Bode’s absence dims luster of Crown chase

Despite all of the drama when I’ll Have Another guns for the Triple Crown in Saturday’s 144th Belmont Stakes, a bit of spark will be missing that made his victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness so electric.

He won’t have Bodemeister to kick around anymore.

Through the first two jewels of this Triple Crown, the same scenario played out: Bodemeister in front as they hurtled toward the wire, I’ll Have Another coming to catch him. With Bodemeister “getting off the bus at the last stop,” as trainer Bob Baffert said, the rivalry was put on hold until, if, they meet again.

NEXT UP: Bob Baffert, who is not running Bodemeister in the Belmont, will look to stop I’ll Have Another’s bid for a Triple Crown with Paynter (left).

Not that Baffert is coming to the Belmont empty-handed. He is sending a colt named Paynter to pinch-hit for Bodemeister. Like “Bode,” Paynter (by Awesome Again) is owned by Ahmed Zayat and will be ridden by Mike Smith.

Also like Bodemeister, Paynter figures to be in front early. He is coming off a gate-to-wire score by 5 3/4 lengths as the 1-9 favorite in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

“We’ve always been very high on him,” Baffert said. “I always thought Paynter was the better of the two, but right now he’s going to have to step it up.”

Steve Cauthen, the jockey of Affirmed, who won the last Triple Crown in 1978, said he understood why Baffert’s not running Bodemeister in the Belmont.

“Obviously, [Bodemeister] has been the horse that I’ll Have Another had to beat in the Derby and the Preakness,” he said. “But with the results showing that he had a hard time getting a mile and a quarter [in the Derby], expecting him to get another quarter of a mile, I understand why they’re not running him in the Belmont. From a rivalry point of view, that kind of ends at this race, but it doesn’t have to end for their careers.”

The two colts are so evenly matched — they were separated by 1 1/2 lengths in the Derby, just a neck in the shorter Preakness — that if Bodemeister, after winning the Arkansas Derby by 9 1/2 lengths, had skipped the Derby and awaited the Preakness, I’ll Have Another’s Triple Crown quest might have ended in Baltimore.

“I’m glad that didn’t happen,” said I’ll Have Another’s trainer, Doug O’Neill. “Bodemeister is an extremely talented horse. Bob doesn’t really toot his horn about too many of his horses. I know he’s been so high on Bodemeister.

“I’ve even heard him say that Bodemeister just came along in the wrong year. Because he thinks he would be 2-for-2 right now. That’s really a huge compliment to I’ll Have Another, to hear a guy like Bob say that.”

Arch-rivals like I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister are the fabric of Triple Crown lore.

Everyone remembers Secretariat drawing off by 31 lengths in the 1973 Belmont to become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation 25 years before him.

But going into that race, the main drama was the rematch of Secretariat with his shadow, Sham, who finished in front of “Big Red” in the Wood Memorial, then chased him home in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.

In the Belmont, they dueled through six furlongs in a gut-busting 1:09 4/5, when Sham finally threw in the towel. Secretariat broke his heart. Sham never raced again.

In 1977, Seattle Slew’s persistent, if overmatched, adversary was Run Dusty Run, who ran second in the Derby, third in the Preakness and second again in the Belmont.

Affirmed-Alydar, of course, is the gold standard of rivalries.

“With the great stretch duel we had [in the Belmont], I remember thinking at the top of the stretch that we were going to have to dig deep,” Cauthen recalled, “because I knew that Alydar was breathing down our neck. We couldn’t get rid of him.”

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Pinstripe plus: A look back at the Yankees in May

George King

May 5, 2012 will always be remembered as the day Mariano Rivera crumbled on a Kansas City warning track with a knee injury that threatens to end the Hall of Fame career of perhaps the best relief pitcher in major league history.

Rivera has vowed to come back next year, and friends are chirping he could return this year, but surgery to repair his ACL at 42 is a big deal for an athlete.

At the start of the month, the Yankees were 13-9 and 1 1⁄2 games behind the AL East-leading Rays.

Going into tonight’s action they are 27-23 and 1 1⁄2 back of the Orioles and Rays, who are struggling and tied for the AL East lead.

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Not only did the Yankees lose Rivera on

May 5 but they also lost David Robertson, Rivera’s replacement, who went on the disabled list May 11 with a left rib cage problem.

Since Rivera went down, the Yankees have had eight save chances and converted seven. Rafael Soriano, who took over the closer’s role when Robertson was hurt, has converted six consecutive save chances.

MVP:

When April turned to May, Mark Teixeira was coughing so hard you expected a lung to vault from his mouth in mid-sentence. Suffering from a severe bronchial infection that surfaced April 11, Teixeira was hitting .244 with three homers and 12 RBIs at the end of the month.

By May 10, the cough hadn’t abated and Teixeira’s average was down to .212 and he had hit one homer since April 23.

On May 18, manager Joe Girardi decided multiple days off might help Teixeira. He sat out May 18 and 19, then appeared as a pinch-hitter on May 20.

Since the rest, Teixeira is 13-for-33 (.394) with three homers and 10 RBIs in nine games and finished the month hitting .257.

LVP:

Girardi says it once a week: “Defense is more important than offense’’ from the catcher’s position, and he knows of what he speaks, because he was a career .267 hitter with above-average catching skills and the intelligence to call a very good game.

Nevertheless, Russell Martin batted .203 in May after hitting .167 in April.

General manager Brian Cashman was open to discussing a multi-year extension with Martin during the winter, but the talks never got warm on either side. Now, Martin, a career .267 in the big leagues entering this season, possibly faces free agency with miserable offensive numbers.

LOOKING AHEAD:

May included seven games against the lowly Royals, three with the miserable Mariners and three against the Triple-A’s.

June’s slate isn’t so soft.

Of all the Yankees’ June opponents (Tigers, Rays, Mets, Braves, Nationals, Indians and White Sox), only Detroit has a losing record going into tonight’s action and the Tigers aren’t anywhere near as bad as the Royals, Mariners and Athletics.

June is highlighted by six Subway Series games against the Mets — three at Yankee Stadium (June 8-10) and Citi Field (June 22-24).

A can’t-miss activity when introduced in 1997, the Subway Series has outlived its appeal and hopefully will run out of track soon.

PITCHING IN:

If Hal Steinbrenner wants this $209 million team to play meaningful games in September, he needs to allow Cashman to deal for the best possible pitchers before the July 31 trade deadline. And if that means absorbing money beyond this year, so be it.

Steinbrenner’s plan to have Manuel Banuelos, Dellin Betances, Michael Pineda, Phil Hughes, Ivan Nova and Joba Chamberlain be good enough to keep the Yankees from chasing expensive free-agent pitching has been sabotaged by bad pitching and injuries.

Unless the Yankees upgrade the rotation — and the sooner the better — they will be on the outside of the postseason for the second time in five seasons, which might be enough to cost Girardi his job.

Not doing anything before the deadline for the second straight season will send a negative message to the clubhouse that management isn’t doing everything possible in order to get to October.

On the other side, management would like to see better play from the highest-paid team in the game.

GAME OF THE MONTH: YANKEES 4, REDS 0, May 18

Andy Pettitte’s return from retirement on May 13 at Yankee Stadium created a postseason atmosphere on a wonderful Mother’s Day against Seattle.

However, five days later Pettitte reminded everyone why he thought he could pull off a comeback at 39 after missing a year.

On May 18, Pettitte blanked the Reds across eight innings to halt a three-game Yankees losing streak. Pettitte allowed four hits and fanned nine.

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Spurs wise not to trade Parker, Ginobili

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HOOP DU JOUR

Last season at this time, the Spurs, who had finished at the top of the NBA’s Western Conference, already had been eliminated two rounds previously by the eighth-place Grizzlies.

The Celtics, meanwhile, had been erased in the preceding round by the Heat.

Both franchises were in the mood to renovate their rosters.

Spurs management called around the league to let the right people know that every player was touchable, exempting Tim Duncan. Owner Peter Holt, team president/coach Gregg Popovich and general manager R.C. Buford were committed to honor Duncan’s reign of scandal-drama-free excellence (four titles) over 14 seasons until he decided not to play for pay anymore.

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YOU DA MANU! The Spurs made the correct move keeping guard Manu Ginobili, who has been a key player in San Antonio’s strong run through the NBA playoffs.

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, I must reemphasize, were available for the appropriate equity.

The idea was to get longer and younger, another meaning for less brittle. Ginobili’s wrist injury the final game of the regular season last year had as much impact on San Antonio’s malfunction as Memphis’ magnification.

Luckily, the Spurs weren’t overly tempted by anything offered for Parker or Ginobili, who were in the midst of a fairly fruitful outbreak before the Thunder rudely ruined their team’s 20-game roll, 102-82.

You know what they say, “Tricks of the trade that are best not made” or something like that.

On the other hand, George Hill was moved. Popovich and his coaching staff loved the 6-foot-2 guard, but felt when he played alongside Parker and Ginobili they were too small. Plus, he was a rising free agent and would warrant an ample long-term investment. So Hill was exchanged for the Pacers’ No. 15 pick, which was used to draft unobtrusive 6-7 small forward Kawhi Leonard, whose value covers every nook and nuance.

The Spurs hit a home run.

Eight months later, they swapped Richard Jefferson for Stephen Jackson.

That’s called “multiplication by subtraction.”

That brings us back to the Celtics. Before and after the lockout, general manager Danny Ainge repeatedly tried to convert Rajon Rondo into Chris Paul by using assets from a third team — Pacers, Warriors, Clippers, etc.

According to even those who swear up and down by the multi-dimensionally dangerous Rondo (nine playoff triple-doubles, tying him with Wilt Chamberlain for third place), he’s tough to coach, not easy to play with and is a First Team All-League Loon, a personality peculiarity he does not deny.

Luckily for the Celtics, Ainge’s longing for comparable acumen and skill couldn’t be satisfied.

You know what they say, “If you can’t pack ’em, then re-rack ’em” or something like that.

That’s what I was thinking Tuesday night as I watched the unflappable Rondo become a legend in his overtime as he nearly beat the Heat (44 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds) single-handedly.

Such rhyme has so much reason in this season’s Final Four.

* This just in from Patrick Ewing: The lottery was fixed.

Fittingly, the Bobcats finished second, something Michael Jordan’s organization has down to a science.

Decent of His Airness, I thought, to alert Ewing personally his coaching services would not be needed. At last check, the field had been narrowed down to Ahmad Rashad, Shaquille O’Neal and Herman Cain.

If the Spurs’ 20-game win streak, snapped last night, was under the national radar, as ABC-ESPN play-by-play analyst Mike Breen submitted the other night, whose fault is that? HIS EMPLOYERS!!

TNT’s Steve Kerr, the Spurs’ spiritual advisor, accused James Harden of flopping after being undercut by Ginobili, who took the shooter’s legs away and then got entangled in them.

Responded column contributor Richie Kalikow: “Then I guess JFK flopped in Texas, too.”

For all the promotion of NBATV’s The Dream Team movie, I sure hope it won!

* Jack Twyman, who died Wednesday from cancer at 78, elevated the meaning of “teammate” to an unchartered altitude when he took responsibility for Maurice Stokes, and later became his legal guardian, after the futuristic forward went into a coma three days following an accident during a Royals game March 12, 1958, and woke up paralyzed.

“Mo was stranded in Cincinnati and I lived there,” Twyman told me when we last spoke three or four years ago, utterly downplaying the sacrifice of his family and the enormity of the undertaking. “I did what anyone would have done for a friend.’’

A year older than Stokes, they had competed against each other and played alongside one another in the Pittsburgh area. In 1955, they became teammates before the Royals moved from Rochester to Cincy.

As great a scorer as Twyman was (31.2 ppg in ’59-60; 19.2 overall), his 11-season Hall of Fame career was shaded by his compassion for Stokes, whom he cared for until his death from a heart attack at 36.

I still can see Jack’s right hand in the air as he turned downcourt after nailing another jumper. And I still can see that ever-present arm around Mo.

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‘Another’ trainer answers back at Secretariat owner

Doug O’Neill says he’s dismayed that Secretariat’s former owner criticized the connections of Triple Crown candidate I’ll Have Another for employing him as the horse’s trainer.

He thinks Penny Chenery would change her mind if she were to see him work.

“It’s disappointing because of how much respect I have for Mrs. Chenery,” O’Neill said yesterday. “I would love to have her hang out with me for a week and would stress to her, ‘Don’t believe everything that is written.’ ”

O’Neill has been fined four times and currently faces a 45-day suspension because one of his horses was found to have an excess level of total carbon dioxide following a race — frequently a sign of an illegal practice known as milkshaking.

Nevertheless, the California Horse Racing Board agreed with O’Neill that his horse in that 2010 race at Del Mar had not been fed a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and electrolytes that enhances performance and combats fatigue. The board did not indicate what might have caused the excess level.

The 90-year-old Chenery, one of the most respected figures in thoroughbred racing, questioned why J. Paul Reddam would work with O’Neill in an article published by The Atlantic magazine.

“I think it is regrettable. And it isn’t the horse’s fault and this is probably a very good horse,” Chenery said. “I don’t know Mr. Reddam personally, but I think he should be embarrassed that the trainer he has chosen does not have a clean record.”

O’Neill continues to insist that he abides by the rules. He believes Chenery would approve of his operation if she was more familiar with it.

“I think she’d be happy with the way things happen around the barn,” he said.

I’ll Have Another, bidding to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and the first since Affirmed in 1978, turned in another strong gallop yesterday morning at Belmont Park. He finished so powerfully that his final three furlongs resembled a workout.

O’Neill said he intended to reach out to Billy Turner, who trained 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, for advice on how to handle the remaining days leading to the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes on June 9.

Retired jockey Richard Migliore will share his expertise of Belmont Park with I’ll Have Another’s rider Mario Gutierrez next week. Migliore will tour the track aboard Lava Man, I’ll Have Another’s stable pony, and Gutierrez will ride another horse from O’Neill’s barn. Migliore won more than 1,350 races at the track during his career.

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CHSAA/Private softball rankings

The CHSAA has its champions.

St. Joseph by the Sea got by Preston in a thriller to claim its sixth CHSAA Archdiocesan crown in the last eight years and Archbishop Molloy gutted out two wins over St. Francis Prep to take home the school’s fourth straight Brooklyn/Queens crown. The two rivals meet for a chance to compete in the CHSAA state title game Tuesday.

Meanwhile, weather has postponed the NYSAISAA winner from being crowned. Horace Mann, which upset Fieldston in the semifinals, hopes it’s them raising the trophy as the Bronx school faces Holy Child Tuesday at Manhattanville College.

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Kristy Colangelo gets hugs from her teammates after her catch clinched St. Joseph by the Sea the Archdiocesan title.

Here are this week’s rankings:

1. St. Joseph by the Sea (15-0) (Last week: 1)

It took a little bit of dramatics – a Kristy Colangelo diving catch in right field with the tying and go-ahead runs aboard – but the Vikings are again CHSAA Archdiocesan champions after a 1-0 win over Preston. Jackie Cautela was brilliant in the circle and turned a key double play. Sea now hopes to return the CHSAA state crown to Huguenot.

Next: No. 3 Archbishop Molloy, CHSAA state semifinals (May 29, 1:30 p.m. @ Kellenberg)

2. Preston (15-2) (2)

Inches. That’s exactly what the Panthers were from earning their first CHSAA Archdiocesan title. Madeline Giannini’s soft liner to right field, however, was caught and Preston had to lament a 1-0 loss to St. Joseph by the Sea. With a young and talented core returning, expect to see more from this team moving forward.

Next: Season complete

3. Archbishop Molloy (13-2) (3)

Just minutes after her team locked up a fourth straight CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens title, Maureen Rosenbuam said they had to work for this one. Molloy came back twice to sweep two games in the championship series. Ace Victoria Goldbach got the win in both, coming on in relief in Game 2.

Next: No. 1 St. Joseph by the Sea, CHSAA state semifinals (May 29, 1:30 p.m. @ Kellenberg)

4. Moore Catholic (9-5) (4)

Coach Kristine Knuth will be welcoming plenty of new faces to the varsity. The Mavericks lose a bulk of the players from a squad that finished second in CHSAA Staten Island and lost in the Archdiocesan semifinals. A new era begins.

Next: Season complete

5. St. Francis Prep (9-6) (5)

Oh how close the Terriers were to breaking Molloy’s strangle hold on CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens. SFP led Game 1 by a score of 2-1 going to the bottom of the seventh inning and had a 5-3 lead through five frames in the second game only to watch the Stanners rally to win both. Just two seniors graduate from this group, so maybe the tide turns next spring.

Next: Season complete

6. Mary Louis (7-6) (6)

The Hilltoppers lose seven seniors from a squad that has been one of the best in the city during their tenure, especially stars Shannon Minihane and Stephanie Barbaro. The good news for TMLA is ace Nicole Hubert has two more years in the circle.

Next: Season complete

7. Fontbonne Hall (6-8) (7)

Consider this the warning year for Fontbonne. The young Bonnies pushed every team it faced this season and nearly earned a berth in the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens final. With stars Maria Serrantino and Nicolette Trapani returning, the immediate future is very bright.

Next: Season complete

8. St. John Villa (7-7) (NR)

The Bears earned their seniors one more thrilling playoff win. Now it’s the young core’s turn to try to build off it. Mary Curatolo, Dorothy O’Neill and Jordan Cunningham will give coach John Curatolo plenty to work with next season.

Next: Season complete

9. Horace Mann (10-4) (NR)

Mia Farinelli tossed a gem, allowing just two hits, and Horace Mann stunned Fieldston in the NYSAISAA semifinals Thursday after losing to the Eagles twice in run-rule fashion during the regular season. Mann meets Holy Child in the title game Tuesday at Manhattanville College.

Next: Holy Child, NYSAISAA final (May 29, 3:30 p.m. @ Manhattanville College)

10. Fieldston (11-3) (9)

Kate Miller’s incredible career ended a little earlier than she would have liked. Fieldston fell to Horace Mann in the NYSAISAA semifinals Thursday – the Princeton-bound pitcher/shortstop had her team’s only two hits in the disappointing loss.

Next: Season complete

On the bubble: Fieldston (11-3), Cardinal Spellman (10-5), Riverdale (8-4), Notre Dame Academy (3-10), Bishop Kearney (13-1) and St. Edmund (12-2)

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Serby's Sunday Q&A with... David Wright

Hot-hitting Mets third baseman David Wright took a swing at some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby in a Q&A session.

Q: Should you be the Captain of the Mets?

A: It was funny, ’cause I read this quote recently. And ... I’m not sure if I’m gonna nail it right, but it really hit home to me and it said something like, “Leadership is like toughness — if you talk about it, then you don’t have it.” And that kinda stuck with me because ... leaders, the guys that I consider leaders ... look at Derek Jeter crosstown ... he commands a certain respect. ... He just has a certain aura about him, because not only what he’s been able to accomplish, but the type of leader by example that he is. He’s not a guy that’s gonna go for attention’s sake — it’s funny me saying this after coming off of yelling at Terry (Collins) on camera — you don’t see him do things for show on camera. When he needs to say something, it’s almost like he pulled a guy aside and does it away from the attention and stuff, and that’s the type of leader that I want to be, and the type of leaders that I respect. The guys that go out there and lead by example first and foremost, and feel comfortable pulling a guy aside and kinda doing it privately. And also, if somebody sees something with me, I want them to feel comfortable enough pulling me aside, even if it’s a rookie or something like that.

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Q: Do you feel guilty about the dugout confrontation?

A: I wouldn’t say guilty. I think it’s more ... I wish that the situation would have been differently where I could have done it more privately. But it just so happened that I was supposed to hit first. I was trying to get ready to hit, obviously, and the situation kinda dictated that. I was apologetic to Terry because it made it look like I was ... kinda getting on him and not respecting the position when, in essence, it was more of the situation than him.

Q: Would you welcome a C on your chest? Do you feel like you’re ready for it?

A: That’s a better question for the 24 guys in there and the coaching staff, ’cause I would want them to dictate that, not me.

Q: What would it mean to you?

A: I would hope that the guys in the clubhouse respect me as much as I respect them ... and I hope that feeling is mutual. But I feel comfortable in a position where I feel like I’m one of the leaders on this team and that we can patrol ourselves in the clubhouse, that we can make the right decisions. ... There’s no question I feel very comfortable in that role.

Q: Do you want to be a Met for life?

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PSAL Class A baseball playoff roundup: Sanchez leads defending champion GW to quarters

Fernelys Sanchez hasn’t missed a beat.

The senior center fielder, who suffered a fractured left fibula in the preseason, tripled, doubled, scored three runs and drove in four in his second game back to lead No. 4 George Washington to an 11-1, run-rule victory over No. 13 New Dorp in the second round of the PSAL Class A playoffs Friday afternoon.

Wesley Rodriguez had two hits and scored two runs, Michael Richardson drove in two runs, Kevin Torres struck out three in five innings and Marvis Campos also scored two runs for the defending city champion Trojans (16-2), who meet fifth-seeded Norman Thomas in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. New Dorp ends the year at 13-7.

No. 1 Cardozo 9, No. 16 Newtown 2: Connor Doyle struck out 10 and allowed just two hits over six innings for the win, Nicanor Luna had three RBIs, Adrian Castano added three hits, two RBIs and scored twice, Diego Gonzalez drove in two runs and Chris Campbell scored twice and notched an RBI for Cardozo (18-0), which faces No. 8 Telecommunications in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Newtown finishes 13-5.

No. 2 Grand Street Campus 4, No. 15 Taft 1: Kevin Martir had two RBIs, Basael (Ralphy) McDonald scored two runs, Jose Cuas added an RBI, Santo Duran scored once and Geraldo Gonzalez struck out 11 in 5-2/3 for Grand Street (17-1), which meets No. 7 James Monroe in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Taft finishes 12-6.

No. 5 Norman Thomas 7, No. 12 James Madison 2: Arturo Cotto homered and drove in four runs, Michael German had two hits and scored twice, Francis Vasquez had two hits, an RBI and scored a run and Luis Zorrilla struck out five and scattered seven hits over seven innings for Norman Thomas, which scored five runs in the sixth inning to pull away. The Tigers (16-2) will face No. 4 George Washington in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Madison finishes the year 14-4.

No. 8 Telecommunications 3, No. 9 Beacon 2 (eight innings): Joshua Palacios tripled, scored once and drove in a run, Elijah Sanabria had two hits and scored once, Chris Lee allowed just two hits and one runs over 6-2/3 and Josh Mercado went 1-1/3 for the win in relief for Telecom (15-3), which will face No. 1 Cardozo in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Beacon finishes 14-4.

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