Mail time! Thanks for reading and writing. Steve Babyak writes “Can Jets QB Sam Darnold look any more like Andy Dufresne from Shawshank Redemption? Good call, Steve. Or maybe just a young Tim Robbins? I’m afraid Sam some day holding up the Lombardi Trophy may prove as difficult a task as Dufresne’s prison break. … Rich Siegelman offers proof that the Yankees will win this year’s World Series. “They won it in ’38, ’58, ’78 and ’98. Just do the math.” Numbers don’t lie, Rich. But when Mayor de Blasio says crime is down in the city, I sort of lose faith in the new math.

Mets have shown a pulse lately and the Orioles were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs in April. Zack Wheeler shut down the O’s though seven innings back in June and he has been averaging a strikeout per inning over his past seven starts. 10 units on the Mets.

First pitch was at 7:10 and by 7:30 it was over. Indians blew up the Reds’ Sal Romano for four runs in the opening frame. He left the next inning after two more runs crossed and the Tribe cruised 8-1. Latest loss leaves us at -682 concepcions.