Forget the Sixers. They got crushed again last night. They’re no place, going nowhere, playing out the string on a miserable season.

Ditto for the Flyers. Sure, they’ll probably make the playoffs. But first they have to play another month’s worth of mostly meaningless games.

The Eagles? They still haven’t decided what they’re doing with Donovan McNabb.

Never fear, sports fans.

Summer starts today.

A few minutes after 1 o’clock, Roy Halladay will stride to the mound in Clearwater, stare in at Carlos Ruiz, and then hopefully fire a high, hard one at a batter in those hated blue pinstripes.

That’s right, the Yankees are in town. We haven’t forgotten.

The Yanks last fall snatched that World Series trophy that we had clutched to our hearts for a year.

Now it’s time for revenge.

Summer starts today.

Welcome baseball.