SU has been in A-Rod’s corner right from the start of spring training and you have to give him credit for what he has accomplished so far this season.  He has done and said all the right things.  Last night, his first homerun goes 471 feet and the next one is a 400-foot bullet down the line.  To top it off, he gets a 2-out single to drive in the winning run.  He is locked in.  Will it last?  Of course not.  Especially when he is hitting in front of Stephen Drew (now that is how you protect your best hitter!).  SU advice to Joe Girardi: put him in at clean-up and build the rest of your line up around him.  Truth be told, you could pull the names out of a hat – they are all basically hitting below .200 with no power.  SU will remain interested for the next few weeks until the Yankees fall off the radar which given their starters going 5 innings a game is going to be soon.  Last night, the rest of the line up had 2 hits including Stephen Drew’s 3rd homer of the year to go along with his .165 average.  It is beyond boring and if A-Rod goes down with an injury, there is no reason to watch until Cashman goes the Knick route and tanks the season.  We are a few weeks away from that.

Mets streak reaches 6 against a struggling Miami team.  39,000 fans on a Friday night in Queens.  The Mets faithful are feeling it — this is a good story.

For the 12 people that watch the Tennis Channel along with SU, Djokovic beat Nadal in straight sets in the semi-finals of Monte Carlo today.  It’s time to include Djokovic in the conversation of best of all time.  Clearly, Federer and Nadal are at a higher level career-wise but since 2011, Novack is right there.  To be the #1 ranked player 3 of the last 4 years in this era of incredibly high quality play is impressive.  When all is said and done, his record will speak for itself.

Finally, Jordan Speith gives SU a reason to check in on the PGA TOUR today to see if he can follow up his Masters’ title with another win.  He is in contention after shooting a 62 yesterday.  SU likes that he played a tournament the following week – be the man.  Hey, you’re 21 – do you really need to rest?