If he does, he is likely to become the Yankee second baseman of the present.

"I'm not feeling any different than if we were playing for the pennant," the Yankee first baseman said.

But this season there is no real Yankee first baseman.

Hardly the numbers of a real Yankee first baseman.

But not one of them is a real Yankee first baseman.

As a former Yankee third baseman, he once was Martin's teammate.

"To me," the Yankee first baseman was saying, "there's way more urgency with the wild card."

The Yankee second baseman beat out an infield hit in the first inning but pulled up a bit as he ran down the line.

The next Yankee first baseman will be a healthy slugger.

Mattingly, the Yankee first baseman, didn't want to talk about his problems, and he certainly couldn't play.