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Leave it Yankee fans. What manner of sleazebucket would hoist the image of an NYFD firefighter urinating on Ichiro Suzuki, for crying out loud, when this guy's done nothing except stand, so far, as an example of what a baseball player should be?

Meanwhile, there were some games today...Up in Fenway, the Baltimore Orioles let former reliever Rodrigo Lopez work his way out of a classic jam - Red Sox pulling to 4-2, second and third, first base open, Manny Ramirez coming up. Manager Mike Hargrove decided to let the kid pitch to the big man...Lopez gets him to pop out, then gives way to reliever B.J. Ryan who gets Carlos Baerga pinch hitting to ground out, Orioles out of the jam, come away with a 5-3 win in the end. Geronimo Gil and Melvin Mora went yard for the Birds; Gil to lead off the fifth. Orioles took an early 3-0 lead with the little ball; second inning, three straight singles bring home one, another single one out later brings home another, and a groundout brings in the third.

Last Tuesday, Jeff Suppan of the Royals faced Jeff (Leave It To) Weaver of the Tigers, Weaver came away with the five-hitter. This Monday, as in tonight, Suppan threw a two-hitter, broke a scoreless tie in the eighth on Weaver's wild one, Royals beat the Tigers, 4-0 at Comerica. Carlos (Fruity) Febles started it with a one-out single; Donnie (Back In The) Sadler followed with a double sending Febles to third. Weaver had Michael Tucker 1-1 when the wild pitch got past Mike Rivera behind the dish, in comes Febles. Weaver recovered, finished off Tucker - swish! Big K, then Carlos Beltran flied out. Royals put up three in the ninth: ribbie singles from Joe Randa and Febles and then Sadler drawing the walk with the bases loaded.

Back home from a nasty road trip, the Twins do it to the Devil Rays, 3-2. Eric Milton comes back to pitch 7 1/3 for the win, Denny Hocking drives in two, Eddie Guardado gives Eric Gagne of the Dodgers a run for his money - ninth save in nine chances out of the pen.

Other news that isn't spelled Strawberry-Going-To-The-Brig...Tawny Kitaen pleads innocent to charges that she assaulted her husband, Cleveland Indians pitcher Chuck Finley...Twins shortstop Cristian Guzmann to undergo an MRI on his knee...Rockies third base coach Rich Donnelly calls it quits, and Alan Cockrell takes over as hitting coach following Clint Hurdle's promotion to interim manager...Andy Pettitte got the official word: it's tendinitis in his pitching elbow, the Yankee lefty plans a few days' rest and then back to his rehab, club expects him to go for some minor league rehab starts in two weeks...Wil Cordero's second tour with the Indians has ended offically; the Tribe released him Monday, a week after he was cut for reassignment...Associated Press reporting Jerry (Rolls) Royster can shake off the "interim" tag - he's the boss in the dugout in Milwaukee.

come and get it, boys and girls!

It costs a lot for a family to see a Mariners game at Safeco Field, so keeping the atmosphere family-friendly is a good idea. They would never be able to fill the whole stadium in Seattle with rude people, and rude people keep families away. They are making the right choice.

Phillies-Giants:

Phillies' pitchers Robert (Missing) Person, Rheal (Bhad) Cormier, David Coggin (the Machine), and Jose Santiago (Chile) throw 500 pitches, 400 of which are balls, and walk 100 batters. Giants' bullpen is flawless. In a game that lasts eight hours, Giants win 8-5.

Hale said she heard of T-shirts at Yankee Stadium last year featuring a New York firefighter urinating on Seattle star Ichiro Suzuki.

I find this story hard to believe. No matter what's happening in the standings, the Red Sox are Yankee fans' No. 1 hated team. The Mets come second. Seattle, and specifically Ichiro, are not even on the radar.

This is a clean clear violation of Constitutional Rights under the First Amendment--it's state action because the field is owned by a state subdivision.

Poor taste? Yes. Rude; silly; dumb? All of the above. We should care because small violations of the constitution lead to big violations. In the Soviet of Washington, they could care less about the US Constitution. The Civil Rights Act clearly applies; this is liability producing conduct.