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You’ve gotta admit, Buck Showalter’s asking the umpires to rub Joe Musgrove’s ears was the perfect way for the Mets to go out. It was the combination of dysfunction, desperation and unintentional comedy that has defined this organization pretty much since its inception 60 years ago. At ...

He was historically dominant as the Padres advanced to the NLDS.

The Padres pitcher was checked in the sixth inning for foreign substances at the request of Mets manager Buck Showalter and was not happy about it.

San Diego starter Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!” after a bizarre spot-check of his ears by umpires on the mound.

Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!”

The Mets asked the umps to check Joe Musgrove in the midst of a hot showing at Citi Field.

With Joe Musgrove dealing for the Padres, Mets manager Buck Showalter asked umpires to check the pitcher for foreign substances behind his ear.

The Mets really thought he was cheating.

For baseball fans without any vested interests in the eight teams playing this weekend, yesterday was just about the perfect day of games. The four games delivered just the right combination of tension and action—the formula for any good baseball game—by showcasing the variety of genres only our ...