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Banged-up Jeff McNeil has another big night for Mets
Maybe this is the solution for Jeff McNeil: You don’t have to run very hard if you’re just circling the bases.
Nursing a fatigued left leg that forced him out of the lineup last Friday and Saturday, McNeil is clearly not 100 percent, but his bat looked pretty healthy again as he homered and doubled while extending his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games in the Mets’ 12-5 loss to the Braves at Citi Field on Tuesday night.
“He is hitting everywhere, from line to line right now,” manager Luis Rojas said after McNeil went 2-for-5 with a home run to right-center and a double down the left-field line. “His power — he’s trusting it to the big parts of the field or the gaps.”
McNeil, who pushed himself Monday in ensuring he reached second on an off-the-wall double, then had to be replaced by a pinch runner, had a nice game Tuesday. Even a great game, however, would not have mattered as the Braves blasted Jerad Eickhoff immediately, draining any drama from the result by the fourth inning. Still, in a Mets lineup that has dipped in production recently, McNeil is showing signs he is capable of carrying the club, as he has in spurts since he came up in 2018.
Since going 0-for-4 on July 1, McNeil has fattened his batting average from .226 to .271. During this 14-game tear, the 29-year-old is 17-for-47 (.362) with two homers, four doubles and one bad leg.
The Mets have been vague about the issues that are affecting the same leg he injured in May, when cramping became a hamstring strain that kept him out about five weeks. They have said his leg is fatigued, and he was removed after his double Monday, which drove in the only run of a 1-0 Mets victory. He also had pinch hit an RBI double in his return Sunday, too, underscoring how important the No. 2 hitter is to the lineup.
On Tuesday, the Mets were not close enough for his bat to matter, but it still represented a rare bright spot.
Facing Charlie Morton, whom the Mets had not been able to touch this season (a 1.89 ERA in 19 innings entering play), McNeil turned a fifth-inning, 96 mph fastball into a two-run shot into the Braves’ bullpen in right-center. That made a dent in what had been a 10-1 game and allowed McNeil to coast, rather than sprint, on the basepaths.
McNeil should have tacked on another hit, but second baseman Ozzie Albies made a trampoline-like leap to rob him in the seventh. In the ninth, McNeil perfectly placed one down the left-field line, bouncing it into the stands for a double. In doing so, he became the 56th player in franchise history to record at least 100 multi-hit games with the Mets — in just his 310th game.
With a bit more than two months left to the regular season, the Mets are cognizant of McNeil’s leg, which is still hampering him.
“We’re going to keep talking to him, and I’ll keep having my eyes on him,” Rojas said.
The Mets need him in an offense that has scored 17 runs in six games. It is a different lineup without Francisco Lindor and with a struggling Michael Conforto, who went 2-for-4 Tuesday in an encouraging sign.
Pete Alonso had carried the club coming out of the All-Star break, and McNeil is displaying he can carry some that slack, too — at least on days when the pitching allows the bats to matter.
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The season finale of Riverdale aired in late July on The CW. Notice we said season finale? Thankfully, the beloved series will return for a seventh season, but, unfortunately, Season 7 will be the final installment of Riverdale.
If you already streamed the current season, make sure to read Alex Zalben’s interview with Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa on Decider. If you’re waiting to binge Season 6 on Netflix, well, you better clear your calendar because all 22 episodes are about to drop on the streamer. What time will the sixth season of Riverdale debut on Netflix? What time does Netflix release shows? Here’s everything you need to know.
WHEN IS THE RIVERDALE SEASON 6 NETFLIX RELEASE DATE?
Riverdale Season 6 premieres Sunday, August 7 on Netflix.
HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN RIVERDALE SEASON 6?
The sixth season of Riverdale consists of 22 episodes.
WHAT TIME DOES NETFLIX RELEASE NEW SHOWS?
Netflix releases new episodes at 3:00 a.m. ET/12:00 a.m. PT.
WHAT TIME WILL RIVERDALE SEASON 6 BE ON NETFLIX?
Netflix is based out of California, so Riverdale Season 6 will be available to stream at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) beginning Sunday, August 7. If the clock strikes 12:00 (or 3:00 a.m. for folks on the East Coast) and you don’t see the new episodes, give it a moment, hit refresh, and then enjoy the show!
WILL THERE BE A SEASON 7 OF RIVERDALE?
Yes! Decider recently covered that very topic.
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Actress Anne Heche, known for her roles in such films as Donnie Brasco, Volcano and I Know What You Did Last Summer, was involved in a fiery car crash in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles on Friday.
According to TMZ, Heche was driving a blue Mini Cooper and had first crashed into the garage of an apartment complex. Residents of the apartment complex tried to get her out of the vehicle but she backed up and sped off.
Footage of Heche speeding down the streets of her neighborhood had been obtained by TMZ as well as her initial encounter at the apartment complex.
In the first clip, you can hear her car crash towards the end. It has been reported that the actress crashed into someone’s home, causing her vehicle and the house to erupt into flames. Heche suffered severe burns and was resisting being taken away in a stretcher. You can also view footage of this via the TMZ article.
It has not been confirmed whether alcohol has been involved in the incident since her condition prevents doctors from performing any tests to determine if she was driving under the influence. She is currently intubated in the hospital but expected to live.
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Stay CL4SSY, New York!
The state Department of Motor Vehicles nixed 3,752 requests for vanity license plates in the last three years because it deemed them too raunchy, radical or simply ridiculous.
New York’s personalized plates go for $60 initially, and then $31.25 annually for renewal. You can get any plate as long as no one else has it and it’s not offensive.
Odds are a request for a plate that marks a wedding anniversary or shows your allegiance to a team — like METS86 — will pass muster with the DMV gatekeepers.
Vulgarity won’t get you to first base.
So plates with the phrase LFGM — the acronym for Pete Alonso’s “Let’s F–king Go Mets” rallying cry — did not make the cut.
And you won’t see anyone driving around with the custom plates MILFDAD, AS5M4N and WLHUNG.
The DMV also put NICEBUNS, FATFANNY, GOTAPOOP and BENDOVER in the rear-view mirror.
One player unsuccessfully tried to score the plate YESDADDY, to no avail.
The DMV also shot down such dark requests as DEADGIRL, GENOC1DE, S8TAN, DETONATE and MURDERM3.
Getting political is a dead end too — FJOEBIDN, FDTRUMP and CNNLIES were nixed.
LUDEDUDE, NARCO, GOT METH and BLUNT also went up in smoke.
Staten Island attorney Bill Dertinger said his blue 1995 Jaguar SJS was tagged with ESQLTD after his company and his 2014 Porsche had the plate GHOSTGTS because the sleek sportscar was white.
“The plates can make you stand out — which can be a curse or a blessing,” the 54-year-old Dertinger said. “Make sure you don’t cut anybody off.”
There must be a New York Jets fan playing referee at the DMV because a request for the seemingly innocent plate GASE was sidelined. Ex-Jets head coach Adam Gase had an offensive 9-23 win-loss record during his forgettable two-year tenure.
The DMV would not reveal who gives the final yea or nay.
“The DMV reviews all custom license plate requests and works hard to ensure that any combinations that may be considered objectionable are rejected,” said agency spokesman Tim O’Brien.
He said guidelines on what plate combinations are restricted can be found on the DMV website: https://dmv.ny.gov/learn-about-personalized-plates. Approximately 50,000 personalized and custom plates are sold per year, O’Brien said.
Bagged Tags
The state DMV has rejected 3,752 requests for custom license plates in the last three years because it deemed them potentially offensive. Here are some:
YESDADDY
FJOEBIDN
FDTRUMP
GLOCKS
FLYMOFO
BOOBIE
AS5M4N
BUDLIGHT
DEADGIRL
SUM8ITCH
GENOC1DE
S8TAN
CNNLIES
DETONATE
MURDERM3
MILFDAD
WLHUNG
Source: NYS DMV
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