Say It With Me Now...

Or just read it in Phil Rogers's end-of-the-year wrap-up:

If I could have been a fly on the wall...

I would have been with Derek Jeter when he got word that the Yankees had reversed course and decided to recommit themselves to Alex Rodriguez after seemingly deciding to turn the page. There's a reason Rodriguez doesn't have a World Series ring. He wears on his teammates.

There's a reason this "point" keeps getting made. Journalists forget that in baseball, there is "pitching."