Touch 'Em All: Yankees pay tribute to Boston

Now, even the Bronx is in Boston.

The New York Yankees played Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," a Fenway Park tradition, after the third inning of Tuesday night's 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Yankee Stadium, following a moment of silence for the victims of Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon.

The Yankees and Red Sox will soon resume one of the the most intense rivalries in sports, between the white lines. But on an outside video board Tuesday, the Yanks displayed their NY logo and the B of the Red Sox with the words, "United We Stand."

That says it all.

Sour home, Chicago. The Texas Rangers are making their first trip to Wrigley Field since 2002 and only their second visit ever.

Texas slugger Lance Berkman made many trips to the Friendly Confines when he played for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. But he's not happy about going back, though the Cubs and the city have a deal to give the 99-year-old ballpark a $500 million face lift.

"It's one of the worst places in baseball for, well, just about anything,' Berkman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News. "I really don't like it. I read where they got approval for some more upgrades. Count me in the group of people extremely happy to see that."

Still, Berkman doesn't see anything special about the North Side icon.

"There is a tremendous history associated with it and there is something special about playing on the same field that guys like Babe Ruth did," he said. "But really, what kind of history is there? It's not like there has been one championship after another. It's mainly been a place for people to go and drink beer."

The Bleacher Bums, no doubt, are preparing a response.

They may not get to see much of Berkman, though. He's the Rangers' DH - and he's hit a career .215 at Wrigley, which may have influenced his opinion of the place.

Peace breaks out. The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers played a game Monday night, with no punches thrown and no bones broken.

In the first meeting of the teams since Carlos Quentin broke Zack Greinke's collarbone Thursday, San Diego won, 6-3.

It helped that Quentin was suspended, said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.

"If he was playing, obviously things are escalated a little bit," Donny Baseball said.

Quotable. Norristown's Mike Piazza, getting ready to make a walk-on with the Miami City Ballet next month, on the critics: "If I have to take a few good-natured insults, you know, I've taken a lot of abuse before."

Hey, at least nobody will be throwing a broken bat at the ex-Mets catcher - unless Roger Clemens is a ballet fan.

This article contains information from the AP.