Mets fall to Pirates after benches clear, Francisco Lindor injury worry
NY Post
PITTSBURGH — The second half of the season was off and running Friday night — but not in a good direction for the NL East’s first-place team.
Francisco Lindor’s grimace on a swing in the fifth inning, which forced him from the game, was just the start. Before long, benches were emptying at PNC Park, giving the Mets an opportunity for swings resulting in solid contact. None occurred, continuing a theme for the Mets, who managed just three hits in a 4-1 loss to the Pirates. The biggest imminent concern is Lindor, who reached for his right side after hitting a ground ball to second base and taking just a few steps out of the batter’s box. He was replaced by Luis Guillorme at shortstop for the bottom of the fifth and will receive further evaluation Saturday. According to the Mets, he departed with right side soreness.Two women accuse NFL kicker Brandon McManus of sexually assaulting them on Jaguars’ flight to London
A pair of flight attendants who were on the Jaguars’ Sept. 28 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings flight to London last season have sued former Jacksonville kicker Brandon McManus and alleged that he sexually assaulted them during the trip, according to ESPN.
You are the face of Major League Baseball, the $700 Million Man, and your close friend, your interpreter, betrays you, allegedly steals $16M from your bank account to pay off his gambling debts. An MLB investigation into The Scandal Heard ’Round the World, from here to Japan and back, thankfully absolves you. It does not cost you your reputation, or your growing legacy.