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Clay Holmes and Francisco Alvarez comment on Mets win in rainy D.C., A.J. Minter on triceps injury
The Mets navigated through the elements in D.C. to come away with a 2-0 win. Starter Clay Holmes had to warm up several times and manager Carlos Mendoza decided to pull him after five innings. The bullpen once again did the job keeping the Nationals off the board. but lost a key member when A.J. Minter exited in the eighth inning with a triceps injury. The game's only runs came off the bat of Francisco Alvarez, who talked about being more balanced at the plate and it paid off with the two-run shot.
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Ronny Mauricio's long home run powers Mets past Rockies 8-1
Ronny Maurico hit his first home run of the season, a 456-foot shot into the second deck, Francisco Lindor had three hits and two stolen bases, and the New York Mets scored eight runs as they rolled past the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. Jeff McNeil and Jared Young also homered, and Brandon Nimmo and Luis Torrens each drove in two runs in New York's 8-1 win -- a matchup of teams with the National League's best and worst records. The Mets, a season-high 17 games over .500 at 41-24, improved to 5-0 against the Rockies this season. The loss dropped Colorado to 12-52, matching the 1932 Boston Red Sox for the worst 64-game start to an MLB season since 1901. Clay Holmes (7-3) gave up nine hits in six innings, but just one earned run. He had six strikeouts and no walks. Maurico gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the third with his homer, the longest hit by New York this season. New York Mets' Ronny Mauricio gestures as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Germán Márquez in the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Denver. David Zalubowski / AP Ryan McMahon hit a solo home run in the fourth inning for Colorado's lone run. It snapped a 22-game homer drought for McMahon, who has 131 with the Rockies to pass Matt Holliday for 11th on the franchise's career list. Germán Márquez (2-8) allowed eight hits and four earned runs in five innings for Colorado, which has scored just 10 runs in its five losses to New York this season. Key moment Young's homer broke a 1-1 tie and kickstarted a two-run fifth for the Mets, who led the rest of the way. Key stat The Rockies' measly offensive output wasn't due to a lack of opportunities. Colorado went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. Up next Rookie RHP Chase Dollander (2-5, 6.26 ERA) will take the mound for Colorado against RHP Tylor Megill (4-4, 3.77) and the Mets on Sunday.
New York Times
29 minutes ago
- New York Times
Red Wings at NHL Scouting Combine: Wingers who fit Detroit and what they're saying
BUFFALO, N.Y. — When it comes to the NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings have a bit of a type. After six drafts under general manager Steve Yzerman (and five under assistant GM and director of amateur scouting Kris Draper), that type is easy enough to spot. Detroit likes competitive players with good hockey sense who can play (and succeed) in the hardest areas of the ice, at the hardest time of year. It's a profile you can find in nearly every Red Wings first-round pick under this administration, and when the team drafted Michael Brandsegg-Nygård last year, Draper alluded to it as 'Red Wing DNA.' Advertisement Of course, that preference is not unique. You don't have to watch much playoff hockey to see why those qualities are so coveted around the league. It's one reason Marco Kasper was able to make an impact so quickly for Detroit last year, moving up the lineup because he could play a smart game, with pace, in the hard areas of the ice that complemented its skilled forwards. Marrying that profile, then, with the team's needs in its prospect pipeline is the key to nailing the 13th pick in this month's draft. After picking Kasper and Nate Danielson with top-10 picks in 2022 and 2023, Detroit looks to have a stable future down the middle, and it certainly doesn't need to reach for a center (though if one of this impressive crop of centers were to slip, there'd be nothing wrong with adding another). The needs, though, are more for a skilled winger who still has those underlying core traits (and ideally some size) and a tough, left-shot defenseman with some toughness and upside to round out the future top four. The defense picture in this draft is a major variable in a class headlined by projected top pick Matthew Schaefer. Where the next two or three 'D' go after that could be the question that shapes the top half of the first round. On the wing, though, the picture is a little clearer for who could be in the Red Wings' mix. Here's what stood out after speaking with some of those key candidates this week, all five of whom met with Detroit or planned to at the time I spoke with them in Buffalo. It remains to be seen if Eklund will make it to pick 13. He's a highly talented winger who has proven he can produce against bigger, stronger players, potting 19 goals and 31 points in 42 games in the Allsvenskan. At 18, he was a big part of a Djurgårdens team that earned promotion to the SHL. 'It was incredible,' Eklund said of the experience playing against men last season. 'Kind of nervous in the beginning, you know, but as soon as I started playing (and) getting more confidence, just everything just kept going.' Advertisement He also had a good showing at the World Juniors, scoring nearly a point per game. He's a high-motor goal scorer who can really skate, and that's an appealing skill set. That said, he's also a smaller winger (he measured in at 5 feet 11, 169 pounds Saturday), which factors into the equation for teams picking early. Especially with some bigger-bodied centers and defensemen available, Eklund could still be on the board for Detroit. And if he is, it's easy to see some of that 'Red Wings DNA' in his game, albeit in a smaller body. Eklund's father, Christian Eklund, had a long pro career as a 'grinder,' Eklund said, and taught him to build his game on his competitiveness. It's what Eklund sees as his most important tool, which is saying something when you consider his speed and shot. 'I get energy from him and how much he's working in the corners,' Eklund's teammate Anton Frondell said. 'He's battling a lot against men, and he's mostly winning every battle. Easy for me to play with him.' That motor and physicality are also how he feels he differentiates himself from his older brother, William, a top young playmaker for the San Jose Sharks, whose motor is pretty good in his own right. The size is still a factor, especially for a team that has smaller wingers Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat in the fold. But you have to like Eklund's mindset when it comes to how he'll win battles against bigger players. 'I don't care if they're two meters (tall) … I want to win that puck,' he said. 'And I'm pretty good at winning the puck. So I'll just do what I do best and get under the skin of the opponents and just go 100 percent every time.' He is a right-hand shot — another thing the Red Wings are beginning to have a lot of — and that could be a minor part of Detroit's thought process as well. But he also might just represent the best blend of identity and upside among the wingers potentially available to Detroit. Advertisement Bear would check a lot of those same boxes as a highly skilled winger — he put up 40 goals and 82 points in an injury-shortened 56 games for WHL Everett — who likewise prides himself most on his competitive traits. 'I think I want to be really known as a tenacious guy,' Bear told The Athletic. And he plays like it. 'Want to win every battle,' he said. 'Want to win every shift.' Bear's not the biggest player, either, at 6 feet, but he's willing to throw all of it around. And when you combine that with the skill, it's an appealing package. He's also a left-hand shot, which again isn't the end-all, be-all but could matter down the line when you consider Raymond, DeBrincat, Brandsegg-Nygård and Danielson are all righties. Another lefty high in the lineup besides Kasper and Dylan Larkin could certainly benefit Detroit. The big question around Bear surrounds his health. He missed the end of the season with a partially cut Achilles tendon. The good news is Bear said he has already been back on the ice a handful of times, which is encouraging in his recovery process despite not participating in combine testing. 'It's really good. I just don't want to force anything, doing all the testing, and set me back more,' Bear said. The injury has largely dominated the conversation around Bear, for understandable reasons, but the profile stands out as an obvious fit if Detroit feels comfortable with the medical. Size is not a question with Lakovic. He's a big-time athlete at 6-4, 200 pounds and a fluid skater at that size with good skill and an impressive shot. That's a great tool kit to start from. He used that standout shot to score 27 goals (and put up 58 points) in 47 WHL games this past season. But while he certainly looks the part of a big-bodied top-six scorer, he believes his playmaking is on the same level. Advertisement 'I think I'm very versatile,' he said. 'I think I'm really good at both. Some people might think my scoring is a lot better just off numbers, but I think my playmaking's just as good.' There are some questions, though, about his willingness to make full use of his frame. Lakovic says he's aware of those questions, and though he feels it will come in time, he said it's something he knows will need to improve. 'You watch playoffs, and talent can only take you so far,' Lakovic said. 'I'm trying to add that part of the game. (One) guy I watch is Matthew Knies, you know, the way he competes, and he has a similar frame to me and the way he uses his body, and I know if I add that element, I really do think the sky's the limit.' The Athletic's Corey Pronman sees similarities between Lakovic and Anthony Mantha, which points to the potential ceiling of that skill set but also to some of the consistency and compete-level questions. Lakovic's team context is also worth a mention, as the lefty was part of a Moose Jaw team that went to the Memorial Cup a year ago and remained there as it moved into more of a rebuild this past season. He went from playing a role in the middle six to being 'the guy' this season, which comes with its share of pressure. There's a lot of potential in his tool kit, which certainly can be a separator for him in this range of the draft. But how Detroit feels about those consistency and physicality questions could determine where he fits into the Red Wings' mix. 'I think I'm more than capable of taking over games at certain moments,' he said. 'It's just trying to be more consistent with it.' 'He's a tank.' Why Justin Carbonneau's blend of skill and strength makes him one of the #2025NHLDraft's top power forwards. My feature, with insight and background from those around him: — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) June 5, 2025 Carbonneau is a big-time scorer out of the QMJHL. His 46 goals and 89 points were second in the league, which is quite impressive as a draft-eligible, even factoring in that he's a November birthdate playing his third season. He can really shoot it, has slick hands and is a big body on the wing at 6-1 and 205 pounds. That's the recipe for a power winger, and fittingly, he says the foundation of his game comes down to 'being hungry.' Advertisement 'Just always want to be better, want more — want to score more goals, more hits,' he said. 'It's just being hungry on the ice.' Carbonneau's comments on the physical side of the game give off a sort of old-school vibe, too. 'That pain,' he said, 'that feeling of getting hit or throwing a hit is always a good feeling for me.' That's pretty endearing to hear from a young player, and especially a talented scorer. As with Eklund, Carbonneau is a right-hand shot, which may not be ideal balance-wise. But again, that's a secondary factor if Detroit decides he's the player who best blends its preferences. The athletic tools pop, but if there are any points of hesitation on Carbonneau, they largely stem from the relative strength of the QMJHL — which can vary — and in some of the defensive details in his game. Pronman has a below-average grade on his hockey sense, and for a Red Wings team that tends to like responsible, two-way players, that's something to keep in mind. That said, after acknowledging some of the improvements he'll need to make defensively, he chalked up the work ahead mainly to needing to be more patient, rather than a willingness to defend. 'It's just being more consistent in that way. I'm willing to block a shot with my teeth if I have to,' he said. 'I'll go to the dentist if I need to. That's not a problem. It's just being more consistent as an 18-year-old. I'll be better at 20, for sure.' There's a lot to like on the highlight reel for Carbonneau, and if he can find that balance to become a reliable player, there's serious potential. Reschny is technically a center, but as a 5-11 forward who isn't a blazing skater, he could end up on the wing. Regardless, even if he's a bit undersized, the core traits are there as a skilled, smart, competitive forward — and he happens to shoot lefty. Advertisement Reschny certainly helped himself with his finish to the season, particularly his nine goals and 25 points in just 11 WHL playoff games. After putting up 92 points in 62 regular-season contests, that postseason performance was an exclamation point on his draft season. 'I think I just found my stride,' Reschny said. 'By no means was I playing bad or struggling. I think it was just a tough little stretch there in the first half, and I guess after the Top Prospects games and Christmas break, I really started playing good and better and better, and I didn't look back from there on out.' Certainly, his confidence grew from that, and he believes that in the playoffs, he proved he 'can play at the highest level and be a very impactful player.' As for what he notices about his game when he plays more confidently, Reschny said: 'I'm playing fast, I'm playing with that edge. It's pretty cliche for some guys, but I think I play with a bit of pissiness, and I think that plays into my style: playing hard, I'm a centerman, I'm all around the ice. I think when I'm playing that way and I've got that confidence, I'm going, I'm a threat offensively.' (Top photo of Victor Eklund: Bill Wippert / NHLI via Getty Images)
Fox News
30 minutes ago
- Fox News
Golf has a long history in the White House — but for Trump, it's more than a pastime
For much of the last century, golf has never been that far from the White House. That certainly remains true these days, as Donald Trump is an active golfer, playing regularly on weekends at Mar-a-Lago. People are noticing. As Seth Meyers joked recently, "According to new analysis by the Washington Post, President Trump has spent one-third of his days in office at his golf courses. And I think we might be better off if we could somehow get that up to three-thirds." For Trump, golf is not just about relaxation, it's part of his mindset. When questioned about the appearance of accepting a $400 million Qatari plane as a gift, Trump cited the golfer Sam Snead in response. According to Trump, Snead's motto was, "When they give you a putt, you say, 'Thank you very much.' You pick up your ball, and you walk to the next hole." Trump also likes to get business done on the golf course. In a recent interview with the Atlantic, Witkoff described how he learned from Senator Lindsey Graham how Trump uses his golf days. According to Graham, "You have breakfast, and it goes as long as Trump wants it to go. Then you play golf, and then you have lunch." During these sessions, "you talk about all these things." Witkoff absorbed Graham's teachings and used his golf and meals time with Trump and Graham to explore possible administration roles, with Witkoff concluding, "I think I'm the guy, maybe Mideast envoy." Trump's mixing golf and work differs from some of his predecessors, who thought it was important to have separation between their official duties and their time on the links. William Howard Taft loved the game, but his predecessor Teddy Roosevelt warned Taft against being photographed in his golf duds, as it might cause Americans to think he was not taking his work seriously. As Roosevelt, who was himself partial to tennis, warned, "I never let friends advertise my tennis, and never let a photograph of me in tennis costume appear." Taft's successor Woodrow Wilson played golf 1,200 times as president. He even played in the snow, using red-painted balls for easy ball spotting. Unlike Trump, though, Wilson did not like talking business while golfing, so he usually played with his personal physician, Cary Grayson, who had recommended that Wilson take up the game. Although Wilson tried to avoid work on the links, sometimes pressing matters interceded. After the 1916 election, Wilson learned on the golf course that he had won California and would secure a second term as president. In contrast to Roosevelt's concerns, Wilson received praise for his regular playing. In July of 1917, Cleveland Moffett wrote in McClure's, "And how inspiring today is the example of Woodrow Wilson, who regards regular physical exercise as a sacred duty, not to be interfered with nor neglected. Rain or shine, whatever the pressure of events, the President of the United States takes his exercise." The thin-skinned Warren Harding was less fortunate. He did not like that comedian Will Rogers used to make fun of Harding for a host of things, including golf. Once, when Harding learned that Rogers planned to mock Harding's golf game at a show Harding planned to attend, Harding refused to go. Dwight Eisenhower was also subjected to many jokes about his golfing. One of the best ones was the bumper sticker that read, "BEN HOGAN FOR PRESIDENT. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOLFER, LET'S HAVE A GOOD ONE." Another joke that made the rounds was that Eisenhower "invented the 36-hole work week." It was not far off: Ike played about 800 rounds as president, which averaged out to about two 18-hole rounds a week. Ike was unperturbed by the criticism. He had putting greens installed at both the White House and at Camp David. He also had a regular foursome known as "The Gang," or "The Augusta Gang," including Coca-Cola Chairman Robert Woodruff, Frankfort Distilleries President Elles Slater, and W. Alton (Pete) Jones, president of Cities Service Company, now known as CITGO. But Ike didn't want to do business when he was golfing. In fact, he praised The Gang in his memoir as "men, who, already successful, made no attempt to profit by our association." When Eisenhower's Vice President Richard Nixon became president, he occasionally played with celebrities, including Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, and Fred MacMurray. He even played with Snead, who accused Nixon of throwing a ball out of the rough and onto the fairway. Still, Nixon's general awkwardness inspired this joke about National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger seeing the president in athletic clothes and asking how it went: "I shot a 128 today," Nixon said. "Your golf game is getting better," Kissinger replied, only to hear back, "I was bowling, Henry." While funny, the joke was unfair. Nixon was a solid golfer who once broke 80 while in retirement. Still, Nixon looked down on those who played too much. Once, when asked about Vice President Spiro Agnew, Nixon was dismissive, saying, "By any criteria he falls short. Energy? He doesn't work hard; he likes to play golf." Like Nixon, Ronald Reagan enjoyed the game and often played with celebrities, including Walter Annenberg and Warren Buffett. But Reagan largely stopped playing golf after an October 1983 weekend that showed the difficulties of playing golf and being president. Reagan was on a golf visit to Augusta with Secretary of State George Shultz, New Jersey Senator Nicholas Brady, and Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. On Saturday morning, he had been awakened to hear developments regarding the recent communist coup in Grenada. Reagan and his team planned an invasion to liberate Grenada, but went ahead with their game so as not to signal that anything was afoot. At that game, National Security Adviser Bud McFarlane kept interrupting to give updates on the unfolding situation. To make matters worse, the game was also interrupted by an armed man who crashed through the gates and took hostages at the clubhouse, demanding to speak to the president. Reagan called the clubhouse via radio phone but ultimately did not speak to the man, who was eventually arrested. That night, Reagan was awakened again, with worse news. Hezbollah terrorists bombed the Marine headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. personnel. Reagan returned to Washington without playing his scheduled Sunday game. As a result of the disastrous weekend, he decided to curtail his golf, saying, "Playing golf is not worth the chance that someone could get killed." George H.W. Bush also had to navigate the question of how to manage golf and presidential business. Bush had high standards for golf and wanted to play with people who could keep up both in skill and with what he called "speed golf," completing entire rounds in two hours. Bush's biggest golfing challenge as president came after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August of 1990. He quickly tired of the media shouting Iraq-related questions at him while he played. When reporters peppered him with questions on the first tee at a game that August, he uncharacteristically snapped, saying, "I talk to them every morning at 5:30 and I'm not going to take any more comments up here, though." He later denied getting testy, saying, "I've never been mad at you. I just don't like taking questions on serious matters on my vacation." Unlike Bush, Bill Clinton saw the golf course as a good place to conduct business. While still in Arkansas, he would try to raise campaign funds from golfing companions. As president, he played regularly with Democratic fixer and corporate board staple Vernon Jordan. Jordan would invite prominent business executives like GE's Jack Welch, Warren Buffett, and Microsoft's Bill Gates – despite the fact that Clinton's Justice Department was investigating Gates' company. In the game with Gates, Clinton took a mulligan at the outset, something for which he became well known. Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, had seen the challenge of managing golf and the presidency firsthand. He was playing with his father on the day that the elder Bush said he would no longer take serious questions on the golf course. Bush supported his dad in his typically humorous way, telling one chatty reporter, "Could you wait until we finish hitting at least? My game is really bad. But when you're talking in the back swing, it gets even worse." After W. became president, he got some pushback from the press for his golf habit. In August of 2002, Bush was about to tee off in an early morning game when he was asked by a reporter about a horrific terrorist bus bombing in Israel. Bush responded, "We must stop the terror. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now, watch this drive." The video of this unfortunate clip was shown many times on television and was featured in Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. According to presidential golf expert Don Van Natta, "that will go down in presidential golf histories, maybe one of the worst moments of all time." Bush stopped playing golf in 2003, during the second Iraq war. In 2008, he revealed his reasons for doing so in an interview with Mike Allen, then of POLITICO: "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as, you know, to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think, you know, playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." Barack Obama played golf more than 300 times as president, and he, like Trump, liked to do business on the course. Like Clinton, he played with Vernon Jordan in high-profile foursomes, which included Clinton, Tiger Woods, basketball star Ray Allen, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He also played with some top CEOs, including former UBS CEO and Obama fundraiser Robert Wolf, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, and Obama donor and Silver Lake Co-CEO Glen Hutchins. He also tried to bond with Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner on the links. According to Boehner's memoir, they kept their conversations to golf while on the course, but engaged in debt ceiling discussions in the clubhouse, agreeing to proceed with behind-the-scenes negotiations. Playing with Boehner helped push forward budget talks, but it also raised some hackles on Obama's side of the aisle. Cultural critic Elayne Rapping said of the once "cool" Obama, "Now he's playing golf with John Boehner, which is about the most uncool thing there is." Senate Democrats seemed annoyed as well. When one of them asked his Democratic colleagues if any of them had ever played golf with the president, not one raised his hand. In another Obama game with a Republican lawmaker, Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss scored a hole-in-one, prompting him to quip, "I told him since I made the hole-in-one, he ought to give us everything we want on entitlement reform." Obama and Trump both played a lot of golf, but Trump likes to talk about the game more than any of his predecessors. In one meeting with CEOs, Trump goaded GE's Jeffrey Immelt into telling the story of a game in which the president hit a hole in one. According to Immelt, Trump had said, "You realize, of course that I'm the richest golfer in the world." Trump then corrected Immelt – slightly: "I actually said I was the best golfer of all the rich people, to be exact, and then I got a hole in one." In his first term, Trump had a golf simulator installed in the White House that would allow him to play the world's most famous golf courses virtually. When Joe Biden, a solid golfer in his younger years, moved into the White House in 2021, he did not think much of Trump's golf set up, saying, "What a f***ing a**hole." Even though Biden did not play that much while in the White House, he maintained that he could have beaten Trump on the links, and needled his rival for being less than honest about his golf score, saying in 2024, "And where's Trump been? Riding around in his golf cart, filling out his scorecard before he hits the ball?" The rivalry was so heated that claims of who had the superior game actually came up in their one and only debate in June of 2024. Biden claimed that "I got my handicap, when I was vice president, down to six," but Trump was dubious, saying, "I've seen your swing. I know your swing." Golf even played a role in the tight election of 2020. Multiple reports suggested that Trump neglected his debate prep in favor of more playing time. Trump was also told by his son-in-law Jared Kushner that he had lost Pennsylvania while gearing up to tee off at the seventh hole in a November, 2020 game. Even though this news doomed his reelection prospects, Trump chose to enjoy the rest of his game, finishing the last 12 holes before heading home. It's a safe bet to expect that Trump will keep doing business on the links throughout the rest of his term. Yet while the frequency of his playing is in line with a number of his predecessors, his obsession with golf – and his bringing of the game into the way he approaches his presidency – surpasses them all.
