[Dales]

What can you say? Their pitching has been pretty darn good, Damon can play some outfield, and Nomar is much better defensively (last year's amazing playoff plays notwithstanding) than Jeter.

Part of the Yankees problem (or at least it was earlier in the season when I saw a few more of their games than I have lately) is that they were using Giambi, who is a brick, at first and DHing Nick Johnson, who is a stellar defender.

[Mike Fieschko]

Nomar is much better defensively (last year's amazing playoff plays notwithstanding) than Jeter.

Rey Sanchez was a tremendous pickup.

Who was it that said Jose Offerman spelled his name with 33 E's?

Good and very good Yankee teams've always been strong at short and second, all the way back to the 1930s. You can get away with an iron glove at first with good gloves and hands in the middle of the infield.

[Johnny Shear]

and Nomar is much better defensively (last year's amazing playoff plays notwithstanding) than Jeter.

Much better?

Common! Isn't that like saying Willie Mayes was much better than Mickey Mantle???

Nomar and Derek are neither "Much Better" than the other at anything.

And Derek makes plays like the ones you saw in last year's playoffs everyday. He just did it last night.