Ben Cyran

Mets fan born & raised
@WPI Alumn

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

Munetaka Murakami champagne celebration interviews are must-see TV

[Matt Harmon @MattHarmon_BYB]

Preseason brain: “Listen, you just can’t draft a QB early in fantasy because the position is so deep! Think about the opportunity cost!”

Actually having Josh Allen on your fantasy team when the games start:

[Steve Gelbs @SteveGelbs]

When I interviewed Carson Benge for the first time a couple of years ago, he was in New York for the first time in his life. He told me one of the things he made a point to do while he was here was visit the 9/11 Memorial. He’s always been interested in history, he said, and it was important to him to see it for himself.

I remember being a little taken aback by the word “history.”

And then I realized Carson was born in 2003.

For those of us who lived through September 11, 2001, it’s hard to think of it that way. The memories of that day are so seared into our minds that, even 25 years later, it somehow doesn’t feel all that long ago.

But it was. A quarter century has passed.

The amount of loss and heartbreak that day is almost impossible to put into words. But amid all of that horror, we also saw acts of courage, sacrifice and heroism that are still hard to fully comprehend. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for complete strangers. So many running toward danger when every instinct should have told them to run the other way.

That is always worth remembering.

So is what happened in the days and weeks that followed. The way people came together. The compassion we showed one another. How whatever differences existed between us, suddenly seemed so much less important than everything we shared. I’ve never experienced that kind of togetherness before or since.

Twenty-five years later, so much has changed and it’s hard not to notice how far we’ve drifted from some of that unity.

Maybe that’s part of why remembering is so important. Not just remembering what happened to us that day, but remembering who we were for one another afterward.

Baseball, in its own small way, became part of that story too. Obviously, it couldn’t erase the grief or change what had happened. Nothing could. But when the games returned, the ballpark became a place where people could gather again. Where thousands of strangers could sit together, cheer together and, for a few hours, feel something familiar again.

There is so much about September 11th that should never be forgotten. The lives lost. The heroes who emerged. The families who have carried that loss every day since. But I hope we also never forget what we showed each other in the aftermath. That even in our darkest moment, we were capable of extraordinary courage, compassion and unity.

Twenty-five years later, that part of the story feels as important to remember as ever.

[Jake Weaver @MidwestGolfJake]

Official grades for the 90th Masters:

Course setup: B-, would have preferred to see it softer Thursday and firmed up throughout the week

Coverage: F- for CBS and ESPN... not showing all the shots, not being able to track a ball... awful

Masters App: A++, my go to throughout the week, had to go to it on Sunday to see what players not named Rory, Cam or Rose were doing

Winner: C, wanted Rose to get it done, Rory repeating is meh, especially shooting E on the weekend

Sunday: C, hard to live up to last year, too many broadcast issues, and nobody close to the lead going low

On to Aronomink!

[Jonathan Wall @jonathanrwall]

The unsung heroes at the Masters? That would be the Augusta National grounds crew.

@TaylorMadeGolf’s Season Opener balls give a hat tip to those who keep the course looking pristine.

If you want to win a dozen, simply RT and follow along. I’ll pick two winners on Friday.

[Ben Cyran @TheRealBenCyran]

It’s crazy how a snow storm can instantly lower everyone’s IQs at a grocery store

[Steven Cohen @StevenACohen2]

Let me know when you see smoke

[Ben Cyran @TheRealBenCyran]

@AndrewShanaj Was he a RN?

[Ben Cyran @TheRealBenCyran]

@AndrewShanaj Talk about a Sunday Scary

[Ben Cyran @TheRealBenCyran]

@AndrewShanaj @lyft Yo you good bro?

[dianna @runwildkian]

the 2025 mets you will always be famous (in the worst possible ways)

[Marc Luino @GiraffeNeckMarc]

Mets fucking suck

[Bruce LeVine @BruceLeVinePuck]

One message to @DallasStars fans heading into Game #5 tonight:

[palomita. @birdyandthemets]

LFGM!!

[Brandon Steele @bsteele_13]

🚨Dallas Stars have realized they can win game 1’s🚨

[James Schiano @James_Schiano]

Yankees fans have always been stuck in the past but at least it was a cool past where they were winning tons of championships

Now, they have psychosis with a player that was on their team for one season before leaving

It's getting sad to watch them fall apart

[Dallas Stars @DallasStars]

4/26 ✅

[Dallas Stars @DallasStars]

No danger. Carry on, y'all.

[MLB @MLB]

If you gave out the Gold Glove for a single inning, this is it: