Mets fans can take up offer for free therapy

New York Mets fans struggling with their team’s lousy season now have somewhere to cope besides sports talk radio.

An online mental health marketplace is giving free, confidential therapy sessions to Flushing faithful who fill out a form asking for their most difficult moments as fans.

New York-based UMA Health made the offer this week after Tuesday’s 25-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, the worst loss in Mets history.

UMA says the lighthearted promotion is meant to bring attention to the important role of therapy. The company says it wants to eliminate the stigma of going to a therapist.

The Mets, ravaged by injuries and boneheaded play, are the fifth worst team in Major League Baseball. They’re tied for last in the NL East, 16 games behind the division-leading

Phillies.

BURKETT BOWLING

Former All-Star pitcher John Burkett is throwing a different kind of ball these days.

The former 20-game winner with the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox is in the lineup for the PBA50 bowling tournament next week at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming.

Mlive.com reports Burkett lives in Southlake, Texas, and has competed in the PBA tour for players over 50 for four years. His highest finish was fourth in 2015 in California and he has two 11th place finishes.

Burkett says he wanted to be a professional bowler before ever discovering baseball. He was 166-136 with 1,766 strikeouts in a 15-year career that began in earnest in 1987. He finished fourth in Cy Young Award voting in 1993 when he went 22-7 with the Giants.