A playground in Chelsea designed for NYCHA residents was set to open in three weeks. Total cost: $770,000. Odds are no one will set foot on the area. A plan is in place for a building to be constructed in the exact same spot. … So remember, if you enjoy people that waste $770,000 of taxpayers’ money on a playground no one will step foot on, then Bill de Blasio is your man.

Testing our current losing skid by picking two of the best teams. Dodgers have moved clear in the NL West. Hyun-Jin Ryu is a big reason why. He’s 6-1 overall and has allowed a single run over his past four starts, with a 0.28 ERA over the span. He’s 5-0 lifetime versus the Pirates. Twenty units on the Dodgers and 10 on the Yankees. J.A. “Jekyll/Hyde” Happ is right where he should be, 3-3. Orioles clobbered him with six runs Monday and he draws the Royals today on an extra day of rest because of a rain-out. Figuring we will catch Happ on the upswing.

Different city, same result. After watching the Nats blow leads to the Mets twice this week, the Cubs — leading 5-4 in the ninth— lost 6-5. Eugenio Suarez with a two-run homer off Steve Cishek. Skid has us at -121 geronimos.