beyond the back page Why a brutal June could lead to a better July for these New York teams — and where it could get worse By Andrew Crane Published July 1, 2025, 7:50 a.m. ET Mets manager Carlos Mendoza argues with home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz on June 28, 2025. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images For most New York City-area teams, June quickly devolved into a month to forget. The Knicks’ season had just ended on the last day of May with a gut-wrenching Game 6 loss to the Pacers, which capped a gut-wrenching Eastern Conference finals that forever will be remembered for the Game 1 choke. That’s when the chaos began. When the calendar flipped from May, the Mets were 14 games over .500, atop the National