Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson (not pictured) got an early April Fool’s Day prank yesterday when he went up to bat in the bottom of the fifth. Instead of his customary at-bat music, the PA blasted Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” to which Granderson could only grin and bear it.

Granderson, too, seemed baffled, looking over at his teammates in the dugout and shaking his head with a smile. When he came up again in the fifth, Granderson and thousands in the lower deck had caught on, and the fans were chanting in near-unison, “Friday, Friday, Friday” and “Fun, fun, fun.”

The really scary part, though, is that considering the kind of day Granderson had — a tie-breaking home run and two sensational catches in centerfield (watch the highlights on Yankees.com if you can stomach John Sterling singing “The Grandyman Can”) — he may stick with Rebecca Black’s song all season long.

–Jockbeat/Village Voice.

Oh, whatever, Village Voice. The Rebecca Black hate has been even worse than Rebecca Black. Oh, but Josh, the song is so annoying. Wrong. The song annoys you. So take it upon yourself to LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE. I don’t think the song is that bad. The fact that Funny Or Die actually had to alter the song to make fun of it says a lot. It’s still better than Cee-Lo, but then, so is everthing.

Curtis Granderson led off the game with an inside-the-park home run, the first of three early home runs that powered the Tigers past the Yankees 5-4 yesterday.  The Yankees fell to 7.5 games behind Boston in the AL East and 2.5 behind the M's in the Wild Card, while the Tigers stayed 2.5 back of the Indians in the Central.  At least I think so.  It would involve some extra clicking to verify those numbers, and I happen to be very busy not care.

Anyway, Granderson.  The home run was his 17th, which is great for a leadoff hitter.  But he should have stayed on third — that would have been his 22nd triple of the year.  In other words, he is ridiculously fast.  No one hits 20+ triples by August any more.  Hitting that many triples in a year went out of style with powder-blue away uniforms and Reaganomics.  But if Curtis Granderson is any indication of the times — and I think it's safe to say that he is — the '80s are back.  Watch out for the gay plague!

Other MLB scores: Chris Young hits two home runs as D-Backs beat Cubs 5-4.  Hey, I thought Chris Young was a pitcher?  On the Padres…  Ryan Howard's 34th home run leads Philadelphia's 14-2 attack on San Diego… Cards beat Braves to take series, further proving my worthlessness as a prognosticator.  I bet on the series getting canceled due to race riots.

Boston Red Sox outfielder Wily Mo Peña hit a home run against the Detroit Tigers today, but it was counted as a fly-out: 

Nice catch, I guess. But it still doesn't beat the time I caught that bottle of champagne my "finacée" tossed down to me from the third floor balcony when we had high-tail it out of a honeymoon suite bill.  I made that grab one-handed with cigarette ash in my right eye.  I didn't catch her though.  I didn't even try.  If I did, how would she ever learn that she can't shirk her financial obligations? -KD

UPDATE: Tigers sweep the Red Sox, and the Chief predicted it. If only he would pay me in cash, so I could gamble it away.