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Sports columnist, New York Post. St. Bonaventure graduate. Master (sometimes) to a Westy named Fiona and an Airedale named Desmond

Hillsdale, NJ

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Mike Vaccaro

11 months

It’s been a remarkable last 10 months; on Aug. 9 I had my left leg amputated below the knee. It’s been quite a ride, and I’ve had the great good fortune to have an amazing team behind me. Here’s the story of that journey, from the OR back to first tee.

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Vac is back: Post columnist details triumphant journey from leg...

It has been a long time since I’ve felt nervous on the first tee.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Column: Anthony J. Causi was gifted, gregarious and owner of one of the grandest hearts many of us will ever know. That heart was stilled Sunday. His impact, and his many kindnesses, will last forever.

Anthony Causi's kindness, talent touched everyone in NY sports

The numbers are numbing, the tales terrifying. You can spend all day reading and learning and discussing COVID-19, and the way it affects our lives every day. You can spend a portion of every hour...

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7 years

In an era of rampant stupidity, ESPN taking an Asian announcer named Robert Lee off a Virginia football game may be the dumbest idea ever.

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3 years

The #Mets declaring war on their own fans is a plot twist I didn’t see coming. What a complete clown show.

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3 years

This might be the greatest statement a team has ever released. Good for you, @NYRangers .

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

Sad, sad news. My friend and former Post colleague Jay Greenberg has passed away at age 71. Jay was one of the great gentlemen of the press box and never, ever lost his love of the job, or of sports, and he adored his family. Godspeed, Jay.

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4 years

An unimportant observation: why is it so hard for sports networks to realize than when it comes to re-broadcasting games, older is almost always better? I can’t be alone in preferring to re-watch games that took place 30 and 40 years ago as opposed to two months ago, am I?

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Adam Gase is very bad at his job. #jets

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Mookie Wilson on Bill Buckner: “I was saddened to hear about Bill’s death. We had developed a friendship that lasted well over 30 years. I felt badly for some of the things he went through. Bill was a great great baseball player whose legacy should not be defined by one play.”

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Vac’s Whacks: meet Ricky Cobb. You may not know the name but you know his work — @Super70sSports — which is only the single-greatest thing about Twitter. If not the whole Internet.

Meet the man behind Twitter's most hilarious sports account

My 24th wedding anniversary is Monday, and there are many who assume the only way a sports columnist can achieve such bliss is if he finds a mate who also likes sports. Let me put it this way: My...

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Mike Vaccaro

9 months

A year ago today I got some awfully grim news. A year later I can’t even begin to calculate how much better my life is. There are so many people — family, friends, colleagues, readers, kind strangers — to thank, I can’t begin to count. So let me just say: “Thank you, all.”

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4 years

Fifty years ago today, Gale Sayers took a stage at the Americana hotel and told a story that changed so much about the way we look at American sports. He asked us to love Brian Piccolo. It is a love story that lasts to this day.

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Remembering Gale Sayers’ inspiring Brian Piccolo tribute

Gale Sayers passed away at 77 on Wednesday after a long fight with dementia. The Post’s Mike Vaccaro recently remembered one of his most famous moments off the field. The evening was winding...

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4 years

I would pay any amount of money to have my father hug me like this again. It’s been 17 years since I had the chance. What a grotesque comment. Shame on you, whoever you are.

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John Cardillo

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Does this look like an appropriate father/son interaction to you?

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

First-class gesture by the #Yankees honoring the great Anthony Causi with a moment of silence before their first “real” game back at the Stadium. We miss you here, pallie.

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2 years

Column: if you watch the movie Kyrie Irving linked to on Twitter, two things are crystal clear: its tropes aren’t just troubling, they’re horrific; and there is no way the #Nets can justify keeping an unapologetic Irving on the team.

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Time for Nets to show some backbone and move on from Kyrie Irving

The Nets have enabled and empowered Kyrie Irving long enough.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Just finished the hardest column I’ve ever had to write. Godspeed, Anthony Causi. You were the best of us. Will post soon.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

I realize this is an increasingly shrinking opinion. But I like baseball exactly the way it is.

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Mike Vaccaro

10 months

In a time of such upheaval in the sportswriting community, I’m grateful to work for a section that still believes columnists matter. And I am delighted to report I’ve just put pen to paper to re-up for two more years at @nypostsports . Thanks for sharing this journey with me.

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3 years

Let the record show that the #Mets Era of Good Feeling lasted exactly 73 days.

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2 years

The notion that Joe Judge may have anything resembling job security is an affront to every #Giants fan.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

We all only have one first hero. Thank you being more than I ever could have asked for, Tom Seaver. #Mets

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2 years

The #Mets will officially retire Keith Hernandez No. 17 next season. A long, long time coming.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Column: this one’s personal. Tom Seaver was an idol to millions of kids who grew up on baseball and the #Mets in the ‘60s & ‘70s. He told me once: “The greatest thing anyone can ever call you is a hero.” And he never disappointed.

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Mets legend Tom Seaver was truest definition of a hero

This one’s personal. This one’s different. You get one first-ever hero in your life, and you hope it’s a good one. You hope that hero is the equivalent of your devotion, the equal of the...

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

Been rewatching “The Sopranos” and it occurs to me: has there ever been a show where you are less likely to press the “skip intro” button? Listening to “Woke Up This Morning” and seeing Tony’s tour through North Jersey is an essential part of each episode experience, IMO.

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

Free advice to #Mets : Do mot make this trade.

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Mike Vaccaro

6 months

When I was 7, I announced to my parents that when I grew up I was going to be a sports columnist for the New York Post. Twenty-one years ago today that dream — miraculously, absurdly — came true. Here’s to 21 years of sharing the best seat in the house with you, dear readers.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

I’m told he throws something of a flat curve. (I’ll see myself out now.)

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A statement from the Washington Nationals regarding Opening Day.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

What a miserable person. Lord.

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2 years

Good for Richard Jefferson, who on YES telecast of #Nets /Pacers just torched Kyrie for not only his tweet but also for not taking it down yet and for a past retweet of Alex Jones.

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

Just saw the Ryan Pulock play in slow motion for the 30th time, and I have to say I’m not sure what the equivalent of it would be in any other sport. Maybe Jeter’s flip? #Isles

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

#Nationals were four outs away from elimination against the Brewers, down 2, facing one of the sport’s nastiest relievers. They were six outs away from elimination against the Dodgers, down 2, facing Kershaw. They survived both. That’s some kind of magic carpet ride.

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Mike Vaccaro

6 years

It’s hard to believe that the men who own the #Mets could have witnessed how ga-ga the city was for them in 2015, and observed how ga-ha it was for the #Yankees this year, and not be willing to spend to remain a part of it. Why even own the team then? What’s the point?

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

Steve Cohen, this afternoon, Citi Field. #Mets

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Column: Alex Rodriguez isn’t just a cheat, he’s a sore loser. Now he has a gasbag enabler in Bill De Blasio, his clear mission to have each of the citizens he serves detest him by the time he mercifully leaves office — #Mets fans at the front of the line.

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De Blasio's shameful Steve Cohen ploy traces back to Alex Rodriguez

There have been so many things that have pockmarked the tortured and torturous Bill de Blasio Error in this city, ever since its residents made the ever-so-dubious decision to elect him Mayor in...

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The #Mets smudging their right knees with dirt ... it’s not possible to conjure a more proper tribute. Well done.

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The #Mets are a really, really bad baseball team right now.

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4 years

Just spitballing here, but ... two comeback wins vs. the Yankees + Steve Cohen emerging as the clear it favorite to own the team ... top five day in #Mets history?

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Mike Vaccaro

6 years

I know @MikeLupica gets universally ripped, and with cause; I’ve felt his prickly demeanor for years. I also know 32 years ago today, this arrived from a guy at the very top of his profession to a 19-yo kid who could only dream. I have tried to pay it forward every day since.

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The idea that apparently no #Mets front-office person is going to speak about Cespedes today tells you everything you need to know about wha a two-bit bush league operation this is. That is some staggering, unforgivable incompetence. From the top on down.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Our long national nightmare is over! @Super70sSports is back up. Welcome back, Ricky.

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

Thrilled to announce I’ve just put pen to paper and re-upped at @nypostsports for another couple years. I do hope you’ll stick with me from the our perch in the best seats in the house.

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2 years

Column: why the #Mets should hire Buck Showalter.

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Why the Mets should hire Buck Showalter

If Steve Cohen remains true to his opening valedictory address, there is but one name that makes sense when they ultimately get around to filling the job.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

The ownership is not good. The general manager has been less than impressive. The players, many of them, have underperformed. All true. But Mickey Callaway is a brutal, brutal manager. This can’t go on much longer. #Mets

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Mickey Callaway should have been fired a month ago. He has shown a complete and regular ineptitude when it comes to the job of managing a major league club. This incident shouldn’t be what dooms him because he should have been gone, on merit, long before this. #Mets

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

The pity of @RealSkipBayless is that, many years ago, he was an excellent writer and a superb columnist. Now he is a nothing more than a mean-spirited and ill-informed guttersnipe who’ll say and do anything for money. There’s a word for that.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

The more I see of Rob Manfred’s attempts to “fix” baseball the more I am starting to think he dislikes baseball.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

I’m going to go out on a limb and say Robinson Cano is not what you would call your standard No. 3 hitter at this point in his career. #Mets

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Mike Vaccaro

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Josh Hart, $94 million player, plays like a guy on a 10-day contract every night. Brunson may get the Garden’s “MVP” chants but Hart is right behind him on #Knicks ’ fans list.

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

Office calls. Office asks if I have a #Mets column in me. The day I don’t have a column in me after a game like that is the day after I retire. Posting soon.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Dolan: “Do you really think I should sell the team? That’s rude.” Fan: “It’s an opinion.” Dolan: “No, it’s not an opinion. And you know what, enjoy watching them on TV.” Um ... that’s EXACTLY what it is, and opinions are supposed to matter, even inside MSG’s paranoid walls.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

N.Y. Post, 25 years ago this morning. Quite a ride for Joe Benigno, good guy. @JoeandEvan @EvanRobertsWFAN

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

I love baseball. I grew up on baseball. I make a portion of my living thanks to baseball. There’s no better way, in my mind, to spend a summer night than watching baseball. I have forgiven baseball time and again, and certainly will do so again. I fear I am in the vast minority.

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Mike Vaccaro

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The #Isles were the team of my boyhood, the first team I ever cared about that won a championship. I don’t often cover them so it’s been a pleasure watching these playoffs through a 13-year-old fan’s eyes again. What a fun ride it was.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

This. Is. Awesome.

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ESPN

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After Diamondbacks prospect Alek Thomas hit a 3-run homer, his father Allen, who's a part of the White Sox staff, refused to acknowledge it. But Alek made sure he got a reaction out of him 😂

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The new normal for #Mets fans during Jacob deGrom starts: 1. Looks untouchable 2. Allows base runner 3. Shakes out shoulder/elbow 4. Retires side 5. Frantically refresh Twitter in between innings for immediate updates if Drew Smith is warming up. 6. Exhale.

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I get that the #Mets are 3-0 when he starts. And, as these things happen, he’ll almost certainly hit two HRs tonight now that I’ve brought it up. But the idea that Todd Frazier is taking even one at-bat away from Dom Smith is, frankly, appalling to me.

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6 years

Look, you can bitch about how cheap the #Mets owners are, and that's 100% fair. But you can win in MLB with a $140M payroll. Sandy Alderson, save for one two-month stretch of magic in 2015, has simply been very bad at his job.

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

If you are at CitiField today, sitting in these conditions, I salute you, genuinely. Nobody can ever question your fan cred ever again. #Mets

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

It’s a shame either of these teams has to win this game.

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

There have been few things in 2020 worth celebrating. @AnnieAgar is absolutely one of them. Thank you for these, Annie.

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Annie Agar

3 years

If BYU had a zoom call announcing the Coastal Carolina game 🏈🌴 @Stadium

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

I don’t think it’s fair to say the #Mets choked away that 10.5-game lead — they’re 63-44 since June 1 — but it’s 100% fair to say they choked in Atlanta this weekend. Both can be true.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Column: Lou Lamoriello is 76 years old and only six months on the job, but he has already done with the Islanders what he’s done everywhere he’s ever been: turned woeful into winning. Pronto. #Isles

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Mike Vaccaro

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Danny Hurley did not agree with that last call against UConn. That makes 2,644 straight whistles against the Huskies that he’s taken issue with, extending his own league record.

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Mike Vaccaro

7 years

It must be fun being an A's fan, wondering who Kaprelian, Mateo & Fowler will fetch at the 2023 trade deadline.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Had to assure my mother I was indeed not fired today. Not yet, anyway.

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Mike Vaccaro

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Column: one of the great perks of his life, Tom Seaver once told me, was the treasure trove of memories he’s assembled across a remarkable baseball life. That is especially heartbreaking now.

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Mike Vaccaro

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Not that it matters, but that brief, fleeting moment where you could argue the #Yankees were likeable and not just to Yankees fans? Yeah, that’s over.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

This is highly subjective so I don’t expect everyone (or even anyone) to agree with me, but I enjoy listening to Tony Romo more than any other football analyst ever. Even Madden.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

“Manish” and “the right thing to do” had an ugly divorce many, many moons ago.

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Rich Cimini

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If you’re going to use material from reporters who actually attended the press conference and asked the questions, kindly credit the source. It’s the right thing to do.

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Mike Vaccaro

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It’s hard to fathom what Hank Aaron did in 1973 and ‘74, quietly chasing down Babe Ruth’s record while daily being assaulted by the very worst vitriol via mail and telegram. After 715 he declared on the field: “I’m glad it’s over.” Never has anyone deserved to wear a crown more.

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Mike Vaccaro

6 years

Column: Eli Manning showed up for work season after season, week after week, game after game until. Then bosses who aren’t a fraction as accomplished took the ball away from him.

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Mike Vaccaro

1 year

It’s three years ago today that we lost our dear friend Anthony Causi, and I miss him a little extra tonight because I’m covering a big game in New York, the kind Anthony would capture better with one click of his finger than I ever could in 750 words.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Column: Jeff Van Gundy is reportedly on Leon Rose’s short list to be the #Knicks ’ next coach. For many, many reasons that would be a terrific choice.

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The Knicks need Jeff Van Gundy

We were reminded again these past few days how little it takes to ignite the pilot lights of the Knicks’ most ardent fans. In a season that was a goner by Thanksgiving, one that has already seen...

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

Whether it’s fair or not, whether it’s right or not, I sense that whatever public sentiment the players still own, if any remains, vanishes if they refuse to play baseball because of the International draft. Just my $.02.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Column: my mother gave me so much for which to be thankful; this Thanksgiving I remember her, and the lessons she taught me about the essential joys of family.

Thanksgiving is for sharing memories and making new ones

When the sad duty of cleaning my mother’s apartment arrived this summer, the usual assortment of treasures revealed themselves inside the dozens of saved envelopes, accordion files, boxes and...

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Mike Vaccaro

3 years

These grotesque All-Star uniform shall henceforth be known as “Manthreads”

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

It is remarkable that on a day when nothing should have been about them, it winds up being all about the Wilpons. #Mets fans deserve so, so, SO much better than this, and have for a long time.

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My favorite part of the #Mets season so far has been the genuine and obvious friendship between Pete Alonso and Dom Smith, who could’ve been embroiled in an awkward rivalry but openly root for and support each other.

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Mike Vaccaro

4 years

Happy Sidd Finch Day, everybody!

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga—and his future in baseball.

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Mike Vaccaro

1 year

Baseball Writer’s dinner tonight. Got a hot date!

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Mike Vaccaro

8 years

LeBron James wasn't consulted about David Blatt's firing. Also, Michael Corleone wasn't told Fredo was taking the boat out on the lake.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Does it make me a full-blown get-the-hell-off-my-lawn grumpy grouch if I mention that I deplore these players-weekend baseball uniforms?

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Column: Forty years later, Thurman Munson’s death remains an eternal source of sorrow.

Pain of Thurman Munson's death still can be felt 40 years later

Across the years, I have heard so many stories so eerily similar to this one. We should never pretend the death of an athlete has anything close to the historical meaning of the death of a presiden...

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Mike Vaccaro

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I have been truly humbled, and somewhat overwhelmed, by the response to this column about my comeback from having my left leg amputated. Thank you for reading, and replying, and reminding me why this is a job like no other, and what a lucky guy I am.

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Vac is back: Post columnist details triumphant journey from leg...

It has been a long time since I’ve felt nervous on the first tee.

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Column: Fifty years ago today, Dock Ellis authored one of baseball’s most bizarre moments when he threw a no-hitter while tripping on LSD — walking eight, hitting one, squinting at multiple home plates all night. Remembering a talented and tortured soul.

50 years ago today Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD....

When he woke late that morning, he tried putting the details together from the night before, but in those days, for Dock Ellis, that wasn’t always easy. He knew the Pirates had landed in San Diego...

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

Considering Mark Sanchez played in two AFC title games his first two years in the league — beating Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady on the road in the playoffs — it really is a little amazing and more than a little sad that he’s essentially a human punchline now.

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A-Rod, who once slapped a ball out of Bronson Arroyo’s glove during an ALCS game, says he’s never seen anything as strange as that Baez/Arenado hug. 🤷‍♂️

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Mike Vaccaro

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It isn't just Krzyzewski's back that's a problem. Given his pillow-soft punishment of Grayson Allen, so's his backbone.

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Mike Vaccaro

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Terry Collins led the #Mets to a World Series and two straight playoff appearances yet it is indisputable his most popular day as manager is today, 8 1/2 months after he stopped being the manager, thanks to a viral video. Life.

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Mike Vaccaro

5 years

As he’s done his whole career, Brett Gardner stood up and patiently answered question after question just now. Whether you endorse or deplore his bat-banging is beside the point. He is a pro’s pro, and has been from day one. #Yankees

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Mike Vaccaro

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Honestly, anyone who covers baseball for a living and considers the Hall of Fame “joyless” should seek out another beat. To me this is one of the great days of every year and it’s a privilege to be even a small part of it, especially the vigorous debate part.

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

Those last two give-up offensive “plays” may honestly be rock bottom in #Giants history. Convince me otherwise.

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

Last month I had the pleasure of talking to Joan Hodges, 96, for a column. “Please,” she said, “tell everyone how honored we are by all the good wishes and prayers we’ve heard.” Today, so many of those prayers were answered on behalf of her beloved Gil. #Mets #Dodgers

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Mike Vaccaro

2 years

The #Mets are naming the CitiField press box in honor of @Jay_HorwitzPR Sunday, which in itself is joyful news for all the folks who’ve been touched by Jay’s humanity and good humor through the years. Even better? How profoundly we all know the honor will warm Jay’s huge heart.

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Glass houses. Stones. Don’t throw them.

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The Sports Illustrated layoffs are disgraceful:

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The most essential part of being a sports columnist is being accountable. Rule #1 : you rip someone, be available to that person as soon as possible so they can refute and rebut you if they so desire. Always. Sometimes it’s uncomfortable. Tough. To do otherwise is pure cowardice.

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Jay Bruce had some difficult days in New York but he was always, without fail, accommodating and stand-up and accountable, every day. He also hit 319 home runs and made close to $103 million. Good career, great guy. Here’s to a prosperous retirement. #Mets #Yankees

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Maybe Lindor is trying to get back to .000 so he can start over again. #Mets

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Godspeed, Gale Sayers. A few months ago I wrote about the night, 50 years earlier, when “Brian’s Song” was born.

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Column: the back page says it all.

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