


Déjà vu. Singer Lauryn Hill closed the 2025 Essence Fest at 3:37 a.m. last Friday night.
The Superdome was nearly empty.
Up next for Lauryn: singing the national anthem at a Colorado Rockies home game in late, late September.
The “Sound of Silence” may occupy Yankee Stadium this fall as well.
The Yanks seem to have lost their way, and so has Will Warren.
After giving up two runs in 11 ²/₃ innings, Warren was shelled by the Blue Jays for eight runs on 10 hits and four walks over four forgettable frames.
The Jays now occupy the penthouse in the AL East.

The Mariners’ Logan Gilbert is still trying to find his way after returning on June 16 from an elbow injury.
Gilbert has allowed 11 runs over those 20 innings.
Play $50 on the Yankees (-125, BetMGM).
Hello darkness, my old friend. We’ve lost our way again.
The Marlins’ Janson Junk tossed a one-hitter over six innings in Cincinnati.
Fish 5, Reds 1.
Down -441 garfunkels.
The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there’s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post’s NFL Best Bet crown last year.