Mets players like Jose Quintana, Jesse Winker and Sean Manaea sported the number 40 for their eye black ahead of Game 3 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why that specific number?

They found that 40-year-old men were more likely not to have been married than women, and Black 40-year-olds were “much more likely” to have never wed than their peers of different races.

Researchers looked at how marriage rates have changed among 40-year-olds in the U.S. from 1850 to 2021. They found that 40-year-old men were more likely not to have been married than women, and Black ...