Whenever I see Rudolph Guilliani I cringe. News programs interview him all the time; it's insane. And everytime he's interviewed, he has to mention the Yankees.

Sunday was no different. The interview was about the Pope's passing and his visit to New York.

During the interview, the former mayor of New York City related a personal story.

During the Pope's visit, he took a moment to acknowledge Guilliani's son, who at the time was wearing a Yankee cap. The Pope touched the top of the cap and blessed the boy.

Nice story but why make reference to the cap? Odd.

Perhaps it helped the Yankees win their home-opener, I don't know. I doubt the Pope is a Yankee fan, I'm sure he had more pressing things on his mind.

Regardless, the Red Sox had a devil of a time versus Randy Johnson that evening.

David Wells' has run dry. He has nothing. At best his performance was horrible, adding evidence to my case against him. How do you balk with the passes loaded.

Hopefully his outing is not an indicator of things to come. April will be a long month. But once Schilling and Wade Miller return to the rotation thingss will be fine. We'll still have to duck our heads after Well's outings, however. Besides as Colleen Stone says in her From Away blog, there's still 161 games left.

I expected Sunday's loss. Today's game should be different. ESPN warns fans about the climbing ERAs of new American Leaguers.

Since the Yankees scored nine runs on Sunday, I predict they don't have enough gas in the tank for a repeat. The starters (Matt Clement and Carl Pavano) will both come prepared.

In fact, the only thing that's going to stop a pitching duel is perhaps Pavano's 162 ERA vs. the Red Sox.

Matt Clement's numbers vs. the American League teams are terrific.

And although the Yankees beat the Sox Sunday, that won't stop Big Nate from being a fan.

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