Boone gets it ‘fundamentally’ wrong

EVEN as a weekend softball pitcher I knew that if I caught a comebacker and the runner had broken from third and there was no force at home, I’d run toward that runner, forcing him to commit, before throwing him out or tagging him out.

Yet, the Yanks’ Jonathan Holder, Thursday in Boston, apparently hadn’t been schooled in such practicality. He fielded a comebacker then threw to third, behind the runner, Jackie Bradley Jr., who then scored.

On YES’s postgame Aaron Boone said Holder made “the right play.” But then Boone acknowledged that running right at Bradley would have been “the perfect play.” Oh.

➤ Take me out to the ballgame? Wednesday and Thursday the Angels dropped consecutive games to the Rays in new-normal style. Against nine pitchers, the Angels totaled nine hits and struck out 24 times.

➤ On WOR Radio, home of the Mets, the morning team of Len Berman and Michael Riedel ask listeners to identify “the turning point” of the Mets’ game, the day or night before, to win Mets’ tickets.

Thus, after Tuesday’s 25-4 loss to the Nats, they had to pop the turningpoint question.

Reader Martin Nerl couldn’t choose between two: “When the national anthem was played or when the umpire yelled ‘Play ball!’ ’’

➤ Carmelo Anthony is a prospective Rocket, as if they need another 3-point shooter.

What would happen if for one season the NBA eliminated 3-point shots? Would the quality of play improve or recede?