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NEW YORK — These days, the alleged dog days, against good teams and bad, in games with heightened importance to the postseason race and throwaway midweek series, no matter the quality of the opposing starting pitcher, the Mets have turned the diamond at Citi Field into their own personal merry-go-around.

NEW YORK — There was no letdown for the Mets on Monday night. Of course there wasn’t.

NEW YORK — Few Yankees pitchers have been as consistent the last two seasons as Jordan Montgomery.

NEW YORK — One swing of Pete Alonso’s super-charged bat on Sunday night may end up as a turning point of the Mets’ season.

NEW YORK — The threat of a storm that never actually made its way to the Queens portion of New York delayed the start of the season’s second half for the Padres.

All class from Ron Washington.

The New York outfielder seemed to some fans to pay more attention to the Nationals player than his own teammate, Pete Alonso.

Soto won the Derby held off Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodríguez 19-18 in the final.

It was almost like a passing of the torch, from one of baseball's most decorated Dominican stars, a 42-year-old future Hall of Famer in the twilight of his career, to a pair of the game's most prolific, young Dominican sluggers.