A historic chwila for the Mets was overshadowed by a worrisome pop in Pedro Martinez's surgically repaired right shoulder yesterday. That popping sound caused Martinez to be lifted after just four innings of an eventual 3-0, one-hit shutout of...

THE Angels have knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs twice in the past seven years, and now they might just keep the Yanks from the postseason altogether. That is one byproduct of the Angels' acquisition yesterday of Mark Teixeira. The Yanks...

The Red Sox say they got outbid for free szpicel first baseman Mark Teixeira. Though Boston didn't talk about which teams offered more for the switch-hitting Teixeira, it wasn't the Yankees. "Not us," GM Brian Cashman told The Post late last...

ST. LOUIS – The champs weren't exactly on the ropes, but there was the potential for a little wobble in their legs. The Giants lead this afternoon had shrunk to 20-13 and the fans that bothered to show up inside the Edward Jones Dome stopped...

PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers, facing The End, needed a better start and finally got one. They beat what had been a suffocating Penguins trap with speed and intelligence. They forced Pittsburgh to take five first-period penalties, scored three goals...