Idle Thoughts, while waiting for the Kentucky Derby, Celts-Bucks and for dopey Tanner Houck to get vaccinated and actually help his team:

• Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, is a little disgusted today with the Yankees.

It's been a week since the "hooligans," as John Sterling fittingly called them, threw debris on the field in the direction of Cleveland outfielders.

No news of any punishment coming their way.

Bet that Yankees are unaware that their failure to act is just as egregious as the actions of the nitwit fans in question.

The Yankees not only blew the opportunity — but ought to be obligated — to use all video surveillance possible, identify the guilty parties and ban them for life from Yankee Stadium.

Instead: crickets.

Not much from the big, bad New York media or the commissioner's office, either, demanding some accountability.

• Just when it couldn't get any dumber than "exit velo" — as if we need a corresponding number to decipher that a baseball was just hit really hard — the analytics crowd hits us with "expected batting average."

That's "xBA" for the insiders.

Can't wait for some Cornell grad to write an essay explaining that, sure, Ted Williams' .406 average in 1941 was nice and all, but Arky Vaughan's xBA of .42138856319062 was far more impressive.

Dr. I remains hopeful, however, that the expected reader reaction (xRR) to this column will be somewhere between magnificent and fabulous.

• An e-mail from reader Brad Peavey:

"Just a thought, but what about an international NBA swap, Brittney Griner for Kyrie Irving?"

Brad shoots, Brad scores.

• Dr. I has a new favorite football player: Josh Ezeudu, the lineman the Giants just took in the third round from North Carolina.

Ezeudu spent his college career avoiding media requests because he speaks with a stutter, according to several published reports.

Dr. I, who speaks with a stutter as well, knows the feeling.

Here's hoping the kid doesn't let the stutter win. (He did a great interview after he was drafted Friday.)

• Great line on social media from Friday night: "I hate to break it to Apple TV, but nobody who remembers the Yankees-Royals rivalry from the 70s knows how to find this broadcast."

• You think it's easy being Dr. I?

A week after Dr. I wrote a letter of recommendation for a high school basketball player in the region, the kid's father called Dr. I a "clown" because daddy disagrees with our Player of the Year choice.

Ah, but as the old line goes: "Some drink from the fountain of knowledge. Others only gargle."

• Here's a drinking game to play if you're bored watching the Red Sox:

Finish your beer every time somebody on the NESN broadcast mentions that Garrett Whitlock used to be a Yankee.

You'll be snoring by the bottom of the fourth.

• The 99 Restaurant may want to rethink the "kids eat free when the Red Sox win" thing.

Fasting isn't healthy for young people.

• The two best men's basketball coaches in Big East history: Jim Calhoun and Jay Wright.

Wax poetic all you want about Boeheim, Thompson, Looie and Rollie. Sorry. Old news.

• From a UConn fan (@UconnMeg22) on Twitter: "My Gampel season tickets went from $297 to $715 for last row seats. Awesome."

• Could be an exciting summer here for local baseball. Waterford American Legion will incorporate players from Old Lyme, East Lyme, Waterford, New London and Fitch. All-star team, anyone?

• Very cool experience: The Yard Goats.

Dr. I was there last week to watch the AA Yankees. Fun night.

• College baseball score of note from Friday: Boston College 7, No. 18 Notre Dame 4.

• Note to CBS: Can't we see Coach K and Mrs. Coach K holding hands just one more time?

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro