Through about three weeks of the season, the Mets predictably own a reliever who has been as unhittable as anyone in baseball. The identity of that reliever has been less predictable. Edwin Diaz has been typically excellent, but the club’s closer has been less impressive than a journeyman middle reliever who has emerged as a potential revelation. Through a still-tiny sample size, Reed Garrett has been best-in-baseball good. Entering MLB action Thursday, no one else struck out hitters at a better rate (a stunning 54.8 percent). Despite just four appearances and 8 ²/₃ innings, he ranked as the seventh-most valuable reliever in the majors,...

A colossal snake dating back millions of years ago might’ve been longer than a school bus or T-Rex — and will likely be recorded as one of the longest slithering reptiles to ever roam the Earth, researchers revealed Thursday. Twenty-seven vertebrae fossils discovered near a coal mine in India unveiled a snake that was anywhere between 36 feet and 50 feet and lived as far back as 47 million years ago in swampy evergreen forests. The monstrous python likely weighed up to 2,200 pounds or about a ton, according to an entry in the journal Scientific Reports. But the snake, dubbed the...

A homeless man with a lengthy rap sheet pummeled two boys selling candy inside a Manhattan train station Wednesday night in a botched robbery, officials and police sources said.  The two kids — an 11-year-old and a 16-year-old — were hawking the sweets inside the Broadway-Lafayette B/D/F/M station at around 6:30 p.m. when Alvin Doris followed them and attempted to steal $40 from the younger boy before snatching a cell phone from the teenager, police said.  Hockey stick-wielding maniac hits, threatens NY woman in latest random attack: ‘I’m going to f–k you up!’ When the 16-year-old tried to get back his phone, Doris reportedly went ballistic...

In addition to the Marlins starting 4-15, their great manager Skip Schumaker looks like a short-timer following the revelation via Bob Nightengale of USA Today that ownership accommodated Schumaker’s request to have the 2025 club option removed following the decision to force out GM Kim Ng. Schumaker, who pulled off nothing short of a miracle in getting the Marlins to the playoffs in 2023, should be quite popular in winter. So should Alex Cora, who’s expected by rivals to leave the Red Sox. The new Kevin Cash contract with the Rays of about $22M over five years is a reasonable target. The...

The Knicks will not have to deal with Jimmy Butler for a second consecutive playoff series, but they will face one of his former Heat teammates, veteran guard Kyle Lowry, once again to open this postseason run. The six-time All-Star, who averaged 12.2 points and 5.7 assists in the Heat’s six-game elimination of the Knicks last spring, signed with the Sixers — his hometown team — in February. He also played collegiately in the Philadelphia area at Villanova, albeit several years ahead of the ’Nova Knicks trio of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo. “We take pride in playing hard and doing...

Theater review SUFFS .review-block-star { --review-block-star--empty-color: #585858; --review-block-star--fill-color: #000; } .review-block-star { --review-block-star--empty-color: #585858; --review-block-star--fill-color: #000; } .review-block-star { --review-block-star--empty-color: #585858; --review-block-star--fill-color: #000; } .review-block-star { --review-block-star--empty-color: #585858; --review-block-star--fill-color: #000; } 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th Street. The suffragist characters of the musical “Suffs,” which opened Thursday night at the Music Box Theatre, rarely take a breath to celebrate their victories.  As soon as they achieve something monumental, such as securing a rare meeting with President Woodrow Wilson or finally getting the right to vote, another lofty goal appears on the horizon. Or there’s a dispiriting setback. They’re never done. They’ve gotta keep marching. Much the same could be said about...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a well-known Sheetz loyalist, ribbed President Biden on Thursday for visiting the convenience store chain’s arch-rival – Wawa.  “He *was* my president… #TeamSheetz,” Fetterman quipped on X.  The 81-year-old president’s stop at the Center City Philadelphia Wawa – where he ordered an Italian hoagie and a black-white milkshake – came just one day after he grabbed snacks at a Pittsburgh-area Sheetz.  How Israel should hit back, Iran attack changed everything and other commentary Biden’s visits to the Pennsylvania-based mini-marts appeared to be an effort to forge a coalition of support in a state where residents have strong opinions about gas station...

Is it possible slugging superstars Pete Alonso of the Mets and Juan Soto of the Yankees trade places this winter? While the most probable scenario has one or both star free agents staying put, the possibility of the mega-stars swapping teams shouldn’t be considered completely fanciful. We’ve long heard the Mets may well go for Soto, especially if things don’t come together quickly with Alonso. And if the Mets do sign Soto, Alonso becomes the logical fallback option for the Yankees, especially since even team owner Steve Cohen probably won’t sign both in his 110 percent tax situation. And under those circumstances,...

Jewish students at Columbia University applauded the removal of anti-Israel protesters who were camping out in tents on campus Thursday – claiming the unruly demonstration made them fear for their safety. “It makes me feel safer. It makes me feel like the administration is finally implementing their policies and the truth is, today of all days, it looks like everyone who supports their cause — the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas cause — came out of the crevices and it’s a lot of people,” sophomore Jonny Lederer told The Post. Cops decked out in riot gear moved in and arrested more than 100 protesters Thursday...

Joel Embiid might not be fully back to his customary level of dominance following January knee surgery, but the Knicks certainly aren’t entertaining that sort of thinking as they prepare for their first-round playoff matchup with the 76ers. The reigning league MVP is ineligible to be a repeat winner for that award because he appeared in only 39 games in the regular season, but the Sixers improved their winning percentage to .800 (32-8) with Embiid in the lineup — versus 16-27 without him — in 2023-24 following Wednesday’s play-in victory over the Heat. That includes a 6-0 record with the seven-time All-Star...

Adam Fox, who won the Norris Trophy in 2020-21 and finished as runner-up in the balloting last year, may not get a first-place vote for the award this season after falling out of the conversation within the opening month of the season when the defensemen was sidelined for 10 games after taking a leg-on-leg hit from Carolina’s Sebastian Aho on Nov. 1. It didn’t particularly matter that Fox had started the year playing the best hockey of his career. Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes had already established himself the shiniest new toy vying for the Norris. The specter of Cale Makar is always...

Movie theaters can apply for a license to sell liquor, including wine and beer to their customers, under the $237 billion state budget deal crafted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature. But lawmakers don’t want filmgoers to get blotto on cocktails while watching “Ghostbusters” so customers will be limited to buying one drink per transaction. For years, legislators had resisted calls to sell alcohol in theaters but they’ve grown more receptive as the landscape changed for the film industry due to the emergence of streaming options. The COVID-19 pandemic made matters worse after theaters already struggled to fill seats in the age...

Sony Group and Apollo Global Management are in talks to team up on a bid for Paramount Global, sources told The Post on Thursday. Paramount, controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone, has been conducting exclusive talks with Skydance on a potential deal — which has drawn backlash from investors who fear their shares in the publicly traded media giant would get diluted. Sony and Apollo have not made an official offer, a source close to the negotiations told The Post. Ex-CBS honcho Les Moonves fined $15K for illegally obtaining confidential info on LAPD sex assault investigation The private equity giant had put...

The NFL draft is nearing and the Giants have no idea if Darren Waller, their starting tight end, will be with them for the 2024 season or opt for retirement. It sure seems as if this would be beneficial information for the Giants to have before they make their six picks next week. They may not know if it is yea or nay on Waller before the draft. General manager Joe Schoen said Thursday he is laying low with this and giving Waller time to make a decision. “We’re giving Darren his space,’’ Schoen said. “We’ve had conversations with Drew Rosenhaus, his...

There is a time-honored tradition that when a city’s sports teams are in the playoffs, the mayor reaches out to their counterpart in the opposing domain, and the two place a friendly wager on the outcome.  With the Knicks and Rangers both gearing up for postseason runs against the 76ers and Capitals, respectively, NYC Mayor Eric Adams was asked during an appearance Thursday on “Evan and Tiki” on WFAN if he had made any bets with the mayors of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.  Adams, who was on the WFAN radio show to promote NYCFC’s new soccer-specific stadium in Queens that was approved...

Dozens of Utah middle schoolers and their parents staged a walkout Wednesday to protest their district allowing so-called student furries to “bite,” “bark” at and “pounce on” their peers — a deranged accusation the schools said is nothing more than a wild rumor. “They have their little tails, they get down on their hands and knees and they bark at us,” one student at the protest told Conservative radio host Adam Bartholomew in a video that has been viewed almost 27,000 times. Another alleged that the young furries spray “human repellant” at other students and claimed that those who complain about the...

Amsterdam has banned the construction of new hotels as part of their latest attempt to rein in the number of rowdy tourists visiting the Dutch capital each year. “We want to make and keep the city livable for residents and visitors,” the City Council said in a statement. This means no over-tourism, no new hotels, and no more than 20 million hotel overnight stays by tourists per year, the local government added. Under the new rules, building a new hotel in Amsterdam will only be allowed when another hotel closes, and only if the total number of guestrooms in the city does not...

Fact: if you’ve dated any of my exes I’ve stalked your Instagram. Probably more than once. In fact, I probably follow it regularly. Not from my real Instagram account. Oh no, I’m not that bold/tragic. I follow you from my ‘finsta’ account. Which is an abbreviation for ‘fake Instagram’. Yes, if you see someone called Sir_Oatmeal_fuffy_pants17393 then it’s me. Peekaboo. I know all about your recent travels. What you ate at that fancy restaurant the other day and I was even there to witness your hard launch as a couple on Instagram. I’ve seen it all. Usually at around midnight on a Tuesday when...

Just because Joe Schoen shot down a report that the Giants had buyer’s remorse on Daniel Jones doesn’t mean that they won’t be drafting their next franchise quarterback come Thursday night. Just because Schoen, armed with the sixth pick and exploring a move higher for a franchise quarterback he might love, tells us that the Giants have other needs doesn’t mean that he won’t try to find his own franchise quarterback. “I think we’re not one player away or two players,” he said. Just because Schoen says he expects Jones to be his starter when healthy doesn’t mean a rookie franchise quarterback couldn’t...

The cheering at Citi Field did not quite have the same effect on Francisco Lindor that the Philadelphia ovations did for Trea Turner last August, but the switch-hitting shortstop at least showed some signs of life at the plate during the just-completed homestand. After entering last Friday’s game with an unsightly OPS of .380, Lindor had a more respectable .703 OPS during the six games in Queens. More importantly, the Mets continued to change the tenor of their season, winning five of the six games to go improve 10-8 after a miserable 0-5 start to the season. But issues remain for the team’s...