Our approval rating at a four-year low, we decided to wave at neighborhood supporters from an SUV but got booed for blocks. … Our ratings are not as bad as the NBA’s. More people tuned in to Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room then The Finals.

“They don’t like us, we don’t like them.” — Kevin Kiermaier

“The feeling is mutual.”— Brett Gardner

Round 1 of a possible five for the Yankees and Rays. The heavyweights will slug it out at Petco Park in San Diego. Both teams easily won their preliminary bouts. The Yankees took out the Tribe. The Rays defeated the Jays. Prime-time matchup to kick-start the series. Both Gerrit Cole and Blake Snell threw gems in their latest starts. Cole allowed two runs, fanning 13, over seven strong. Snell tossed a one-hitter over a scoreless 5 ²/₃ , striking out nine. Believe both of these thoroughbreds will show up, but Boone’s “savages” will prevail. 20 units on the Yankees.

We went a strong 6-1-1 in the early NFL games. The tie? The game we played. Brady’s Bucs, giving 7 and down 24-7, came back and beat the Chargers 38-31. Still down -970 winslows.