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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are finally working together in the way the Yankees dreamed. Maybe they still remain the best of frenemies.
But in this postseason, they also are the best players in the AL. They are pretty much staging an anything-you-can-do-I-can-top program this October. Too bad their teammates are like the rest of America and standing around watching it.
Mark Teixeira has turned into Rey Ordonez as we are reduced to fixating on his defensive prowess because his offense has pretty much vanished. The nicest thing you can say about Robinson Cano is he is having better at-bats than Melky Cabrera and Nick Swisher.
At this moment, Cabrera and Swisher are more likely to stage a bizarre balloon stunt than actually get a big hit
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