In one 10-minute flash Sunday afternoon, the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton hit home runs, the Mets’ Starling Marte made a running catch to strand the bases loaded and the Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin briefly looked human in allowing a cheap goal.
And the Knicks, Nets and Islanders still had not started their games yet.
Sunday included two starting pitchers (the Mets’ Kodai Senga and Yankees’ Jhony Brito) making their MLB debuts, the Rangers scoring three goals in the first 21 minutes to win for the eighth time in 11 games, the Knicks securing one of the two remaining Eastern Conference playoff berths outside of the dreaded play-in tournament and the Nets coming that much closer to clinching the final one.
It was the perfect appetizer for what will be a jam-packed roller-coaster month of New York sports that may include two NBA playoffs series, two Stanley Cup playoffs series and the huge daily expectations placed on the two MLB teams.



