered every question .
He said theaters would be next , but that was almost a month ago .
And then crickets , ” said Joseph Marsher , president of the New York chapter of the National Association of Theatre Owners .
Business took a turn for the worse when Regal ’ s parent company Cineworld Group announced that its revenue dropped nearly 67 percent .
The Time Square theatre is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the governor .
The Aurora Theatre in East Aurora , New York , put the same message up earlier this week , going one step further by adding to its marquis : “ Playing nothing .
Starring nobody.
” Richard Azzopardi , a senior advisor to Cuomo , responded to the signage by saying , “ We understand some people are unhappy , but you know what ?
Better unhappy than sick or worse.
” “ We ’ re moving heaven and earth trying to stop a second wave and people need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pandemic and start to act like it .
”

A Regal movie theater in Times Square — shuttered like all others in the state — has found an interim use for its empty marquees: blasting Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Instead of movie titles, the message that plays across the Regal E-Walk reads “48 states have reopened theaters so far. Why not New York, Gov. Cuomo? #ReopenOurCinemasNY.”
Cuomo, who said back in August that theaters would soon be up and running, still has not made good on his word, even as indoor dining, gyms and other businesses have started to reopen.
Many movie theaters have had it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“We are owed an answer. We’ve answered every question. He said theaters would be next, but that was almost a month ago. And then crickets,” said Joseph Marsher, president of the New York chapter of the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Business took a turn for the worse when Regal’s parent company Cineworld Group announced that its revenue dropped nearly 67 percent.
The Times Square venue is not the only theater to take aim at the governor.
The Aurora Theatre in East Aurora, New York, put the same message up earlier this week, going one step further by adding to its marquis: “Playing nothing. Starring nobody.”
Richard Azzopardi, a senior advisor to Cuomo, responded to the signage by saying, “We understand some people are unhappy, but you know what? Better unhappy than sick or worse.”
“We’re moving heaven and earth trying to stop a second wave and people need to acknowledge that we’re still in a pandemic and start to act like it.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Conspiracy theories cannot lessen Yankees’ pain this time

This time, there was nothing nefarious lurking around the batter’s box. Nobody will ever ask if Mike Brosseau had a buzzer attached to his chest. Nobody will ever wonder if someone slammed a garbage can in order to relay what was coming. That was last year. That was Jose Altuve, in a deafening cauldron called Minute Maid Park.
This time it was simply the 10th pitch of an epic at-bat on church-quiet neutral grounds. Aroldis Chapman wasn’t going to be beaten with his slider this time. He came with the heat. He came with the gas. He came with 100 miles per hour. Brosseau was ready for it.
And Brosseau wasn’t going to wave his teammates away after he crushed it, either, wasn’t going to beg them to not rip his jersey off. In the serenity of an empty Petco Park, he was going to let joyous Rays teammates share the moment with him any way they wanted to: hugging, back-slapping, dancing, howling.
And all the Yankees could do was stare.
What a wonderful game this was, this 2-1 Rays victory that clinched a 3-2 win in the best-of-five American League Division Series. You won’t feel that way for a while if you are a Yankees fan, nor should you. In that case this will bookend the way last year ended, and felt, a couple of home-run balls surrendered by the closer, Chapman.
“It’s awful,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, barely able to contain his distress. “The ending is cruel, it really is. I’m proud of so many people, proud to work along so many who sacrificed so much this year. We played a really good team who played a really good game tonight.”
This will be a difficult few days watching — or ignoring — the American League Championship Series, now featuring two bitter enemies. Somehow the Astros are there after a 29-31 regular season, defiant and insolent, eager to argue they haven’t been artificial champions.
And somehow the Rays are there after surviving this breathless, breathtaking, winner-take-all classic. Gerrit Cole was as magnificent as he needed to be, one run allowed across 5 ¹/₃ innings, nine strikeouts, only one hit, the fifth-inning homer to Austin Meadows that tied the game at 1-1. Aaron Judge had given the Yankees hope with a solo shot in the fourth, and it seemed for a time that might hold up.
It didn’t hold up. Meadows hit one just out of Judge’s reach in the fifth, and then Brosseau hit one just out of the reach of Brett Gardner in the eighth. Brosseau swore at game’s end he wasn’t seeking revenge for the missile Chapman had unleashed near his head back in September, and if he says it’s so, we have to believe it.
But the contrasting dugouts told you all you needed to know about how everyone else felt. Tampa Bay was jubilant, a frat house unleashed with kegs freshly tapped, a party brewing in San Diego. And the Yankees were instantly silenced, a season of such promise suddenly hooked up to life support. There would be no ninth-inning magic, no 11 o’clock lightning. Not this time. Not this year.
Winter comes early this year.
Winter arrives, and brings with it an uncertain offseason, nobody knowing when we will see baseball again in New York, what the virus has in store for the sport, what the time between now and spring training has in store for the Yankees, what they’ll look like, who’ll be back, who’ll be added.
“Not the way we drew it up,” Cole said.
Something will have to give. This was supposed to be the team to beat in the American League, after all, and they wind up finishing a step short of last year. There wasn’t enough starting pitching. And in the most critical time of the year, there wasn’t enough offense against Tyler Glasnow (working on two days’ rest) and a Tampa Bay bullpen that was close to perfect.
It was the Yankees who were supposed to romp through the American League and instead it was the Rays, winners now of 45 of the 67 games they’ve played so far this year. The rest of the baseball world may be all-in with the Rays now, hoping they’ll wipe the smirks off the Astros’ faces; Yankees fans can be forgiven if the whole ALCS suddenly feels like Iran-Iraq, best-of-seven. Nobody to root for. No season left. Winter awaiting.
“We’re gonna get there,” Boone said. “I know it. It’ll make it all the sweeter. We just have to keep grinding away at it.”
No grinding until February, if we’re all lucky. No baseball for a while. Winter awaits. Boone was right. The ending is cruel. It really is.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Devonta Freeman bringing life back to Giants running game

The Giants were unable to move the ball on the ground even before star running back Saquon Barkley went down for the season in Week 2 .
That ineptitude extended to the following game without him , but the Giants ’ rushing attack — now featuring veteran Devonta Freeman — showed clear signs of life in last week ’ s 17-9 road loss to the Rams , dropping them to 0-4 entering Sunday ’ s game against Dallas .
Big Blue ran for 136 yards on 25 attempts against Los Angeles , after totaling just 170 over the first three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Steelers , Bears and 49ers .
“ With the run game , you need all 11 guys , and I feel like we ’ re starting to click and everybody is starting to do their job , ” said Freeman , who was signed after Barkley suffered a torn ACL in Week 2 against Chicago .
“ To have a successful run game , I think it ’ s going to take all 11 , and once we play unified , I think the sky ’ s the limit for us.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it should be noted that this week ’ s opponent — the Cowboys — have surrendered the second-most rushing yards in the league through a quarter of the season .
In the Cowboys ’ 49-38 loss last week to Cleveland , the Browns torched them for 307 yards on the ground , including a 50-yard , game-sealing reverse late in the fourth quarter by former Giants wideout Odell Beckham Jr. “ The running game , last week , it was really the first time we were able to consistently run the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett , who served as Dallas ’ head coach the previous nine seasons .
“ That obviously makes everything else [ in the offense ] be much better.
” Despite his unit not scoring a touchdown for the second consecutive week , Garrett believes the Giants ’ offensive line “ controlled the line of scrimmage as well as [ we ] have in the running game all year long.
” Wayne Gallman and quarterback Daniel Jones each accounted for 45 rushing yards , while Freeman chipped in 33 yards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four receptions out of the backfield for 35 yards , making the game a marked improvement from his first appearance the previous week , when he totaled just 10 yards from scrimmage .
“ I don ’ t see him as a new guy at all .
He ’ s definitely deep in our building right now , he ’ s deep in our program , ” head coach Joe Judge said of Freeman , a two-time Pro Bowler in his first six seasons in the league with the Falcons .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for him put together .
“ As far as getting caught up on our playbook , I think he accomplished that a couple weeks ago .
Obviously , that first weekend here , it ’ s really getting on the terminology and verbiage , make sure he ’ s speaking the same language .
I don ’ t see any issues with that going forward .
I ’ m excited to have him on the team .
”

The Giants were unable to move the ball on the ground even before star running back Saquon Barkley went down for the season in Week 2.
That ineptitude extended to the following game without him, but the Giants’ rushing attack — now featuring veteran Devonta Freeman — showed clear signs of life in last week’s 17-9 road loss to the Rams, dropping them to 0-4 entering Sunday’s game against Dallas.
Big Blue ran for 136 yards on 25 attempts against Los Angeles, after totaling just 170 over the first three weeks of the season in losses to the Steelers, Bears and 49ers.
“With the run game, you need all 11 guys, and I feel like we’re starting to click and everybody is starting to do their job,” said Freeman, who was signed after Barkley suffered a torn ACL in Week 2 against Chicago. “To have a successful run game, I think it’s going to take all 11, and once we play unified, I think the sky’s the limit for us.”
That might be aiming a tad high, but it should be noted that this week’s opponent — the Cowboys — have surrendered the second-most rushing yards in the league through a quarter of the season. In the Cowboys’ 49-38 loss last week to Cleveland, the Browns torched them for 307 yards on the ground, including a 50-yard, game-sealing reverse late in the fourth quarter by former Giants wideout Odell Beckham Jr.
“The running game, last week, it was really the first time we were able to consistently run the football in a game,” said Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who served as Dallas’ head coach the previous nine seasons. “That obviously makes everything else [in the offense] be much better.”
Despite his unit not scoring a touchdown for the second consecutive week, Garrett believes the Giants’ offensive line “controlled the line of scrimmage as well as [we] have in the running game all year long.”
Wayne Gallman and quarterback Daniel Jones each accounted for 45 rushing yards, while Freeman chipped in 33 yards on 11 carries. Freeman also contributed four receptions out of the backfield for 35 yards, making the game a marked improvement from his first appearance the previous week, when he totaled just 10 yards from scrimmage.
“I don’t see him as a new guy at all. He’s definitely deep in our building right now, he’s deep in our program,” head coach Joe Judge said of Freeman, a two-time Pro Bowler in his first six seasons in the league with the Falcons. “We’ve got a lot of packages for him put together.
“As far as getting caught up on our playbook, I think he accomplished that a couple weeks ago. Obviously, that first weekend here, it’s really getting on the terminology and verbiage, make sure he’s speaking the same language. I don’t see any issues with that going forward. I’m excited to have him on the team.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Fantasy football: It’s perfect time to play Teddy Bridgewater

Between the losses of Nick Chubb and Austin Ekeler and ...

Even in this weirdest of years, 2020 at least seems to have one unvarnished, unquestioned truth disputed by no one. One reliable norm that will hold up regardless of circumstances or surrounding events.
That one, dependable thing? The Falcons’ defense.
Atlanta has given up at least 30 points in each of its first four games. The Falcons have given up anywhere from 15-23 fantasy points more than any other defense to opposing quarterbacks so far this season, depending on scoring formats. That is 4-6 more points per week than the next worst (the Seahawks, R.I.P. Legion of Boom).
Atlanta has given up the most passing touchdowns (13), second-most passing yardage (1,366, or 341.5 per game), has just two interceptions (just four teams have fewer), has allowed the most yards after catch and has yielded the best QB ratings (118.0) for opponents.
Chicago’s Nick Foles racked up more than 17 fantasy points in basic scoring leagues in less than one half of action in Week 3 — the only week in which the Falcons haven’t yielded a top-three fantasy QB.
At a time when you can rely on nothing else, at least you can rely on the Falcons’ pass defense to skunk it up every single week.
Which brings us to the Panthers’ Teddy Bridgewater, this week’s benefactor of the NFL schedule. Atlanta, on average, has yielded 32.5 fantasy points per game to opposing QBs. Bridgewater is averaging just 17.2.
But he is coming off his best game in his short tenure with the Panthers, throwing for two touchdowns (with one interception) and running for another while racking up 26 fantasy points last week against the Cardinals. So he could now be getting comfortable in the Carolina offense.
As well, the Carolina offense has been moving the ball despite losing all-world running back Christian McCaffrey, with Mike Davis filling in admirably in both the run and passing games.
We had massive reservations investing in the Panthers’ offense heading into the season. Many of those fears have been quelled by surprising productivity thus far. There is no reason to think that will change against what will be arguably the worst defense they have faced thus far (they did get the Raiders in the opener).
So we’re not as fearful of Bridgewater and the Panthers as we were at the beginning, and we have healthy confidence in virtually anyone facing the Falcons being able to rack up fantasy points. It all adds up to a perfect fill-in for struggling QBs or as insurance against potential COVID-related postponements.
If you have Carson Wentz, and can get Bridgewater, play Bridgewater. If you’re riding the Gardner Minshew bandwagon, jump off for a week and cross the Teddy bridge.
If you’re worried the Bills’ game will be pushed back, or if your league allows you to name Bridgewater as a contingency replacement, do it.
The Falcons are like a fantasy coupon. For every two fantasy points you buy, the Falcons will give you a third fantasy point for free. Cash in that coupon. Play Bridgewater this week.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Rays enjoy every minute after putting final stake in rival Yankees

SAN DIEGO — First “New York, New York” played over the Petco Park sound system Friday night, a handful of Rays players dancing outside their dugout, smoking cigars and toasting each other.
Then “Empire State of Mind.”
Good god, these Rays. What’ll they do next, kidnap Billy Crystal?
A Yankees-hater couldn’t have scripted this pinstriped ousting any better: Done in by a team with a fraction of their payroll. Of their fan base. And by the guy who their guy nearly beaned with a 101-mph fastball.
Another Yankees season wraps up without a World Series appearance, and this one must sting immensely. Mike Brosseau’s eighth-inning solo home run off Aroldis Chapman propelled the Rays over the Yankees, 2-1, in American League Division Series Game 5 Friday. The win advanced the Rays into the AL Championship Series against the defending league champion Astros.
For this COVID-reduced season, the Yankees wound up playing the Rays 15 times, more than any other opponent. The Rays posted a noticeably lopsided 11-4 edge in those meetings.
“It means a lot,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “They set the bar really high. Up until this year they’ve probably had their way with us, I’m proud of the guys and how they were able to battle through a lot and win against a great team.”
In a rare 2020 Yankees win against the Rays, on Sept. 1 at Yankee Stadium, Chapman threw that 101-mph fastball at Brosseau’s head, missing him by a few inches and lighting a match on tensions that exploded moments later, after Chapman fanned Brosseau to end the game, as both sides emptied their dugouts and jawed at each other. After the game, Cash ripped into his Yankees counterpart Aaron Boone and threatened, “I’ve got a whole damn stable of guys who throw 98 miles per hour. Period.”
Major League Baseball suspended Chapman for three games, a sentence that is still in the appeals process. Whatever winds up happening with that, the Rays surely will consider Brosseau’s ALDS-winning homer the best brand of justice.
“That was very storybook. That was crazy,” said Tyler Glasnow, who started the game on two days’ rest for the Rays and threw 2 ¹/₃ shutout innings. “To go up there, all the history we’ve had, especially with Chapman, that’s just nuts.”
“It goes down as the greatest moment I’ve been a part of in baseball,” said Cash, a 42-year-old baseball lifer. “For how we got there, that matchup, it’s pretty special.”
(“The revenge is not a thought in my mind,” Brosseau said. Maybe in his heart, though?)
Moreover, that “stable” about which Cash (who got a one-game suspension for his words) boasted? He let ’em run on this night. After Glasnow picked up seven outs, Cash turned to a trio of guys — Nick Anderson, Pete Fairbanks and Diego Castillo — who throw gas. They combined to strike out 11 Yankees, who totaled only three hits, and most importantly just one home run (Aaron Judge) to the Rays’ two (Brosseau and Austin Meadows).
“The gates were open,” Fairbanks said, “and the horses were running.”
While the Yankees can shrug off some of what transpired this season based on the far smaller than usual sample, they’ll have regrets or concerns to mull: Gary Sanchez’s decline into virtually unplayable. Gleyber Torres’ unreliable defense at shortstop; he made an error in this game that didn’t directly hurt them yet forced ace Gerrit Cole, starting on three days’ rest, to work harder. Their confounding Game 2 decision to limit Deivi Garcia to opening duties and then bring in unhappy veteran J.A. Happ as a bulk guy, a move that failed and impacted everything that followed.
Most of all, though, they must wonder how they got pushed around by the little guys on their block. The Rays drove the Yankees crazy and sent them home. It’s their 2020 season in a painful nutshell.
Asked about the playing of “New York, New York” afterwards, Fairbanks said, “I’m not the one responsible for it. I prefer happier music than Frank Sinatra. That song gets on my nerves, to be honest.”
Rub it in, why don’t they? The Yankees have all winter to lick their wounds. They know the Rays will be waiting for them next spring.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Acclaimed jazz pianist attacked by teens in subway station

A celebrated jazz pianist has been left unable to perform after a group of teens attacked him in a Harlem subway station , police said .
Tadataka Unno , 40 , was badly beaten by eight teenagers who were blocking the turnstile at the West 125th St subway station of the B and C lines in Harlem back on Sept. 27 at around 7:20 p.m. , according to police .
The teens are still being sought nearly two weeks later .
As Unno attempted to walk around the group , one of the girls in the group pushed him from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her .
“ My girl is pregnant !
” her boyfriend shouted at the musician , before socking him in the face with a closed fist multiple times , even as he fell to the ground , cops said .
Unno suffered a broken collarbone and bruising on his head and arm .
He was transported to Harlem Hospital in stable condition , police said .
His collarbone injury — suffered just blocks from his address — has robbed him of his piano-playing ability four months after he and his wife , Sayaka @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his friend and fellow musician Jerome Jennings .
Jennings organized a GoFundMe on behalf of “ Tada , ” as he is known , and his family .
The page has raised more than $ 100,000 in six days — far surpassing the $ 25,000 goal .
The money raised will go toward medical bills and other daily expenses .
The site is no longer seeking contributions .
“ Tadataka Unno is a husband , good friend , father , and one of the brightest lights in jazz piano , ” Jennings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He as performed in the working bands of Jimmy Cobb , Roy Hargrove , Winard Harper , John Pizzarelli , Clifton Anderson and many other greats.
” Unno was scheduled to undergo surgery on his shoulder Friday , according to Jennings .
The attack as inspired an outpouring of love and support from musicians across the world .
“ I was shocked last night to hear of this attack & terrible tragedy .
Hoping you heal quickly & your arms & hands are back to playing & sharing your extraordinary gift on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tony Middleton .
Saxophonist Marshall McDonald said he and his wife , Rie Samejima-McDonald , were “ Deeply saddened and upset ” by the assault .
“ We ’ ve enjoyed performing together , laughing together and spending time together in the USA and in Japan … May God help the surgeons heal Tadataka ’ s hand so he can play again , ” he wrote .
Others who donated recalled catching his masterful performances alongside jazz greats or expressed gratitude for touching other musicians through his work .
“ Your music brings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” wrote one contributor from Canada , Mohsin Waqar .
“ I am so sorry that you and your family are going through this tragedy .
I am sending thoughts and prayers.
” Unno has performed at legendary jazz clubs around the city and the world , including the Village Vanguard , Dizzy ’ s Club , and Blue Note , according to his website .
“ Thank you everyone for your prayers , love and tremendous support for Tadataka and Family , ” read a message on his site .

A celebrated jazz pianist has been left unable to perform after a group of teens attacked him in a Harlem subway station, police said.
Tadataka Unno, 40, was badly beaten by eight teenagers who were blocking the turnstile at the West 125th St subway station of the B and C lines in Harlem back on Sept. 27 at around 7:20 p.m., according to police.
The teens are still being sought nearly two weeks later.
As Unno attempted to walk around the group, one of the girls in the group pushed him from behind and accused him of bumping into her.
“My girl is pregnant!” her boyfriend shouted at the musician, before socking him in the face with a closed fist multiple times, even as he fell to the ground, cops said.
Unno suffered a broken collarbone and bruising on his head and arm.
He was transported to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, police said.
His collarbone injury — suffered just blocks from his address — has robbed him of his piano-playing ability four months after he and his wife, Sayaka, had a baby together, according to his friend and fellow musician Jerome Jennings.
Jennings organized a GoFundMe on behalf of “Tada,” as he is known, and his family.
The page has raised more than $100,000 in six days — far surpassing the $25,000 goal.
The money raised will go toward medical bills and other daily expenses. The site is no longer seeking contributions.
“Tadataka Unno is a husband, good friend, father, and one of the brightest lights in jazz piano,” Jennings wrote on the GoFundMe page.
“He as performed in the working bands of Jimmy Cobb, Roy Hargrove, Winard Harper, John Pizzarelli, Clifton Anderson and many other greats.”
Unno was scheduled to undergo surgery on his shoulder Friday, according to Jennings.
The attack as inspired an outpouring of love and support from musicians across the world.
“I was shocked last night to hear of this attack & terrible tragedy. Hoping you heal quickly & your arms & hands are back to playing & sharing your extraordinary gift on the piano real soon,” wrote singer Tony Middleton.
“We love you & pray for a speedy recovery.”
Saxophonist Marshall McDonald said he and his wife, Rie Samejima-McDonald, were “Deeply saddened and upset” by the assault.
“We’ve enjoyed performing together, laughing together and spending time together in the USA and in Japan … May God help the surgeons heal Tadataka’s hand so he can play again,” he wrote.
Others who donated recalled catching his masterful performances alongside jazz greats or expressed gratitude for touching other musicians through his work.
“Your music brings people together and is an inspiration,” wrote one contributor from Canada, Mohsin Waqar.
“I am so sorry that you and your family are going through this tragedy. I am sending thoughts and prayers.”
Unno has performed at legendary jazz clubs around the city and the world, including the Village Vanguard, Dizzy’s Club, and Blue Note, according to his website.
“Thank you everyone for your prayers, love and tremendous support for Tadataka and Family,” read a message on his site.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Trump receives 2021 Nobel Prize nomination from Finnish right-wing pol

Donald Trump didn ’ t win a Nobel Prize this year — but already he is being nominated for one in 2021 , by a right-wing Finnish politician who cites the president ’ s “ endeavors to end the era of endless wars.
” Finland ’ s Laura Huhtasaari , a European Parliament representative and a member of the far-right Finns Party , nominated the president for the 2021 Peace Prize after Trump was snubbed from this year ’ s honors .
Trump ’ s nomination is “ in recognition of his endeavors to end the era of endless wars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for dialogue and negotiations , as well as underpin internal cohesion and stability of his country , ” Huhtasaari wrote in a letter dated Friday to the Nobel Committee .
Anyone can be nominated for the award as long as they meet certain basic criteria .
Huhtasaari credited the present with managing to complete his term without wrapping the US into another major international conflict and for reducing the number of troops in the Middle East .
Trump had received three nominations for the 2020 Peace Prize .
Ultimately the award was handed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a branch of the United Nations dedicated to fighting hunger and food insecurity .

Donald Trump didn’t win a Nobel Prize this year — but already he’s been nominated for one in 2021, thanks to a right-wing Finnish politician who cites the president’s “endeavors to end the era of endless wars.”
Finland’s Laura Huhtasaari, a European Parliament representative and a member of the far-right Finns Party, nominated the president for the 2021 Peace Prize after Trump was snubbed from this year’s honors.
Trump’s nomination is “in recognition of his endeavors to end the era of endless wars, construct peace by encouraging conflicting parties for dialogue and negotiations, as well as underpin internal cohesion and stability of his country,” Huhtasaari wrote in a letter dated Friday to the Nobel Committee.
Anyone can be nominated for the award as long as they meet certain basic criteria.
Huhtasaari credited the president with managing to complete his term without ensnaring the US in another major international conflict and for reducing the number of troops in the Middle East.
Trump had received three nominations for the 2020 Peace Prize.
Ultimately the award was handed out to the World Food Programme, a branch of the United Nations dedicated to fighting hunger and food insecurity.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Joe Biden backs fracking to woo Pennsylvania’s blue-collar voters

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a jab at her party ’ s vice ...

Joe Biden deepened the rift within the Democratic Party Saturday with an emphatic embrace of Pennsylvania’s energy industry.
“I am not, not, not banning fracking, period,” he assured union members at a plumbers’ training facility in Erie, Pa., a crucial swing county in the battleground state.
Hydraulic fracking of oil and natural gas has fueled a job boom in the Keystone State — but is despised by proponents of the Green New Deal.
Both Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, said repeatedly during their primary campaigns that they hoped to do away with the extraction method. But they have said otherwise in recent weeks — earning disdain from other Dems.
“Fracking is bad, actually,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted Thursday, after Harris said Biden does not support a fracking ban.
In Erie, Biden delivered an 18-minute speech to about 30 locals — all seated in socially distanced circles — in a parking lot that featured a rack of copper and PVC pipes as a backdrop.
His speech sought to win back the blue-collar votes whose votes helped deliver Pennsylvania to President Trump in 2016 by a 44,000-vote margin.
“The only power we have is union power,” he told them. “You’re the guys who keep the barbarians on the other side of the gate from taking everything, and that’s a fact.”
Biden also raised the alarming specter of election-day violence with an eyebrow-raising comment.
“The only way we lose this is by the chicanery going on with regard to polling places,” Biden said — claiming Trump is “trying to put people in polling places, the same guys you saw standing blocking polling places in Virginia, with banners and rifles slung across their shoulders.”
Later, he tried to walk the thought back.
“I’m going to accept the outcome of this election period,” Biden told reporters. “What I was referencing is the attempts that are made to try to influence and scare people from voting.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Layoffs a matter of if, not when, for booming Wall Street

Charlie Scharf is kicking more folks off the stagecoach .
The ...

With the markets near all-time highs, IPOs booming and dealmaking such as Morgan Stanley’s purchase of Eaton Vance picking up, it would seem like layoffs would be the last thing that big banks and investment houses are weighing.
But those who run Wall Street never let a serious crisis go to waste. Cutting jobs is exactly what every major firm is looking at as the pandemic continues to ravage the US economy.
Of course, the big banks aren’t bragging about firing employees, many of whom live and work in New York City and the surrounding area. Overall, the financial sector employs around 500,000 people here, meaning these cuts, if and when they come, will make balancing the city’s pandemic-stricken budget even more difficult.
Good thing for our inept New York leadership that Wall Street has largely taken a pledge to delay any significant job cuts because of COVID-19 dislocations. Goldman Sachs has been somewhat of an outlier, but the firm normally cuts underperformers toward the end of the year, as it announced a couple of weeks ago.
But for most of the banks, there’s simply no need to wield the ax just yet. While large swaths of American businesses have been decimated by the pandemic and the lockdowns that followed, Wall Street has been the prime beneficiary of the biggest stimulus plan ever enacted thanks to the Federal Reserve and its various methods of providing “liquidity” to the economy.
Liquidity is a fancy way of saying free money, so when the Fed prints it through its manifold monetary policy methods, the banks get first crack at the cash before it filters down to small businesses in the form of lower interest rates.
So while a mom-and-pop store on Main Street has to wait for liquidity to filter down in the form of cheap loans (or the so-called PPP COVID-loan program), the big banks remain open for business — and then some.
With interest rates at zero, they began borrowing cheaply, trading commodities, and providing advice on mergers, acquisitions and IPOs, which is exactly why bank profits are up while stores on Main Street remain shuttered.
But the good times won’t last forever, senior executives at the big banks tell me, and that’s why their bean-counters, as they slowly filter back to their Manhattan offices, are starting to look at what’s euphemistically known as “headcount.”
How much they will cut is open for debate. Veteran banking analyst Dick Bove told Lydia Moynihan at Fox Business that he expects the cuts to be significant. Bove says that Fed pandemic relief for Wall Street papered over trends that will eventually cause the firms to cut staffing because they simply don’t need as many bodies.
“I can see a 20 percent to 30 percent decrease in jobs over the next couple of years probably beginning” later this year, Bove said. “This is a long-term issue but the coronavirus didn’t help.”
He points to several trends, including how many companies are eschewing the public-offering process for “direct listings” that will lead to fewer IPOs and fewer bankers to complete deals.
Senior executives with whom I spoke at the big banks wouldn’t go as far as Bove’s estimate, but they also wouldn’t discount it either.
After taking earnings hits during the early days of the pandemic, firms like Goldman and JPMorgan are seeing a recent surge in revenue from trading and investment banking thanks to the Fed’s actions. But they concede Fed assistance will only last so long, and that without a complete reopening of the US economy, more businesses will close and loan volume will plummet, thus cutting into earnings and forcing layoffs.
Moreover, if Joe Biden is elected with a Congress controlled by Democrats, the regulatory environment will change, meaning possibly fewer deals and mergers because of heightened antitrust scrutiny and, yes, fewer bankers completing those deals.
“Let’s just say when it comes to layoffs, we’re in a wait-and-see mode,” said one senior executive at a major bank, looking to put the best possible spin on a difficult job outlook.
In other words, Wall Street job cuts are coming — it’s just a matter of time and magnitude.
Cohen’s on the plate
The talk in baseball land is that billionaire hedge-fund trader Steve Cohen still needs to convince some MLB owners to approve his $2.4 billion purchase of the Mets.
But thanks to Ron Rosa, the owner of the swanky Polpo Restaurant in Greenwich, he appears to have secured at least one of those votes over dinner a couple of weeks ago.
Rosa was escorting Cohen to his table when he happened to notice investor and LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly sitting nearby. So he introduced the two, who hit it off. “Steve needs the owners to approve so I thought I would make the intro,” Rosa told me.
Cohen, of course has caused controversy in baseball circles with his Mets bid because some people at his firm have been charged with insider trading. (Cohen himself was never charged.) He needs 23 of the 29 baseball owners to approve his purchase, and as I have reported, he appears to have the votes.
His hedge fund, Point72 Asset Management, and Boehly’s Eldridge Industries investment firm are both located in Greenwich, and they are regular patrons of the popular eatery. Also in attendance was Judge Judy Sheindlin, who spoke with both men, though it’s unclear how much she helped Cohen’s cause.
Press officials for Boehly and Cohen declined to comment. A Sheindlin rep confirmed she was in attendance and said hello.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Devils snag Andreas Johnsson in trade with Maple Leafs

The New Jersey Devils continued their offseason makeover Saturday by acquiring winger Andreas Johnsson from the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Joey Anderson .
Johnsson , 25 , had eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points in 43 games last season .
He is signed for three more years at a salary cap hit of $ 3.4 million .
“ Andreas is a hard-working , competitive forward who can slot up and down the lineup , ” Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald said .
“ The overall versatility of his game will be a great complement to our centermen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ touch.
” Toronto traded Johnsson to clear much-needed cap space .
Anderson , 22 , bounced back and forth between New Jersey and its American Hockey League affiliate in Binghamton the past two seasons .
Johnsson is the Devils ’ latest addition after they signed goaltender Corey Crawford to a $ 7.8 million , two-year deal Friday .
They have a new coach in Lindy Ruff and are hoping to build back into a playoff contender after missing the postseason seven of the past eight seasons .
“ It ’ s a team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Crawford said Saturday morning .
“ They ’ re up and coming .
It ’ s a team that I ’ m excited to be a part of .
Johnsson adds to that .
The 5-foot-10 Swede has 67 points in 125 career regular-season games .

The New Jersey Devils continued their offseason makeover Saturday by acquiring winger Andreas Johnsson from the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Joey Anderson.
Johnsson, 25, had eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points in 43 games last season. He is signed for three more years at a salary cap hit of $3.4 million.
“Andreas is a hard-working, competitive forward who can slot up and down the lineup,” Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald said. “The overall versatility of his game will be a great complement to our centermen with his skating, quickness and scoring touch.”
Toronto traded Johnsson to clear much-needed cap space. Anderson, 22, bounced back and forth between New Jersey and its American Hockey League affiliate in Binghamton the past two seasons.
Johnsson is the Devils’ latest addition after they signed goaltender Corey Crawford to a $7.8 million, two-year deal Friday. They have a new coach in Lindy Ruff and are hoping to build back into a playoff contender after missing the postseason seven of the past eight seasons.
“It’s a team that has a ton of young skill,” Crawford said Saturday morning. “They’re up and coming. It’s a team that I’m excited to be a part of.
Johnsson adds to that. The 5-foot-10 Swede has 67 points in 125 career regular-season games.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania ballot lawsuit

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan — who was appointed by Trump — in Pittsburgh also poured cold water on Trump’s claims that Pennsylvania is fertile ground for election fraud.
Trump’s campaign said it would appeal at least one element of the decision, with barely three weeks to go until Election Day in a state hotly contested by Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The lawsuit was opposed by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, the state Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP’s Pennsylvania office and other allied groups.
“The ruling is a complete rejection of the continued misinformation about voter fraud and corruption, and those who seek to sow chaos and discord ahead of the upcoming election,” Wolf’s office said in a statement.
The state’s attorney general, Josh Shapiro, a Democrat whose office fought the Trump campaign’s claims, called the lawsuit a political stunt designed to sow doubt in the state’s election.
“We told the Trump campaign and the president, ‘put up or shut up’ to his claims of voter fraud in Pennsylvania,” Shapiro told The Associated Press. “It’s important to note they didn’t even need to prove actual voter fraud, just that it was likely or impending, and they couldn’t even do that.”
Trump’s campaign said in a statement that it looked forward to a quick decision from the appeals court “that will further protect Pennsylvania voters from the Democrats’ radical voting system.”
The lawsuit is one of many partisan battles being fought in the state Legislature and the courts, primarily over mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, amid concerns that a presidential election result will hang in limbo for days on a drawn-out vote count in Pennsylvania.
In this case, Trump’s campaign wanted the court to bar counties from using drop boxes or mobile sites to collect mail-in ballots that are not “staffed, secured, and employed consistently within and across all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties.” Trump’s campaign said it would appeal the matter of drop boxes.
More than 20 counties — including Philadelphia and most other heavily populated Democratic-leaning counties — have told the state elections office that they plan to use drop boxes or satellite election offices to help collect the massive number of mail-in ballots they expect to receive.
Trump’s campaign also wanted the court to free county election officials to disqualify mail-in ballots where the voter’s signature may not match their signature on file and to remove a county residency requirement in state law for certified poll watchers.
In guidance last month, Wolf’s top elections official told counties that state law does not require or permit them to reject a mail-in ballot solely over a perceived signature inconsistency. Trump’s campaign had asked Ranjan to declare that guidance unconstitutional and to block counties from following it.
In throwing out the case, Ranjan wrote that the Trump campaign could not prove their central claim: that Trump’s fortunes in the Nov. 3 election in Pennsylvania are threatened by election fraud and that adopting changes sought by the campaign will fix that.
Ranjan wrote Trump’s campaign could not prove that the president has been hurt by election fraud or even that he is likely to be hurt by fraud.
“While plaintiffs may not need to prove actual voter fraud, they must at least prove that such fraud is ‘certainly impending,’” Ranjan wrote. “They haven’t met that burden. At most, they have pieced together a sequence of uncertain assumptions.”
Ranjan also cited decisions in recent days by the U.S. Supreme Court and the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in hot-button election cases, saying he should not second-guess reasonable decisions by state lawmakers and election officials.
The decision comes as Trump claims he can only lose the state if Democrats cheat and, as he did in 2016′s campaign, suggests that the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia needs to be watched closely for election fraud.
On Friday, Trump’s campaign lost a bid in a Philadelphia court to force the city to allow campaign representatives to monitor its satellite election offices.
Democrats accuse Trump of trying to scuttle some of the 3 million or more mail-in votes that are expected in the Nov. 3 election in Pennsylvania, with Democrats applying for mail-in ballots by an almost three-to-one rate over Republicans.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Mask wars: 2020’s most maddening trend

Mask wars: 2020’s most maddening trend

A year ago , who ’ d have expected Americans to be brawling in supermarket aisles over a piece of cloth ?
Such is 2020 .
The nation has seen at least 15 shootings related to mask disagreements , two of them fatal .
And always- vs. never-masker tensions keep getting physical .
Just last week , an 80-year-old man died from a push to the ground after confronting a maskless man .
A brawl broke out in a plane when a man insisted his face shield was enough and refused to fully cover his mouth and nose .
Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a non-masked woman on a bus , only to be taken down by other passengers .
Experts agree masks are a key public-safety tool in this pandemic .
And no one wants to be put at risk because the guy in the next bus seat can ’ t handle the inconvenience of foggy glasses and chin sweat .
For all the noise from President Trump and challenger Joe Biden , masks shouldn ’ t be a political issue at all , much less one inciting riots .
We should be united to stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reminding someone to “ mask up ” or leave a business shouldn ’ t risk a violent response .
Nor should going maskless while socially distanced .
But Americans keep losing it .
In all likelihood , the mask madness just happens to be the straw that broke the camel ’ s back of a quarantined nation , but it ’ s grown too serious to ignore .
Yet the answer is simple : Wear a mask — but take care with the ignoramuses who don ’ t .

A year ago, who’d have expected Americans to be brawling in supermarket aisles over a piece of cloth? Such is 2020.
The nation has seen at least 15 shootings related to mask disagreements, two of them fatal.
And always- vs. never-masker tensions keep getting physical. Just last week, an 80-year-old man died from a push to the ground after confronting a maskless man. A brawl broke out in a plane when a man insisted his face shield was enough and refused to fully cover his mouth and nose. Over in the UK, a bloke kicked a non-masked woman on a bus, only to be taken down by other passengers.
Experts agree masks are a key public-safety tool in this pandemic. And no one wants to be put at risk because the guy in the next bus seat can’t handle the inconvenience of foggy glasses and chin sweat.
For all the noise from President Trump and challenger Joe Biden, masks shouldn’t be a political issue at all, much less one inciting riots. We should be united to stop the spread of the virus.
Politely reminding someone to “mask up” or leave a business shouldn’t risk a violent response. Nor should going maskless while socially distanced. But Americans keep losing it.
In all likelihood, the mask madness just happens to be the straw that broke the camel’s back of a quarantined nation, but it’s grown too serious to ignore. Yet the answer is simple: Wear a mask — but take care with the ignoramuses who don’t.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--The latest revelations show Team Obama invented the whole RussiaGate scandal

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In mid-2016, the FBI got word that Russian intelligence believed Hillary Clinton’s campaign was planning to frame Donald Trump as colluding with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to hack her computers. Yet somehow, the crack agents never connected the dots when handed the Steele “dossier” commissioned and paid for by the Clinton campaign that claimed Trump was colluding with Putin.
Instead, the Justice Department used that dossier as a pretext to spy on at least Trump aide Carter Page as it investigated the clearly spurious charges. Justice also distorted the facts about Page’s past relations with the CIA to suggest he had a history of working with Russian agents when his actual record involved turning them in. Meanwhile, it buried the fact that Steele’s main source was himself a suspected Russian agent.
Nor did it connect the dots to another “Russiagate” lead, the third-hand rumors passed along by a Clinton-allied diplomat that supposedly implicated another Trump aide, George Papadopoulos.
The news of the 2016 intel comes from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe’s gradual release of Russiagate records — which show that the true scandal was the investigation itself.
Maybe the Russian analysis was mistaken. But the info should have prompted far greater skepticism on all the Clinton-connected “dirt” on Trump, none of which ever panned out, despite years of investigation.
From Justice to the CIA, the Obama administration politicized a host of nonpartisan institutions to stain the Trump campaign and then sabotage the Trump administration. And, with selective leaks to major media, the plotters managed to convince much of the country.
The info was credible on its face: US intelligence “obtained insight” into the Russian analysis using highly classified methods (which are redacted in the now-public documents). The Russians had determined that Clinton wanted to blame Trump for the hacking of Democratic National Committee e-mails to distract from the growing scandal over her use of a non-secure home-brew server for official business as secretary of state.
The US intel community found it was authentic Russian analysis, though it couldn’t judge the veracity of the claim. And President Barack Obama was briefed on it, per his CIA director, John Brennan. In notes also released last week, Brennan describes telling Obama about the “alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 28 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [sic] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.”
Brennan, as Andrew C. McCarthy details in his book “Ball of Collusion,” was the main driver of the early Russiagate investigation. Soon after the start of Crossfire Hurricane (as the investigation was code-named), Brennan briefed Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on alleged Russian election interference. Reid then wrote to then-FBI Director James Comey, warning him not to ignore “the evidence of a direct connection between the Russian government and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.” Reid pointed to reporting that said Page had met Kremlin agents in Moscow — information that came from the Steele dossier, which was nothing but gossip fed to Steele by a man America deemed a security risk.
Soon the FBI began applying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a surveillance warrant on Page — applications the DOJ inspector general later found riddled with errors and misstatements.
Attorney General Bill Barr has tasked US Attorney John Durham with getting to the bottom of all this: How did Crossfire Hurricane start and how did it continue for months and months after it was clear investigators could find no evidence of Russian collusion and realized the Steele dossier was utter junk?
Yet Durham seems bent on building criminal cases — not on clearing the air before Election Day. That’s a prosecutor’s job, but the greater public interest probably lies in getting all the info out as soon as possible. Americans deserve more answers before going to the polls.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Jesper Fast agrees to 3-year, $6 million deal with Hurricanes

RALEIGH , N.C — One of the Rangers leaders the last couple of seasons now has a new team .
@ @ @ @ @ to a deal with right wing Jesper Fast on a three-year contract .
The team @ @ @ @ @ saying it would the deal will have an average annual value of $ 2 million @ @ @ @ @ Carolina president and general manager Don Waddell called Fast “ an intelligent , versatile player @ @ @ @ @ of how the Hurricanes play under Rod Brind ’ Amour .
The 28-year-old Fast had @ @ @ @ @ in 69 games with the New York Rangers last season , his seventh in the @ @ @ @ @ alternate captain for the second straight season in 2019-20 for the Rangers , who were @ @ @ @ @ a best-of-5 Stanley Cup qualifier series in the league ’ s return to play amid @ @ @ @ @ Rangers picked Fast in the sixth round of the 2010 entry draft , with Fast @ @ @ @ @ assists in 422 career games .

RALEIGH, N.C — One of the Rangers leaders the last couple of seasons now has a new team.
The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a deal with right wing Jesper Fast on a three-year contract.
The team announced the agreement Saturday, saying it would the deal will have an average annual value of $2 million through the 2022-23 season. Carolina president and general manager Don Waddell called Fast “an intelligent, versatile player who fits the mold” of how the Hurricanes play under Rod Brind’Amour.
The 28-year-old Fast had 12 goals and 17 assists in 69 games with the New York Rangers last season, his seventh in the NHL. He was an alternate captain for the second straight season in 2019-20 for the Rangers, who were swept by the Hurricanes in a best-of-5 Stanley Cup qualifier series in the league’s return to play amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Rangers picked Fast in the sixth round of the 2010 entry draft, with Fast totaling 55 goals and 92 assists in 422 career games.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Cop-assaulting NYC teen back on streets after latest arrest

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A Manhattan man who head-butted an NYPD cop amid a string of recent arrests, including three for assaulting officers, was back on the streets Saturday, just days after landing behind bars for another brazen attack on law enforcement, The Post has learned.
Angel Rivera, 18, may be the latest poster child for junk justice in the Big Apple.
On Wednesday, Rivera was arrested for assaulting two cops during a late night melee outside the 79th Precinct in Brooklyn, police sources said.
Rivera allegedly hit several officers with a metal barrier and then punched the arresting officer in the face, causing one to be brought to Bellevue Hospital, police sources said. Charges ranged from criminal possession of a weapon, assault and resisting arrest. Rivera posted bail Saturday in that case, police sources said.
He was collared Sep. 18 for resisting arrest after allegedly blocking traffic — during a protest — by standing in the street along the southeast corner of LaGuardia Place and Washington Square South. Rivera allegedly head-butted one cop and kicked another as he was being taken to a prisoner police van, the sources said. Rivera was given a desk appearance ticket and released.
“It’s not like we’re not giving second chances, but there comes a point where enough is enough,” a senior law enforcement source said. “I mean, he head-butted a cop, and we’re still giving second chances.”
Snarked another law enforcement source: “I guess the administration thinks it’s OK to keep releasing him. At this point we’re just working on hope, there is no plan.”
On July 22, he was arrested for second-degree assault at the intersection of Lafayette and Worth Streets after Rivera was observed with a group of about 15 people standing in the middle of the street who refused to leave.
Rivera is accused of throwing a heavy object at one cop, damaging his riot shield, and allegedly pushed another cop who tried to arrest him and then kicked a third, police sources said.
That same day, he was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny for unauthorized use of a credit card of a woman who has a court order of protection against him, law enforcement sources said.
On June 3, Rivera was charged with menacing following an incident on the Upper East Side where he allegedly warned a man, “I will shoot you” and reached into his own book bag. No weapon was found.
Rivera could not immediately be reached.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--NYPD searching for Bronx thief who ‘walked away’ with scooter

The NYPD is asking for help identifying an individual who “ walked away ” with a scooter parked on a @ @ @ @ @ Cops on Saturday released a photo of the person who allegedly pilfered the unoccupied scooter @ @ @ @ @ of 663 River Ave .
The sticky-fingered suspect took the minibike , which belongs to @ @ @ @ @ said .
The individual — who was wearing a red baseball cap , blue jacket @ @ @ @ @ sneakers — fled the scene with the scooter northbound on River Avenue .
Anyone with @ @ @ @ @ incident is asked to call the NYPD ’ s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS ( @ @ @

Some unlucky person lost their ride.
The NYPD is asking for help identifying an individual who “walked away” with a scooter parked on a Bronx street Monday night.
Cops on Saturday released a photo of the person who allegedly pilfered the unoccupied scooter around 10 p.m. in front of 663 River Ave.
The sticky-fingered suspect took the minibike, which belongs to a 29-year-old man, police said. The individual — who was wearing a red baseball cap, blue jacket, black pants and black sneakers — fled the scene with the scooter northbound on River Avenue.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Retired professor with Parkinsons and amnesia fatally shoots wife: cops

A retired astrophysics professor who now suffers from advanced Parkinsons and amnesia murdered his wife with two blasts from a shotgun in their Washington State home — but he remembered to call cops afterward , according to reports .
Thomas Jarboe , 75 , called 911 before dawn on Thursday and told dispatchers , “ I shot her , ” Bellevue Police told Seattle ’ s KOMO News .
Cops and medics rushed to the home , and found Jarboe waiting for them on the front porch .
“ The man came out of the house willingly and turned himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spokesperson Meeghan Black told the outlet .
“ When they went inside , they found his wife deceased inside.
” Jarboe told cops that victim Kay Saw , 63 , was his wife and “ abusive ” caretaker , KOMO News reported Friday .
“ It was on purpose but in self-defense , ” he allegedly told the 911 operator of shooting Saw with a 12-gauge .
“ She has been abusing me .
She is my caretaker .
And is completely destroying me , ” he allegedly said .
“ She hates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate her.
” A neighbor told the station that he often heard hollering from the couple ’ s home .
“ Often times yelling about medications .
Not taking medications , ” said the neighbor , Mike Hopkins .
Then early Thursday , “ We heard the two gun shots.
” Jarboe , an emeritus professor from the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the University of Washington , is being held in lieu of $ 2.5 million bail .

A retired astrophysics professor who now suffers from advanced Parkinsons and amnesia murdered his wife with two blasts from a shotgun in their Washington State home — but he remembered to call cops afterward, according to reports.
Thomas Jarboe, 75, called 911 before dawn on Thursday and told dispatchers, “I shot her,” Bellevue Police told Seattle’s KOMO News.
Cops and medics rushed to the home, and found Jarboe waiting for them on the front porch.
“The man came out of the house willingly and turned himself in to the officers,” police spokesperson Meeghan Black told the outlet.
“When they went inside, they found his wife deceased inside.”
Jarboe told cops that victim Kay Saw, 63, was his wife and “abusive” caretaker, KOMO News reported Friday.
“It was on purpose but in self-defense,” he allegedly told the 911 operator of shooting Saw with a 12-gauge.
“She has been abusing me. She is my caretaker. And is completely destroying me,” he allegedly said.
“She hates all my kids, my kids all hate her.”
A neighbor told the station that he often heard hollering from the couple’s home.
“Often times yelling about medications. Not taking medications,” said the neighbor, Mike Hopkins.
Then early Thursday, “We heard the two gun shots.”
Jarboe, an emeritus professor from the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the University of Washington, is being held in lieu of $2.5 million bail.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Rudy Giuliani thinks he’s dodged COVID-19 since last meeting with Trump

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In a radio interview airing Saturday night, Rudy Giuliani says he’s had three negative COVID tests since his last contact with President Trump — and he believes he has dodged the coronavirus bullet.
“My last contact [with Trump] was a week ago Wednesday, so that puts us nine days out and I got a result today, negative,” Giuliani said Friday, while taping the Roman Lewis Live radio show.
The segment airs Saturday at 7 p.m. on https://am970theanswer.com/.
“That’s the third test I took, and they were all the deep nasal test that’s supposedly more accurate, the Trump lawyer told Lewis.
“So I’ve had three negative results in 10 days,” he said.
“I feel fine,” he added. “I have no symptoms at all.”
Giuliani’s health status became a question last week, after it was revealed that he had attended debate prep sessions with Trump and Chris Christie in the White House Map Room just days before the president announced he had caught the coronavirus.
Christie, the former New Jersey governor, caught the bug, and spent a week in a Morristown hospital before being released Saturday.
Also at the debate prep sessions were Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany; she too caught the coronavirus.
On Monday night, Giuliani coughed repeatedly during an appearance on Fox News, and he has boasted of taking the widely-discredited COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine, further stoking speculation on his health.
Giuliani is certainly feeling his oats after his third negative test.
On Roman Lewis Live, the former New York City mayor and federal prosecutor also pops off against Black Lives Matter, insisting he’s saved more black lives than anyone in the country.
“They should come and listen to me about how you save black lives,” he crows of BLM demonstrators.
“Because I’ve saved more black lives than anyone in America. A lot more than Black Lives Matter.”
“Rudy goes off the rails,” a source noted of the interview.
“He curses eight or ten times during the interview they had to go bleep him out for what’s going to be broadcast,”
Giuliani’s interview will run in all its s-bomb-dropping glory in a longer, uncensored podcast next week.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Versace selling $250 inflatable inner tube

“ The idea that grass can be OK for baseball but ...

The rich really are getting richer — and more buoyant.
The summer may be over, but Versace’s latest extravagance — a $250 pool float dubbed the “Crete de Fleur Inflatable Float” — is still available at some retailers.
The ridiculously priced plastic inflatable inner tube covered in the designer’s signature gold brocade print is available on several high-end retailers websites — but hasn’t sold out despite some fawning press.
“Live in the lap of luxury as you work on your summer tan and float around the pool on those hot summer days,” Northern Virginia Magazine cooed to its customers in an article about “floats to amplify your home pool” while Fashion Week Daily sneered: “Because those flamingo pool floats that were all over Instagram last summer are très basic.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--Gary Sanchez’s regression could force drastic Yankees move

Travel back to Game 2 of the AL Division Series ... .

When you scroll through the questions facing the Yankees in the wake of their latest premature ouster from the postseason, the checklist is lengthy and includes high-profile names and important positions.
None of them top Gary Sanchez’s drastic decline this past season and the question of his future with the Yankees.
It was one thing to pair Kyle Higashioka with Gerrit Cole in three postseason starts based on how well (1.00 ERA; .147 BA in four games) they worked together.
But Higashioka was the catcher in Game 3 of the ALDS when Masahiro Tanaka started and in Game 4 with Jordan Montgomery in addition to catching Cole in Game 1 and the season-ending Game 5.
Manager Aaron Boone never said Higashioka had taken over as the Yankees’ first-string catcher, but he explained during the ALDS the situation would be day-to-day.
“It comes down to Kyle earning these opportunities. I feel he is providing enough offensively and doing a great job behind the plate,’’ Boone said of his Game 4 choice. “Honestly, I felt I could have gone with Gary as well and felt good about that. In the end, after contemplating and talking with some coaches a little bit, this is the way I felt I wanted to go.’’
Left unsaid was a belief within the organization that Higashioka, a 30-year-old who has played in 72 big league games, has a career .186 batting average and has been thought of as a defense-first catcher, was a better option than Sanchez.
So, what becomes of Sanchez, who was paid $5 million this year and is eligible for arbitration?
Could he be dealt?
Anybody can be traded, but that is a lot of money to take on for a .147 hitter.
Could he be non-tendered?
That’s certainly a possibility if the Yankees deem a raise in arbitration would push the 2021 payroll too high.
If Sanchez is traded or released who would replace him?
J.T. Realmuto will be the top free-agent catcher and the industry buzz on Saturday was that the 29-year-old right-handed hitter could be looking for a six-year deal for $25 to $35 million per. That would seem to be outside the Yankees’ reach because they gave Cole $324 million last year for nine seasons, owe Giancarlo Stanton $218 million through 2027 and will need money to retain soon-to-be free agent DJ LeMahieu, who is coming off a year in which he led the majors in hitting with a .364 average.
How far Sanchez has fallen is mind blowing. Sanchez finished second in the 2016 AL Rookie of the Year voting when he played in 53 games, batted .299, hit 20 homers and drove in 42 runs. He was an All-Star in 2017 and 2019.
While Sanchez has been a below-average defender for several years, his bat was undeniably real. From 2016 to 2019, Sanchez appeared in 370 games, hit 105 homers, drove in 262 runs and posted a. 847 OPS hitting in the middle of the order. Yes, he had more strikeouts (396) than hits (343), but power-hitting catchers are hard to find.
And though his defense in 2019 (seven wild pitches) was better than 2018 (a major league high 18), Sanchez’s calling card remained a bat that produced a career-high 34 homers and drove in 77 runs in 106 games.
Durability was an issue in 2018 and 2019 when Sanchez was on the injured list four times (two each year) with lower body muscle strains.
Still, nothing in his profile indicated what 2020 brought. Appearing in 49 of 60 games, Sanchez hit an unfathomable .147 (23-for-156) and struck out a whopping 64 times.
Too many of his at-bats were non-competitive.
“A lot of times his balance was off and looked non-athletic at the plate, lot of chasing and then missing good pitches to hit,’’ a scout long-versed in watching Sanchez said. “He needs to go home, hit the reset button, lose some weight to be more athletic and work on the high velocity [pitching machine] and set it at the top of the zone so he can feel like a kid. He doesn’t look like a kid.’’
Or anywhere near the hitter he should be.


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--NYPD on the lookout for Upper West Side subway groper

The NYPD wants to grab him before he grabs you .
Cops are looking to identify a man wanted for @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday morning at the 96th Street “ 1 ” subway station on the Upper West @ @ @ @ @ a photo of the individual , who allegedly touched the butt of a 37-year-old woman @ @ @ @ @ When the victim confronted the creepy character , he apologized and entered further into the @ @ @ @ @ Police said the individual was sporting a salt and pepper beard and last seen wearing @ @ @ @ @ black pants and black sneakers .
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS ( 8477 ) .

The NYPD wants to grab him before he grabs you.
Cops are looking to identify a man wanted for a touching incident that occurred Wednesday morning at the 96th Street “1” subway station on the Upper West Side.
The NYPD released a photo of the individual, who allegedly touched the butt of a 37-year-old woman shortly after 10:30 a.m. When the victim confronted the creepy character, he apologized and entered further into the station, authorities said.
Police said the individual was sporting a salt and pepper beard and last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater, black pants and black sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).


newyorkpost--2020-10-10--NYC Parks Department kicks ‘distraught’ Harlem kids’ soccer club off fields

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A field of dreams for thousands of young soccer players has turned into a nightmare.
For 15 years, the Elephant Soccer Club of Harlem hosted soccer training clinics for kids at Morningside Park, but now the city Parks Department is giving them the boot.
The nonprofit club is the “heartbeat of the community,” according to soccer coach Adam Norse, who said he witnessed the park rangers tell the Elephant parents on Oct. 3: “The field isn’t for these kids.”
On Saturday, rangers let the kids practice, but issued a summons to their coach afterward for unauthorized use of the field.
Players and their families — some of whom have grown up playing for the club since its inception 15 years ago — are “distraught,” Norse said.
Rangers have said the field can only be used for baseball after it was recently resodded, yet appear to be singling out the Elephants, said club manager Joe Lupton in an email to media outlets.
Other soccer games have been allowed to continue, according to the club leaders — who suspect the move could be retaliation for publicly complaining about screws left on the fields after a Parks-sponsored food festival.
“Ever since we started complaining about the screws on the field, the positive relationship that had existed for 15 years began to get more antagonistic,” Lupton said.
The prohibition has led some club leaders to wonder if the Parks Department is using their kids as pawns in its battle with the neighborhood over the Harlem Eat-Up food festival that takes place for two weeks each summer on the fields.
The event has drawn ire from some in the community who say the wooden slats vendors lay on the grass destroy the ground, according to Lupton.
The club, which caters to kids ages 3 to 18, was “never bothered” by the event itself, Lupton said, but was “deeply disturbed” by “dozens upon dozens” of large 2-inch screws discovered in the grass two years in a row in the days following the festival.
When he and other club members raised their concerns at a community board meeting last year, the Parks Department denied Eat-Up was responsible for the screws and blamed the Elephants for the damaged grass.
“I was flabbergasted to see the Parks Department more intent on defending the Eat-Up organizers and even went on to blame ESCH as being the cause the field being damaged,” Lupton said.
A year later, the Parks Department orphaned the Elephants.
Community leaders, Lupton said, are supportive of the club reclaiming the turf.
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“The Police Department has always been supportive of ESCH. They recognize the value of giving kids in the neighborhood a good positive outlet for play and interaction,” Lupton said.
The club is scheduled to meet with the Parks Department Oct. 19 about the fields.
The agency couldn’t explain why it suddenly barred the Elephants after so many years of letting them use the field — but said there has been a recent crackdown after a Parks Enforcement Patrol outpost was set up in Morningside Park.
“Throughout the city, we prioritize youth play on our fields. We are working with the Elephant Soccer Club to find them a field built for soccer so their young strikers can run the pitch,” agency spokeswoman Crystal Howard said, noting that the fields are for baseball and softball only.
But Lupton said Rangers seem to let everyone but the Elephants play freely.
“The optics for them don’t look good at all. They come and give us a summons — and all the kids around us have to see the police enforcement people kicking us off — when there is this same group of Upper West Side soccer players and ultimate frisbee players who are there every week and who aren’t bothered by the Rangers at all,” Lupton said, pointing out that they all wear the same kind of cleats that the Elephant players sport.
“The idea that grass can be OK for baseball but not soccer is ludicrous.”