The Yankees won 11-5 last night. The bats woke up temporarily and it was a good team win. Jameson Taillon bent, but didn’t break, and the bullpen held up. Like I said, a good team win.

Tonight, they face Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher. It most certainly has to be a unique situation for the Yankee hitters seeing pitches from a guy that’s homered against you as a DH, 3 times in the past 2 games. If Ohtani the pitcher, pitches like he hits….yikes.

Hoping for a Yankee win, but watching Ohtani pitch will be fascinating. Does he throw hard? Can he spot his off speed pitches? Will he get rattled pitching in Yankee Stadium? It’s gonna be fun to watch.

In other Views, good night for the rest of the locals, Mets and Red Sox both winning tight one run games. The best news of the night from the diamond, with Tampa losing, the Yankees made up some ground. Slowly, but surey, slow and steady I guess.

On to the NBA. The Hawks beat the Bucks 110-88, even their best of seven Eastern Conference Finals series at two a piece. The story though wasn’t the Hawks win, Bucks star, Giannis Antetokounmpo went down with a hyper-extended left knee.

The implications of this are massive, for the teams playing, for fans, and especially the tv ratings, you got the Skip Bayless dream matchup of ‘his’ Clippers versus Giannis, the quiet, yet somehow ratings machine, and the Bucks hanging in the balance and hinging on Giannis’s left knee. Hell, even the betting public is affected by this. As a fan, you hope he is okay. You want the best players to play their best moments in their biggest games, and few are bigger than this.

Back, hopefully tomorrow with Ohtani’s outing agaist the Yankees, and some hockey.

Stay safe, stay cool, care for your pets in these hot conditions.