Still basking in the glow of Monday’s first ever public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Sterling Park we turned our attention now to baseball, our national pastime, where most MLB teams are playing under God’s lights this summer afternoon.

My hometown Nationals have opened up a four-game lead over the second-place Mets before their series with said Mets this weekend. With a win in at least one of their next five games the Nats have assured themselves first place in the NL East heading into the All-Star break.

In the American League, my beloved New York Yankees have not fared quite as well. They are currently in fourth place in the AL East, and one game below .500. Amazing considering their lineup, which as of Sunday boasts three players with at least 400 career home runs (A-Rod, Carlos Beltran, and Mark Teixeira). That’s about the nicest thing I can say about the team right now. (And I believe this is the first such occurrence in MLB history. I have scoured the Internet looking for this gem of a stat and have found it nowhere, hence its inclusion here for public record.)