After 34 games, still no homers. He was 1-4 last night with a single and no RBIs, but his average actually improved to .220.

Also! Dustin Pedroia homered in his first at-bat of the season, but not in 127 at-bats since. A great player, but for a right-handed hitter to have just one home run playing in Fenway Park—that’s weird.

Hmmmm…..

The Yanks won a solid one last night, beating the Jays 8-2. Since I am giving Ortiz a hard time, I should in fairness mention that Mark Texeira’s two hits brought his average up to a whopping .202. Yankee rookie Brett Gardner hit his first career home run, which gives him one more this season than…David Ortiz.

Meanwhile, one of the Yanks’ more interesting stories this season is Johnny Damon, who is hitting like he was back in 2004. He has eight more home runs than David Ortiz—at this rate, Ortiz will catch up to him…never!—his average is .323, and his OBP of .392 and slugging percentage of .630 are the highest of his career (the latter by far).

He’ll never keep this up, but it’s been fun to watch, and it’s helped, slightly, to compensate for injuries to Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, A-Rod and Hideki Matsui, and a glacial start for Mark Texeira.