SNY's The Warm-up: Game 1 home run fest for Yanks — Jets & Giants buzz — '69 Mets

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. Trevor Bauer [is enjoying]( his soon-to-be free agency. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's New York sports schedule... - ALDS Game 2: Yankees vs. Rays, 8:10 p.m. ⚾ Word count: 791 words (about seven minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- SNY originals... Like We Never Left - [Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius remember the Yankees' 1990s glory years]( Baseball Night in New York - [Was the 2016 Wild Card game Syndergaard's peak?]( Shea Anything - [Let the offseason games begin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game 1: The Yankees stick to the script to start the ALDS MLB/Twitter YANKEES 9, RAYS 3 -- The Yankees and Rays battled for eight tight innings, then Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam to turn Game 1 into a blowout. GIF'd above: A 1oo.1 MPH fastball by Gerrit Cole to end the fifth inning, which was [his fastest]( pitch of the season. Cole struck out eight over six innings while allowing three earned runs. Home run roundup: - Clint Frazier's [solo shot]( in the third. - Kyle Higashioka's [solo shot]( in the fifth. - Aaron Judge's [solo shot]( in the fifth. - Giancarlo Stanton's [grand slam]( in the ninth. (The Yankees have 11 home runs -- and two grand slams -- in their first three playoff games, the most in MLB history). Three more things: - The Yankees' bullpen threw three shutout innings, two of which were in a 4-3 ballgame. - As a whole, the staff didn't allow a hit for the final four innings of the game. - Higashioka added another hit and a walk to go with his home run. It'll be interesting to see who plays Game 2 today. Also: Ji-Man Choi hit [a monster home run]( off Cole to give the Rays a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. He has four home runs, three doubles and 10 hits in 19 at-bats against Cole. His dominance against an otherwise great pitcher is reminiscent of Enrique Wilson's [inexplicable success]( against Pedro Martinez. On SNY.tv: [Takeaways from the Yankees' 9-3 win]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Before the Mets and Yankees played in the World Series in 2000, when was the last time two New York sports teams met in a championship round? 2. The Knicks don't have many free agent options this offseason SNY graphic This summer’s This fall's NBA free agent class is underwhelming, which is why mid-tier free agents like Fred VanVleet will likely end up getting north of $20 million on the open market. Naturally, the Knicks -- a team with cap space -- have been linked to the Raptors guard. Here's SNY's Ian Begley [with a sourced look]( at where the Knicks stand with VanVleet: - "I don’t know how strong the Knicks’ interest in VanVleet is, but there was one report about New York preparing an offer of more than $20 million per season for the point guard. - "Clearly, that’s the kind of offer a team would need to make to try to pry VanVleet from Toronto. But a source familiar with the matter strongly disputes the idea that New York has any offer prepared for VanVleet at the moment. - "That said, it makes sense that VanVleet would be on New York’s radar as a potential free agent target." In the meantime, here are some other free agent names in a class that won't raise eyebrows: - Anthony Davis, UFA - Brandon Ingram, UFA - Montrezl Harrell, UFA - Goran Dragic, UFA - Davis Bertans, UFA - Danilo Gallinari, UFA (RFA = restricted free agent. UFA = unrestricted free agent. Anthony Davis is unlikely to sign elsewhere). --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Monday's Jets and Giants headlines Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today 1. As of Monday night, there was no word on whether Sam Darnold would be available for the Jets' game against the Cardinals on Sunday. Darnold, who sprained the AC joint in his throwing shoulder on Thursday, [said Monday]( he'd play against Arizona if it were up to him: - "I'm gonna go about it day by day, but I want nothing more than to just be out there with the guys playing football on Sunday." 2. The postgame fight between Jalen Ramsey and Golden Tate after Sunday's Giants-Rams game was started by Ramsey, Joe Judge [said on Monday]( - "Golden was defending himself. I was told he wasn't the one who threw the punch." The two players have a history involving Ramsey's relationship with Tate's sister. 3. The Giants and Jets are second-to-last and dead last in points scored this season. The Giants, in particular, haven't scored a touchdown since Week 2. - [Here]( a breakdown on the anemic Big Blue offense. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 10/06/1969: The Mets clinch their first World Series trip MLB/YouTube On this day 51 years ago, the Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Braves in the NLCS, punching their ticket to the 1969 World Series. GIF'd above: 22-year-old Nolan Ryan getting Braves hitter Tony Gonzalez to ground out to finish off a 7-4 win. Ryan came on in relief of Gary Gentry in the third inning and went the distance. Other notes from that series: - It was the first NLCS in baseball history. Up until then, the best team in each league simply advanced to the World Series. - The Mets' offense was spectacular. In three games, they batted .327, hit six home runs and had 37 hits. Also: To think a World Series team featured Ryan at 22 and Tom Seaver at 24 is something. Truthfully, though, Ryan didn't turn into Ryan until he was traded to the Angels in 1971. --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The New York Minute - [READ]( MARTINO: How Sandy Alderson's Mets front office could shake out - [READ]( Deivi Garcia is starting Game 2 of the ALDS, not Masahiro Tanaka. - [READ]( Three ways playing at Petco Park could impact the Yankees in the ALDS. - [READ]( Quinnen Williams' felony gun charges have been dismissed. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: 1956: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees. That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Tuesday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](