First place, baby, first: A good weekend to be a Yankee fan

Reasons to believe in humanity, America, goodness, God, hope, faith, technology, capitalism, communism and the gold standard:

1. First place, baby, first place.

2. Differences patched up with A-Rod over stupid milestone payments.

3. Ellsbury will be back soon.

4. Andrew Miller will be back soon.

5. Tanaka and Pineda rebounded from tough outings.

6. Wave of talent (Judge, Severino) at Scranton. (Bird promoted yesterday)

7. Should be able to improve at 2B via trades. (Anything = Better.)

8. Rest of division remains crappy.

9. It stopped snowing.