Decision 2020. With Mickey Callaway out, there are many names being bandied about to replace him as Mets skipper. Joe Maddon, Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter bring managerial experience. Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld would certainly keep the clubhouse loose. But sources tell Stitches the Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, has the inside track. “How dare you do all the things you do. You got to be f–king kidding me, you spoiled brat. F–k you. So quit whenever you want, goddamn it.”
Talk about changing the culture … Stitches’ pick: Lenny Dykstra. An hour after Callaway was let go Thursday, an unfazed Polar Bear Pete won the opener at Belmont.
Staying in Houston. Astros delivered in Game 1 as their ace, Justin Verlander, pitched a gem. Houston has a pair of aces and throws Gerrit Cole at the Rays on Saturday. Cole, 20-5 overall, 16-0 in his past 22 starts, led MLB in strikeouts with 326 this year. Tampa Bay counters with 2018 Cy Young winner Blake Snell, who struggled before and after elbow surgery in July. He went 6-8 and allowed three runs over his past four innings in two abbreviated starts. Play 10 units on the Astros who …
… rode Justin Verlander’s one-hit, seven-inning masterpiece to a 6-2 win over the Rays on Friday. Jose Altuve with a homer helping to slice our debt to -585 pacinos.