Joey Gallo was smiling. He was laughing. He was …. happy?
“Our vibe here is laid back, try to win games, try not to make it more than anything than just baseball,” the former Yankee said. “I think that’s been nice. It’s been good so far.”
Since being traded by the Yankees on Aug. 2, where he was benched after intense struggles and fan animosity, Gallo has performed well for the Dodgers — albeit in an extremely small sample size. He’s hitting .196/.339/.478 with an .818 OPS and three home runs and eight RBIs in 46 at-bats.
Joey Gallo drives in a run after getting a hit by a pitch during the third inning of the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Dodgers.N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg
He was batting fifth for the team with the best record in the sport on Tuesday against the Mets, a sign of what the Dodgers think of the left-handed hitting slugger.
“They’ve seen some things they think they can make me better at,” Gallo said after the Dodgers’ 4-3 win. “It doesn’t happen overnight, but when I first got there to LA, it was, ‘Hey, we’re just going to work on the process with you and get you back to who you are and who you can be.’ ”
Very little, if anything, went right for Gallo with the Yankees after coming over from the Rangers prior to last year’s trade deadline. This season, he became an albatross, striking out 106 times in 233 trips to the plate while batting .159. He became the object of loud and frequent boos, and even said previously he didn’t want to show his face around the city.
“Sometimes a change of scenery helps,” Gallo said. “There was nothing the Yankees were doing wrong. I just didn’t play well there. I wish I played better.”
He did struggle in the Dodgers’ recent series with the Marlins, going 0-for-9 with four strikeouts, and was hitless Tuesday night but did get an RBI on a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. But the free agent-to-be has been far more productive with them than he was with the Yankees. Ironically, since acquiring Gallo, the Dodgers are 14-4 when he appears in a game while the Yankees have scuffled, managing an 8-16 mark heading into Tuesday’s game in Anaheim.
Gallo has kept tabs on them. He congratulated Aaron Judge on his 50th home run over text message on Tuesday and is rooting for his old teammates to do well. There is a chance Gallo can see them again this year, if both teams advance to the World Series. He wouldn’t mind a reunion.
“I get a ring either way,” he joked. “My chances there go up a little bit. I want the best for those guys. I love those guys over there. It would be exciting obviously to play them.”
Chicago manager Tony La Russa sat out Tuesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals on the direction of his doctors, the White Sox said in a statement.
“La Russa is scheduled to undergo further medical testing tomorrow in Chicago,” the team said, noting that they anticipate providing an update on his status before Wednesday’s game.
Bench coach Miguel Cairo will manage in La Russa’s absence.
Tony La Russa is scheduled to undergo medical testing on Wednesday.AP Photo
The 77-year-old bench boss has weathered a rough season with the White Sox, a team that has struggled to live up to its World Series aspirations in 2022.
Chicago is third in the AL Central at 63-65 entering Tuesday’s game, having lost four straight. Calls for La Russa’s job have grown amid the team’s struggles, and he’s certainly heard them.
“I just get angry,” he said after Sunday’s loss to the Diamondbacks. “I don’t like frustration, discouragement. That’s loser crap. Just seeps energy out of your body.
“I just get angry and want to do something about it.”
Bianca Andreescu pleaded with an umpire Monday to make an outfit change during her first-round match at the 2022 U.S. Open, voicing how her attire was “so bad” in the blustery conditions.
The 22-year-old Canadian faced France’s Harmony Tan in the opening round on the Grandstand, where the wind gusts appeared to impact her wardrobe and performance, per Reuters. Andreescu then implored the chair umpire as to why she needed to swap her apparel.
Bianca Andreescu is seen chatting with the chair umpire about her apparel at the 2022 U.S. Open.Twitter/@andys_murray
“But can this not count as one of my changeovers? I mean it’s not my fault, it’s Nike’s fault,” Andreescu said of her sponsor. “This dress is so, so bad… I need to go, this is really bad.”
Andreescu ultimately got her wish and changed into a white tank top and skirt. A short time after the former world No. 4 defeated Tan, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1, she apologized to Nike during her post-match press conference.
“I meant no disrespect with what I said to the umpire. I was trying to convince him to not take away that washroom break, cause I know we only get two. He was very nice to say it was totally okay,” Andreescu said.
Bianca Andreescu during her first-round match against Harmony Tan at the 2022 U.S. Open on August 29, 2022.Getty ImagesBianca Andreescu defeated Harmony Tan in her first-round match at the 2022 U.S. Open on August 29, 2022.Corbis via Getty Images
“I could have definitely used a different choice of wording. So I apologize to anyone I disrespected. I love Nike and I hope I can be with them for the rest of my life,” Andreescu said.
Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champ, will battle Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil on Wednesday in the second round.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Aaron Judge made history on Monday night, becoming just the third Yankee to reach the 50-homer milestone multiple times in his career.
But it was his main challenger for AL MVP — Shohei Ohtani — who had the biggest blast of the night, as Ohtani’s two-run homer in the fifth put the Angels ahead for good in their 4-3 win at Angel Stadium.
Josh Donaldson’s pinch-hit single with two outs in the ninth gave the Yankees some life before Oswaldo Cabrera flied out to deep center to end it.
It sent the Yankees to their third straight loss after a five-game winning streak that now seems a distant memory.
Frankie Montas gave up three homers — tied for a career high — and for a fourth consecutive game, the Yankees couldn’t score more than three runs.
It left the Yankees seven games ahead of the second-place Rays in the AL East, which is as small as their lead has been in the division since June 5.
Shohei Ohtani hits a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Getty Images
Montas entered with a 1.20 ERA in five starts in Anaheim, his best mark at any ballpark, but that previous success didn’t carry over into Monday night.
Against an Angels team that just swept Toronto after losing nine of its previous 10 games, Montas gave up a leadoff homer to Luis Rengifo in the bottom of the second, as the Yankees fell behind, 1-0.
After left-hander Jose Suarez retired the first seven batters of the game, Isiah Kiner-Falefa walked and Cabrera singled down the right-field line to put runners on the corners for the Yankees.
Frankie Montas pitches on Monday during the Yankees’ loss to the Angels. AP
DJ LeMahieu, one of many slumping Yankees, then laid down a safety squeeze bunt to score Kiner-Falefa. It was another indication of how bad the Yankee offense has been, that they bunted with their leadoff hitter.
Judge was walked intentionally before Andrew Benintendi grounded out to end the inning.
The Yankees went ahead with Rizzo’s two-out solo shot to right in the fourth.
It was Rizzo’s first homer since Aug. 17 and just his second since Aug. 2.
Shohei Ohtani, left, celebrates after his home run. USA TODAY Sports
Former Yankee Mike Ford answered with his first homer of the season with one out in the bottom of the inning.
Kiner-Falefa opened the fourth with a double to left-center, but Cabrera struck out and LeMahieu grounded to third, keeping Kiner-Falefa at second. Judge was walked intentionally for a second time and Benintendi flied to right.
Ohtani’s blast to right-center gave the Angels their first lead of the night, 4-2. It was Ohtani’s 29th homer of the season.
Judge got the Yankees back to within a run, but Suarez — who gave up just two runs in six innings — and the Angels’ bullpen did enough to keep the struggling Yankee offense down.
Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run Monday night. AP
Gleyber Torres went hitless again and made a careless mistake in the bottom of the seventh, when he failed to touch second base on what should have been an inning-ending double play.
And Montas, the team’s consolation prize when they couldn’t land top target Luis Castillo, now has a 7.01 ERA in five starts as a Yankee.
The 40-year-old had quite the cheering section for the start of her final go-round at Flushing Meadows, a Monday night matchup against Danka Kovinic.
“The crowd was crazy,” Serena told CBS’ Gayle Williams post-match. “Really helped pull me through.”
Chief among her well-wishers was Serena’s four-year-old daughter Olympia, who was a staple of ESPN’s coverage, shouting for mom, eating a lollipop, and playing around with Reddit founder and dad Alexis Ohanian in the player’s box.
Serena Williams’s daughter Olympia and husband Alexis Ohanian take pictures and cheer.Corbis via Getty ImagesVogue Magazine Anna Wintour focuses in on the match between Williams and Kovinic. Getty Images/Elsa
Olympia wore a sequined outfit similar to Serena’s, her hair festooned with white beads in an apparent homage to her mom’s hairstyle from her first U.S. Open title in 1999.
Also seated in Serena’s box was Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine, which served as the outlet for the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s retirement announcement.
Mayor Eric Adams took in the spectacle, as well.
Spike Lee found his way on the 2022 US Open court for the coin toss.
“She inspired so many young people to see that there’s no limitation,” Adams said before the match. “She has done so much to this generation of introducing tennis into their lives.”
Elsewhere in the crowd, boxer Mike Tyson sat next to tennis legend Martina Navratilova and petted her dog, Lulu.
Director Spike Lee took part in an on-court coin toss before the matchup. Queen Latifah, who narrated a highlight video of Serena, took in the action from the stands as well.
Actress Rebel Wilson and actors Anthony Anderson and Hugh Jackman were in the crowd, as were Katie Couric, Matt Damon, Gayle King and Lindsey Vonn.
Actor Hugh Jackman and Anthony Anderson sit in the stands as Serena Williams celebrates her win. NY POST
After a red-hot stretch for over a month from July into August, Francisco Lindor has cooled off over the past week.
With an 0-for-4 effort in the Mets’ 1-0 loss to the Rockies on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, Lindor dropped to 0-for-17 with five walks over his last five games.
“I said it was going to happen,” said Lindor, who had plenty of company on Sunday in a quiet game for the Mets’ offense. “It’s part of the year. I’m going to have good times and I’m going to have bad times. Hopefully I can get out of it sooner rather than later.”
Francisco Lindor grounds out during the Mets’ loss to the Rockies. Jason Szenes
Before this recent stretch, Lindor had not gone more than one game without a hit since July 6. This is the first time all season Lindor has gone five straight games without a hit, an indication of the overall strong year the shortstop has put together.
That had especially been the case of late, as Lindor hit .352/.417/.545 across 37 games from July 11 to Aug. 21. But in six games since, he is 1-for-21 with five walks and six strikeouts with the Mets going 3-3.
“Just part of the game,” Lindor said. “[Maybe] I’m going to go 10-for-10 against the Dodgers or I’m going to go 0-for-10, who knows? Just gotta be better.”
Manager Buck Showalter did not seem to put too much stock into Lindor’s brief cold stretch.
“Facing some good pitching,” Showalter said. “There’s an ebb and flow to the season. Obviously he’s been out there posting up for us and playing solid shortstop. He’s been a consistent guy. Everybody in that lineup has had ups and downs.
“These guys spoil us with a high level of play so when you don’t have a couple of hits or something, it’s like, ‘What’s wrong?’ Sometimes what’s wrong is the other team was really good that day.”
The question has been asked so many times that it’s become a cliche: When is an American going to win a men’s Grand Slam title in tennis?
“We joke about the question,” 24-year-old Taylor Fritz told The Post ahead of this year’s U.S. Open. “It comes up so much. I’ve been hearing it since I was 18.”
Taylor Fritz tries to hit a tennis ball from the stands into a tub on the court with members of Dude Perfect during Arthur Ashe Kids Day.Getty Images
“I don’t think it’s a flag issue,” Frances Tiafoe, also 24, added.
In case you haven’t heard the joke, or you’ve been living in a cave for the last two decades, the last time a men’s player from the U.S. won a major was nearly 20 years ago, when Andy Roddick captured the 2003 U.S. Open, where he beat Juan Carlos Ferrera in straight sets.
What’s happened since?
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, of course. The Big 3 have combined for 62 of their collective 63 majors in that span, with Federer’s 2003 Wimbledon victory the lone stand out.
As for the Americans’ best chances, take your pick.
Six of them in the draw are ranked in the top 50 in the world — Fritz, Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Max Cressy, Jenson Brooksby and Jon Isner. Just outside that group is 52nd-ranked and 22-year-old Sebastian Korda, who many in tennis say has the most talent among the group. But he’s still young and lacks experience on the big stage, having only twice gotten beyond the third round of a major.
Similarly, 19-year-old Ben Shelton is poised to be “The Next Big Thing” in U.S. men’s tennis. The University of Florida alum recently turned pro and in just two months reached his first Challenger final, won his first ATP match and secured his first top-five victory. The future looks bright for the son of former tour player Bryan Shelton, but again, experience.
If there is one American whose time should be now, though, it’s Fritz — and he knows it.
“I’m really over [being] close,” Fritz told The Post. “I’ve been close to beating [the Big 3] for years. I’ve taken that ‘positive’ [of a good match] away too many times. I can’t be happy about almost winning anymore.”
Early in the year, it looked like maybe he was over it. Two months after blowing a two-sets-to-one lead against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the round of 16 at the Australian Open, he knocked off Nadal in straight sets at Indian Wells for his first ATP 1000 Series title. A few months later, he beat Cressy to claim another title at Eastbourne the week before Wimbledon.
Taylor Fritz reacts to a point during his match against Andrey Rublev at the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.Susan Mullane/USA TODAY Sports
Then came another showdown against Nadal, this time at the All England Club. Fritz was twice a game away from knocking out the wounded Spaniard and reaching the semifinals, only to lose in a grueling five-set tiebreak. Going into the match, Fritz felt good given his earlier victory. He left devastated, and pissed off.
“To be able to beat one of those guys when there’s a title on the line and play a clean match and not be scared of it is big,” he told The Post. “I was so much more confident because I’d already beaten him and grass is suited for me. I was more upset that I lost.”
The next month in Washington D.C., though, Fritz was simply “embarrassed” after retiring from heat exhaustion in his Round of 16 match against Dan Evans, who was up 3-6, 7-6(6), 4-1 when he quit. He later apologized on social media.
Perhaps it was a wake-up call.
Earlier this month in Cincinnati, Fritz dusted arguably the hottest player on the planet, Wimbledon runner-up and Citi Open champ Nick Kyrgios, 6-3, 6-2, in the second round. Then against world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, he fell in straight sets in the quarterfinals.
A reputation also persists — Taylor Fritz enjoys being Taylor Fritz a little too much, whether it’s the model girlfriend, starring in a Netflix documentary about life on tour or enjoying the spoils of being young, good looking and talented.
Still, there are reasons for the hard-hitting American with a big forehand to be optimistic when it comes to going deep in Flushing. He’s 35-14 this season, has the two titles on his resume, beaten Nadal once already and has reached at least the fourth round in two of the year’s first three majors.
“If grass isn’t my best surface, hard courts are,” said Fritz, whose best result in the U.S. Open is twice reaching the third round. “I haven’t done historically well this time of year in the past, but I’m also such a different player than I’ve been any other years since end of last year. My game has gone to another level, so I’m excited to go into this for the first time as a different player.”
We’ll see.
At least he doesn’t have to worry about most of The Big 3, and that could go a long way.
“You’re playing in an era of the three best players of all time playing at the same time,” Fritz said. “It’s just now starting to feel like I can contest those guys or win titles. When I was 18 or 19, it was, just hope you get a good draw.”
Brian Daboll does not need a whole bunch of tight ends for his offense. He does need some of them, though, and the pickings are slim. This is why newly-signed Tanner Hudson has a real shot and why this game is important to him. Hudson has five career NFL receptions, and the other tight ends on the roster have a total of three.
Safety first
The back end of the defense is coming into greater clarity — the move is to youth at safety. Undrafted rookie Trenton Thompson (San Diego State) is a strong contender, and another rookie, Yusuf Corker (Kentucky) is making a push. Yet another rookie, fourth-round pick Dane Belton (Iowa), made a strong impression and will be on the field as soon as his broken collarbone heals.
Special skills
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Once again, it is impossible to ignore the competition going on at the back end of the wide receiver depth chart. Figure that Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney, Sterling Shepard and Wan’Dale Robinson are locks. Figure that just two stick from the next group — Darius Slayton, David Sills, Richie James and Alex Bachman. Something to consider: James and Bachman offer the most special teams value.
As the 2022 NFL season rapidly approaches and fantasy football drafts are in full-swing, we are witnessing an interesting draft trend regarding wide receivers.
Though running backs continue to dominate the first round, the next five rounds are seeing a massive uptick in the number of receivers being drafted. Looking at recent fantasy football ADP, we are seeing an average of 32 wide receivers drafted within the first six rounds of 12-team leagues, with just 24 running backs, and a combined 16 quarterbacks and tight ends.
This trend has seemingly made it more difficult to land upper-tier wideouts if you prefer to draft running backs early, but it has also unearthed a few mid-to-late round sleeper receivers you will want to draft.
Christian KirkUSA TODAY Sports
If you find yourself in need of a strong wide receiver in the middle rounds, take a look at Christian Kirk of the Jaguars. His current ADP has him just inside the top 100, which makes him a fantastic bargain.
As the team’s new No. 1 receiver, Kirk has bonded well with Trevor Lawrence and had a strong camp. Most overlook Kirk simply because he plays for Jacksonville, but with new head coach Doug Pederson implementing a proven and successful offense, these will not be the same old Jaguars. Looking back, at every stop as head coach or offensive coordinator, Pederson’s top wideout saw at least 120 targets and, when healthy, posted a 1,000-yard season.
If you need to dig deeper, then draft Isaiah McKenzie of the Bills in the 13th round. We all know Stefon Diggs is the man in Buffalo, but though most people assume a breakout season for Gabriel Davis, McKenzie is the guy no one sees coming. Last season, Emmanuel Sanders had the most snaps as the Bills No. 2 receiver, but it was actually slot receiver Cole Beasley who received the second-most targets. The Bills used an 11-personnel package 70 percent of the time last year, and with that unlikely to change, McKenzie should be on the field often. With Josh Allen’s penchant for hitting his slot receiver more, McKenzie becomes an intriguing target.
The receiver position is plenty deep, so if you see them coming off your draft board in a hurry, don’t panic. There is some quality depth still to be had at the position. If you can come away with one or two strong receivers in your first six rounds, you won’t miss a beat adding these late picks.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — After the Yankees were two outs away from a sixth straight win, they blew a lead in the 10th and lost to the hapless A’s, 3-2, in the 11th Saturday night.
The A’s scored the winning run when DJ LeMahieu made a throwing error on what should have been an inning-ending double play on Chad Pinder’s ground ball.
LeMahieu’s wild throw after the feed from Isiah Kiner-Falefa got by Anthony Rizzo at first and allowed automatic runner Shea Langeliers to score with one out in the 11th.
Trivino walked Seth Brown to lead off the 11th and was checked on by the trainers.
Stephen Vogt (right) celebrates with Chad Pinder after belting the game-tying homer in the 10th inning of the Yankees’ 3-2, 11-inning loss to the A’s. AP
The Yankees had their chances earlier, as Ron Marinaccio allowed a game-tying, two-run homer to pinch-hitter Stephen Vogt with one out in the bottom of the 10th, which wasted a two-run rally in the top of the inning, as well as a terrific outing from Domingo German, who tossed 7 ²/₃ shutout innings.
Since second-place Tampa Bay also lost on Saturday, the Yankees’ lead in the AL East remained at 8 ¹/₂ games.
Perhaps worst of all, the Yankees got just one hit in the 11 innings.
They were able to take advantage of some wild pitching by A.J. Puk to score a pair of runs in the top of the 10th. Andrew Benintendi opened the inning by bunting right back to Puk, who threw out automatic runner Kyle Higashioka at third. Aaron Judge struck out, and Benintendi stole second. Josh Donaldson was walked intentionally, and Puk drilled Rizzo high on the shoulder to load the bases.
A clearly rattled Puk then nearly threw wildly with LeMahieu at the plate, but acrobatic catcher Sean Murphy saved him. But Murphy couldn’t bail Puk out later in the at-bat as a wild pitch got away from him to allow Benintendi to put the Yankees ahead.
Murphy’s flip to Puk at the plate was errant, and Donaldson came around to score a second run on the error.
The 10th-inning dramatics came after German and Oakland right-hander Adam Oller both took no-hitters into the sixth inning.
Anthony Rizzo gets hit by a pitch in the 10th inning of the Yankees’ loss.USA TODAY Sports
In front of a crowd of 36,529 at Oakland Coliseum — many of the fans there for a postgame drone show — the Yankees didn’t get a hit until Oswaldo Cabrera doubled to right-center to open the top of the sixth.
He was then thrown out trying to steal third, when Oller stepped off the mound and fired to third.
Oller allowed just one hit in his eight shutout innings and faced the minimum number of batters.
After Judge made a nice play in center on a long fly ball by Cal Stevenson in the bottom of the sixth, German gave up an infield hit on a comebacker by Nick Allen and threw the ball away, allowing Allen to get to second, but German retired the next two batters.
Earlier in the game, Cabrera was robbed of an extra-base hit in right by Chad Pinder, who crashed into the wall as he made the catch.
Oakland’s only base runner until the sixth came when German hit Jonah Bride with a pitch to lead off the bottom of the third.
The Yankees barely even hit any balls hard off of Oller, who entered the game with an ERA of 6.41, but had pitched better in his previous three starts. Yet he certainly didn’t seem like a likely candidate to shut down the Yankees.
German was even more dominant, needing just 48 pitches to get through five innings.
He allowed a one-out double to Stevenson in the eighth and Stevenson moved to third on a grounder to second by Allen before being replaced by Jonathan Loaisiga, who got Tony Kemp to ground out to end the inning.
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