There is one way, and only one, where the surreal events of Thursday afternoon make even a little bit of sense at Penn Plaza.
Monday, July 7 figures to be one of the lightest news days of the summer. It’s the first day of baseball’s All-Star break, so the Mets and the Yankees will be dormant. It’ll be the first day back to work for most of us after the Fourth of July holidays, so we’ll all be a little sleepy and in need of the jolt that would allow this to all seem even remotely reasonable:
A large gathering at Madison Square Garden.