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Professional sports broadcasters travel the world, and eat cuisine from different cities on a daily basis. Enter: New York Mets' play-by-play man, Gary Cohen.

According to reports by ESPN Saturday night "the game between the Padres and the Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium and prompted fans to scramble for safety in the dugout." Fans had to hide in the dugouts. People who are supposed to be having fun are terrified and thankfully the gun violence was intended to injure the fans.

The New York Mets fell out of the starting gate, to use a horse racing term, to start the second half. After watching Edwin Diaz melt down last Sunday, Met fans got treated to an encore Saturday night against the very same, last place Pittsburgh Pirates. The first place Mets limped into Sunday afternoon. The Bucs could smell sweep.

Late this afternoon, after appearing on The Drive with Charlie & Dan, ESPN TV analyst Buster Olney reported that several New York Yankees tested positive for COVID-19 prior to tonight's scheduled second half opener against the first place Boston Red Sox. The 7pm game was immediately postponed. According to the ESPN reports, New York pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr. and Wandy Peralta were among those that tested positive.

New York Mets, 39 year old manager Luis Rojas maybe younger than most but he is a baseball lifer. His father, Felipe Alou, played 17 years in the big leagues and he managed another 14. His brother Moises added 17 years in MLB of his own. Rojas, in his second year at the helm of the Mets, has been managing in the organization for the past 8 seasons. He wasn't just ready for this job. He was groomed for this job.

If you like monstrous home runs, last night's Home Run Derby was a fun night for you. If you like stories about true life champions, well then you really enjoyed the show. New York Mets' Pete Alonso and Baltimore Orioles' Trey Mancini provided all of the athletic theatrics and moon shot home runs that any fan could ask for plus a story line that was worth the price of admission.

Yankees' hitting coach Rachel Balkovec finished the MLB Futures Game with what will likely be a footnote in a long career in professional baseball.

Tonight in Seattle, the New York Yankees will see a familiar face take the mound opposite them. That face is 25-year old Justus Sheffield.

This weekend's Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees was one to remember and another one to forget. Which one depends on who you ask. Queens will have one answer and the Bronx may give you a gesture instead.

Sure, every ballpark sells hot dogs but in this day and age where average ticket price in Major League Baseball exceeds $35. Some seats deliver prices in the $500 a game range. So, with those increased prices comes some gourmet selections at gourmet prices. Let's highlight a few!

Today, as he has since 2011, Bobby Bonilla will receive a check for $1,193,248.20 for the New York Mets. In case you don't know the story, prior to the 2000 season the Mets wanted to buy out the remaining $5.9 million of Bonillia's contract. The Mets and Bonillia agreed that in lieu of paying $5.9 million right now, the team would pay the player approximately $1.2 million per year for 25 years starting on July 1, 2011 and to run through 2035.

It may have been 60 years later than anticipated, but last night, Gwen Goldman finally lived her dream and pulled on the pinstripes for the New York Yankees.