The Final Score

METS: Our hard-working David Lennon writes today about Aaron Heilman's struggles.

Mets fans need to give A-Heil a break at Shea if they want him to be more effective. Some players don't care about getting booed or even use it for motivation. I can't prove this, but I have a feeling it doesn't help Heilman for the home crowd to boo him. It may hurt him to have that distraction to deal with. Just a feeling.

YANKEES: Every time Jason Giambi hits a home run -- he has six -- it makes it less likely the Yankees will have the guts to release him, as this space says it must. Giambi is going to tease them like this all season with just enough power to make you think he's going to turn it around.

He isn't. Not to any great degree, anyway.