Anthony Rieber

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Sports Writer at Newsday

Sports writer for @NewsdaySports. Brooklyn born and raised. NYU ‘89. Go Violets.

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Francisco Lindor's tiebreaking homer in eighth lifts Mets

3 days ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

“My Girl” took an at-bat off. But Francisco Lindor didn’t. Lindor, who has been using a different walk-up song for some of his at-bats, crushed a tiebreaking home run leading off the eighth inning and the Mets went on to a 6-2 victory over the Cubs before 41,673 on Sunday at Citi Field. “My Girl” by The Temptations has been Lindor’s walk-up song of choice since last May, and Citi Field fans have enjoyed singing along to the iconic tune during Lindor’s at-bats.
Iglesias was 'totally shocked' he didn't receive offer from Mets

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

He went from “OMG” to “No-MG.”Former Mets infielder Jose Iglesias, in town with the Padres to play the Yankees, said on Wednesday that he was “definitely totally shocked” he never got a contract offer from the Mets in the offseason. “I did not receive any offer from them at all,” Iglesias said. “That was a goal, to receive something and come back home.
Yankees' Clarke Schmidt joins Jazz Chisholm Jr. with flank injury

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

The Yankees are getting outflanked by injuries. Clarke Schmidt was scratched from Saturday's start as he became the second Yankee this week to be sidelined by what the club is calling a “flank” injury. That means a strain in his side, which until this turn of a phrase was more commonly referred to as an oblique strain.
Eighth inning tough on Yankees, Anthony Volpe during loss to Rays

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

Anthony Volpe had a rough eighth inning as the Yankees let a one-run lead get away in a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay before 44,051 on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Volpe suffered an apparent left shoulder or arm injury on a futile dive into the hole for a leadoff single by Chrisopher Morel with the Yankees clinging to a 2-1 lead. Volpe was down for some time before staying in the game. The Rays then used a walk, a double steal and an RBI single by Curtis Mead off Mark Leiter Jr. to tie the game at 2.
"The Wells Favurrito" fails Jeff Nelson's taste test

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

The Yankees on Saturday introduced a breakfast burrito food item at Yankee Stadium. It was inspired by catcher Austin Wells, who has become an Instagram sensation by reviewing his favorite breakfast burritos. Not everyone loved it, however. Former Yankees reliever and current YES announcer Jeff Nelson tried “The Wells Favurrito” on camera during the broadcast of Saturday’s Yankees-Rays game. “I did try it,” Nelson said.
Mets' pitching staff starting to show some cracks

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

During his truncated time on the Citi Field mound on Thursday afternoon, Kodai Senga looked like a man in search of something. Senga mimicked his own throwing motion more than once. After a third-inning visit from pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, Senga crouched behind the mound to collect himself. Senga threw 87 pitches against the Diamondbacks. Many of them were nasty. A surprising number of them were not.
3 takeaways from Mets' series split with Nationals

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

WASHINGTON — Three takeaways from the Mets’ split of their four-game wraparound series at Nationals Park:1. Edwin Diaz will not be overused. Come heck or high water, manager Carlos Mendoza is not going to burn out Diaz in the early season. Mendoza reiterated on Monday that his decision to bypass Diaz in save situations for Ryne Stanek on Friday and Sunday had nothing to do with the hip cramp that forced Diaz from Wednesday’s game at Citi Field.
Brandon Nimmo has 9 RBIs as Mets split series with Nationals

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

WASHINGTON – One small blemish on the Mets’ rousing start to the season has been a slow start by some key hitters, such as Brandon Nimmo. Considering the Mets’ record, it’s a bit like a pimple on the Mona Lisa. And, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, Nimmo’s struggles going into Monday’s series finale at Nationals Park were a bit perplexing. “He’s not getting results (but) he's hitting the ball hard, you know?” Mendoza said.
Mets blow 7-1 lead as Nats score five in 7th, walk-off in 9th

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

WASHINGTON — As former Mets outfielder Mike Cameron once put it after losing a ball in the sun, “The sun’s been there for 500-600 years.”Cameron might have been a few billion years off, but the sentiment was true: You can’t fight the sun. The giant, fiery, 4.6-billion-year-old orb got in Juan Soto’s eyes on a short flyball to right in the seventh inning of the Mets-Nationals game on Sunday at Nationals Park. The ball fell in front of Soto as Luis Garcia Jr. hustled into second with a double.
Mets' Clay Holmes grounds down Nationals in gem

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anthony Rieber

WASHINGTON – Carlos Mendoza picked the perfect game for Jeff McNeil to make his first start of the season in centerfield. One in which groundball machine Clay Holmes is pitching. McNeil did not get a sniff of a chance in Holmes’ five shutout innings in the Mets’ 2-0 victory on Saturday before 33,867 – including a sizable and vocal contingent of The 7 Line Army -- at Nationals Park.