Author: tgatto@sportingnews.com (Tom Gatto)

Mike Trout injury: Angels unlikely to weather two months without game’s best player

Mike Trout’s thumb surgery could keep him out through the All-Star break. The Angels haven’t shown they’re good enough to compensate for that, and it will be very difficult to add talent that can be of help in the short term.

Mike Trout’s thumb surgery could keep him out through the All-Star break. The Angels haven’t shown they’re good enough to compensate for that, and it will be very difficult to add talent that can be of help in the short term.

Mets should commit to summer sell-off as season slowly slips away

New York is playing as though this will be a lost season. Rather than patch the roster, management should tear down a wall or two and renovate with young players.

New York is playing as though this will be a lost season. Rather than patch the roster, management should tear down a wall or two and renovate with young players.

Michael Bennett tells ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith he’s ‘all talk and no action’ on social issues

The Seahawks defensive lineman held back little as he escalated his feud with ESPN talker Stephen A. Smith.

The Seahawks defensive lineman held back little as he escalated his feud with ESPN talker Stephen A. Smith.

Braves retaliate against Jose Bautista, then immediately pay for it

Julio Teheran defended his team’s honor by plunking Jose Bautista, but he was terrible after that and the Braves found themselves in a big early hole.

Julio Teheran defended his team’s honor by plunking Jose Bautista, but he was terrible after that and the Braves found themselves in a big early hole.

Derek Jeter celebration is certainly deserved, but plenty premature

The Yankees legend has his number retired in the Bronx. You’d have thought he was already inducted into Cooperstown, the way the media built up the ceremony.

The Yankees legend has his number retired in the Bronx. You’d have thought he was already inducted into Cooperstown, the way the media built up the ceremony.