Fans gonna go crazy for free agents who are lazy

THIS offseason’s big-ticket free agents include Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, both disinclined to run to first base. The “winners” of the auctions can hike ticket prices for patrons to witness their chronic lethargy.

Tuesday, recognizing that Dallas will play at Philly on Sunday on NBC, reader Kenny Kaplan issued this tout: The Eagles will wear their tradition-be-damned, now-on-sale black uniforms. Friday came word: Kaplan was right.

Golf buddy/horse trainer Joe Holloway has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.

So Rex Ryan is still acting like a creep, even taking a cheap shot at the father of injured DTs Joey and Nick Bosa as the sire of players who fake injuries. Terms of engagement. ESPN hired Ryan because as a coach he behaved like a big-mouthed creep.

Seems the media are now more focused on MLB’s free agents rather than advocating the restoration of practical common sense in baseball — before it’s far too late. Or have GMs and managers already determined their assigned-inning relievers, starting in the sixth?

Why root for the Nets until it’s again too late? To increase attention to their alert, candid WFAN radio team, Chris Carrino and Tim Capstraw, established in 2002.

Stats that won’t be spoken or seen Sunday on TV: The NFL leader in third-down efficiency is 4-4 Atlanta. Indianapolis, at 3-5, is second. The Bucs, 3-5, are fifth. The 3-5 Jags are ninth. The 6-2 Chargers are 24th.

On this day in 1946, the Knicks played their first game in the “old” Garden. Under former Manhattan College player and coach Neil Cohalan, they lost in OT to the Chicago Stags. What’s that? Yes, Mike Francesa was in his usual frontrow seats.