What a week. No not for Stitches, but for Mayor de Blasio. He was nearly put on ICE after being accused of violating Mexico and U.S. immigration laws by hot-footing across the border. Took a multi-million dollar, fed-funded plane to vacation in Canada. Spent a “Weekend at Bernies.” Time Bernie Sanders will never get back. Admitted up to 130,00 NYCHA apartments could contain toxic lead paint after previously claiming 50,000. And finally got around to meeting NYC Transit chief Andy Byford, seven months after taking the job. “It was a bit weird,” Byford said. Not so Andy. The Mayor spends most of his time outside his city. You may never see him again. Not such a bad thing.
Snubbed! Blake Snell, with the AL’s second-lowest ERA, did not make the All-Star team. He is 8-1 in his past 10 starts. Tampa Bay is at Minnesota Thursday. 20 units on the Rays.
Jacob deGrom left after eight brilliant innings in a scoreless game. In the 10th, Brandon Nimmo found the fence and the Mets won 3-0. Good thing. Cleveland scored 19 runs, which is more than the Browns score on any given Sunday, and bloodied the Reds, 19-4. The split leaves us at -772 dykstras.


