NEW YORK -- Jay Bruce stepped into the batters box for the first time wearing the New York Mets blue and orange, and the sellout crowd at Citi Field stood and greeted him with cries of Bruuuce! sounding as if at a Springsteen concert.I heard hes kind of a big deal around here, the All-Star outfielder said.A day after he was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds, Bruce went 0 for 4 with a flyout, groundout and two called strikeouts in the New York Mets 7-1 Subway Series win over the Yankees on Tuesday night.I felt a little out of place for the first couple of innings, honestly, he said. The way we won tonight obviously makes that 0 for 4 a little better.Bruce, who reported to the Mets on Tuesday along with returning pitcher Jon Niese, was drafted by the Reds in 2005 and made his big league debut with Cincinnati in 2008. But Cincinnati is among the worst National League teams and decided to deal him for infielder Dilson Herrera and left-hander Max Wotell.Bruce took uniform No. 19 -- Joey Vottos number in Cincinnati -- played right field and batted third.I know he was nervous, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Even though hes an experienced major league player and a star in the big leagues, going to a new town and all the hoopla and you want to make an instant impact. But hell settle in. Hes going to make a big difference in our club.Collins had tried to relieve any pressure felt.Youre not the savior. Youre a big, big piece, Collins recalled telling him.Bruce is batting .262 with 25 homers and 80s, the most in the NL at the time of the trade.Theres an instant kind of recharge to the battery, getting in there to a pennant race and playing baseball that matters, he said.Bruce has spent just one game in center field since 2008, so Collins put him in right and pulled Curtis Granderson -- whose locker is in the same corner of the clubhouse as Bruces -- from his starting lineup. Alejandro de Aza was in center and hit a go-ahead two-run homer. Michael Conforto was in left and had a pair of doubles.With Yoenis Cespedes slowed by a quadriceps injury, Collins said the Cuban slugger will be a designated hitter from Wednesday through Sunday, when the Mets play in AL ballparks at the Yankees and Detroit.Last year, Cespedes acquisition at the trade deadline sparked the Mets to their first NL pennant since 2000. Collins practically salivated at the thought of Cespedes and Bruce together in the batting order of New York, which entered with an NL-low .238 batting average.Tomorrow night when we get Ces back in there, Ill tell you what, thats going to be a unique looking lineup with those big bats in the middle, the manager said.Bruce received a welcome call from injured Mets captain David Wright. Bruce remembered striking out on the final pitch last September when the Mets clinched the NL East title with a win at Cincinnati and then celebrated.One of the dirtiest pitches Ive ever been thrown was by Jeurys Familia, he said of the Mets closer.New York had long considered trying to acquire Bruce.I feel like Ive been getting traded to the Mets for over a year now, he said.The 29-year-old, a three-time All-Star, has a contract that includes a team option for 2017. Hes not sure if he wants to live in Manhattan or the suburbs.I think New York can be as big and fast as you want it to be. I plan on finding my niche and just being myself, he said. Im not going to have a car here, so Im going to have to use a lot of different modes of transportation.Niese also has a housing decision to make. After the Mets traded the 29-year left-hander to Pittsburgh in December for Neil Walker, the second baseman signed a one-year sublease for the pitchers apartment on Manhattans Upper East Side.Knowing the type of guy Neil is, I highly doubt that hes trashed it, Niese said.Niese, 8-6 with a 4.90 ERA, pitched the final two innings in his return and allowed Didi Gregorius ninth-inning homer. He joked that he was a boomerang: Throw me out and I come right back again.He was asked about a comment he made last fall that appeared to criticize the Mets defense. He was quoted by Pittsburgh-area reporters as saying: Im sure what Ill appreciate more than anything is the way they play defense. Im looking forward to that.All I really said was that I was excited to pitch in front of the Pirates defense, Niese said Tuesday. Its unfortunate the way it got turned around, because its certainly not what I meant by it.Game notesThe Mets recalled infielder Ty Kelly and left-hander Josh Edgin from Las Vegas, and they optioned outfielder Brandon Nimmo and right-hander Seth Lugo to the Triple-A team. Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Monday, with a strained patella tendon in his left knee. Outfielder Justin Ruggiano was put on the 15-day DL with a strained left hamstring.Hideo Nomo Dodgers Jersey . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Orel Hershiser Dodgers Jersey . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3. https://www.cheapdodgersonline.com/575h-edwin-rios-jersey-dodgers.html . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. Jerry Reuss Dodgers Jersey . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. Joc Pederson Jersey .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. LONDON -- Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged by German prosecutors with paying a $44 million bribe, placing his future as head of the motor sport series in doubt. The 82-year-old British billionaire has been under investigation since a German banker was convicted of taking the payment from him in connection with the sale of a stake in F1. The Munich state court said Ecclestone has until mid-August to respond to charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust in connection with Gerhard Gribkowskys management of the bank BayernLBs 47 per cent stake in F1. Ecclestone, the longtime commercial head of F1, acknowledged during Gribkowskys trial in 2011 that he made the payment five years earlier but said he was pressured to do so. Ecclestones indictment was dated on May 10 and has since been translated into English and delivered to Ecclestone and his lawyers, the court said. "The lawyers have accepted an indictment," Ecclestone told The Associated Press. "It means they have to reply to the indictment, which they are strenuously doing." Ecclestone, whom Forbes magazine reports is worth $3.8 billion, said he is yet to read the indictment. "They are alleging I bribed someone," Ecclestone said, while insisting he did "nothing illegal." Sentences in Germany for bribery range from three months to 10 years in prison. CVC Capital Partners, the investment group that has owned F1s commercial rights since 2006, issued no direct comment Wednesday about the future of Ecclestone. "Mr. Ecclestone has six weeks to provide a response to this bill of indictment prior to a decision being made by the court on opening proceedings," the board of Formula One Group said in a statement. "The board will continue to monitor developments in this situation accordingly.dddddddddddd" Ecclestone was retained as chief executive of F1 by CVC after it took control of the sport following the takeover that sparked the bribery case. Gribkowsky was in charge of selling BayernLBs stake in F1 to CVC. In addition to taking the money from Ecclestone, Gribkowsky used BayernLBs funds to pay the F1 chief a commission of $41.4 million and agreed to pay a further $25 million to Bambino Trust, a company with which Ecclestone was affiliated, prosecutors said during the trial in 2011. Ecclestone told the court he deserved a commission for the sale, saying "I did a very, very good job." On Wednesday, he told the AP: "They wanted money. I was shaken down by the guys. Its happened in life before." Gribkowsky, who has largely admitted the charges, was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty last year of corruption, tax evasion and breach of trust. Ecclestones German lawyers, Sven Thomas and Norbert Scharf, said they will soon submit a "comprehensive response" to the court -- and the central issue in that response will be "the varying confessions of Mr. Gribkowsky." Ecclestone was savvy in building his power base in F1 from the 1970s and helped to create the Formula One Constructors Association that controlled the business side of the sport, including selling the TV rights. The British-based company later became known as Formula One Management. It has fought regular tussles with the teams over finances, but has retained control of global motor racing extravaganza. CVC, having amassed a 63 per cent stake of F1, has reduced its holding as other investors have come on board in recent years, although a planned flotation has stalled. Ecclestones holding has been diluted to about 5 per cent. ' ' '