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Happy Easter, everyone!

A Grand Slam is a very exciting thing to watch.  With the bases loaded, the anticipation is nail-biting and the possibility that the next batter will hit a home run is exhilarating.  But, if the team who hits the grand slam is not the team for whom you are rooting, it's not that fun to watch.  And if that home run is hit by a player that you just can't stand, it's even LESS fun.  In last night's game between the Yankees and Orioles, the bases were loaded with Yankees when Alex Rodriguez went up to bat.  He hit a home run, got 4 RBIs for it, and then got 2 more RBIs in the Yankees' 15-3 win over the O's.  Catcher Russell Martin hit two homers, and the only Yankee that I really like, Robinson Canó, went 3 for 5.  I felt very very bad for the Orioles, who have been struggling lately, especially with their bullpen.  CC Sabathia got his first win of the year for the Yankees, and Derek Jeter is only one hit away from tie-ing Frank Robinson in the all-time hit list.  I guess it was just a perfect day for the Yankees, wasn't it?  Don't they get tired of having those?  The only thing that was missing was a save by Mariano Rivera, but when you're winning by so many runs, not getting a save just doesn't matter.  Sigh!  Whatever happened to the days, back in the late 80s and early 90s when the only good player the Yankees had was Don Mattingly and all the attention in New York went to the Mets?  Oh, how I long for those days again!

I might as well tell you that the Nationals lost also, this time to the Pirates 7-2.  And of course the Phillies won, beating the Padres 4-2 in 11 innings.  If the Nationals don't win the next few games and the Braves don't lose, they will move down to fourth place and we'll be right back where we've been the past few years.  Sigh again!  But hey, the Red Sox shut out the Angels and the Tigers shut out the White Sox in what was a very well-pitched game by Brad Penny.  So it wasn't all bad yesterday, I guess.

It has finally stopped raining here in Frederick, so I hope you all have a wonderful Easter day with your family and friends, and if you can, try to catch an inning or two of baseball on TV.  You can even show your crazy Uncle Joe how much you know about baseball now, and feel free to toss around the names of a few hall-of-famers to impress him even more.  Enjoy!!!