Mose Shrute lookalike catches controversial Mike Moustakas home run (VIDEO)

Mike Moustakas added to the Kansas City Royals' lead in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series with a second-inning home run to right field against Toronto Blue Jays pitcher David Price, giving Kansas City a 2-0 lead. 

The ball was caught by a fan who obviously reached over the railing to make the grab with his mitt, but the home run call was upheld after replay review.

Royals take a 2-0 Lead with a home run by Mike Moustakas! #royals #bluejays #jays #kcroyals pic.twitter.com/9C8u1VNnuo

— T.H.O.T.N (@_thotn) October 24, 2015

Amazing that the MLB replay booth, with all their gadgetry, couldn't see that it was caught below the wall — making it a ground-rule-double.

More fantastic was seeing Mose Shrute from "The Office" go back to Lancaster with a nice souvenir though.

After checking out the resemblance, look at how close the call actually was.

Clearly not a home run pic.twitter.com/gEisB5Iee3

— Tulontoo (@FakeTulo) October 24, 2015

That horse and buggy ride back to Pennsylvania might take some time, Mose. But once again, it seems a Luddite shows us technology is good for nothing.

Royals players pretend to take cover from trash-tossing Blue Jays fans (VIDEO)

The Royals and Blue Jays haven't have trouble with Rogers Centre fans throwing trash on the field during the ALCS in like visiting players did in an ugly scene last week.

Still, some Royals players were more than ready to protect themselves from flying objects in case anyone in the crowd decided to make their feelings heard after a call on Tuesday.

The dugout hijinks happened when Alcides Escobar was hit by a pitch on his knuckles in the second inning, but only awarded first base after a video review. When the call was overturned, fans booed loudly, Jeremy Guthrie and Paulo Orlando covered their heads in mock anticipation of being pelted. Johnny Cueto jumped up and down, and others pointed but no foreign objects came.

Here's the call which made the Royals take cover. If you look closely, you can see the players in the dugout getting ready for the deluge which never happened.

Now if the Canucks could only keep the fruits and vegetables out of the cheap seats.

Drew Butera, who was a few feet away, believes object thrown from 500 level last night that just missed Toronto policeman was a green pepper

— Vahe Gregorian (@vgregorian) October 20, 2015

Pedro Martinez entertains crowd with dance moves during ALCS 'light delay' (GIF)

There was a six-minute "light delay" before the start of the ALCS Game 1 thanks to the studio lamps above the TBS broadcast desk distracting the batters at the plate.

While the umpires and spectators stared up at the pesky lights overlooking Camden Yards, waiting for some grip or gaffer to hit the off switch, analyst Pedro Martinez took the opportunity to entertain the anxious crowd by turning on his dance moves.

And it was only apropos when the stadium sound guy punched up Journey's "Lights" as a soundtrack until the Orioles' starter, Chris Tillman, finally got to throw the series-opening first pitch.

Hey, it's better than a Superdome blackout ... I think.

Kansas City church gives Billy Butler a pass on 8th Commandment (PHOTO)

In last Sunday's ALDS Game 3, the Royals' Billy Butler did something he hadn't done in two years. He stole a base.

Not only did Royals fans approve of the DH/First baseman finally swiping the bag, a Kansas City-area church has granted Butler permission to break the 8th Commandment anytime he likes.

As long as it's on the base-paths.

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Austin Jackson found out about Game 4 lineup demotion via bedtime text message (VIDEO)

Whether or not the Detroit Tigers' bats woke up Wednesday night because manager Jim Leyland sent his hitters to the plate in a different order is debatable, but the move apparently jolted outfielder Austin Jackson out of his slumber in more ways than one.

Jackson said he woke up to the news that he was bumped from his familiar leadoff spot to batting eighth in Game 4 against the Red Sox via text message from hitting coach Lloyd McClendon.

After the Tigers won 7-3, the struggling Jackson admitted he got the text while "in bed asleep."

"It was weird to wake up to a text message," he said.

Despite the rude awakening, Jackson —who has been mired in a horrendous postseason slump (3-for-33, 18 strikeouts) — responded just as Leyland hoped he would.

Jackson's first plate appearance of the night came in a big spot. With one out in the second inning, Jackson stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. He drew a four-pitch walk, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

That set the tone for the rest of the night, as Jackson went 2-for-2 with two walks, two RBIs, a run scored and his first stolen base since Sept. 17.

"I figured it was gonna come sooner or later," said Jackson about the demotion.

Koji Uehara celebrates ALCS win by spanking David Ortiz (GIF)

You wouldn't exactly call the Red Sox 1-0 victory over the Tigers a spanking but, after the game, there was a little open hand-on-butt action to be seen.

After closer Koji Uehara shut down the Tigers in the bottom of the ninth to close out the game, nobody seemed happier for Uehara than David Ortiz who hoisted the Japanese star onto his shoulders and trucked him around the infield. Uehara thanked him in turn with an enthusiastic spanking.

Call it a low five.

The Fifty Shades of Grey treatment might be payback for the lap-dance Uehara gave Ortiz after the Sox won the ALDS last week (GIF below).

It's nice to see such bonding in the clubhouse.

Giant bearded bowling pin appears at Fenway Park (VIDEO)

In honor of Boston's burly new look, one member of Red Sox Nation embraced their players' facial hair frenzy by arriving as a bearded bowling pin before Game 1 of the ALCS on Saturday night.

A giant Brunswick was apropos after Anibal Sanchez and four relievers bowled over the Sox and came within two outs of the first combined no-hitter in postseason history, striking out 17 to beat Boston 1-0 in the series opener.

Jeter packing on the pounds during ankle surgery recovery

When we last saw Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees shortstop was being helped from the Yankee Stadium infield with a broken ankle during Game 1 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers.

Fans had been waiting over six weeks to see how the 38-year-old player fared after surgery to repair his damaged left ankle and yesterday, they got to view a lot more of the Yankees' Captain then they ever have before — especially around the middle area of his normally fit body.

Jeter was spotted at a South Beach hotel in Miami Thursday wearing a walking boot to protect his valuable joint.  Photos of Jeter published in The New York Post showed New York's No. 1 bachelor sporting a bit of a paunch underneath his powder blue T-shirt.

According to general manger Brian Cashman, Jeter has been in a non-weight bearing situation and will continue to be until January.  That means his workout routine has boundries — if he can do any cardio at all — and limited to his upper body because he can't put any weight on his left foot.

Jeter has been spotted at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa a couple of times this offseason, but not on a regular schedule.  It's unknown if he was there for treatment, workouts or remember what infield dirt smells like again.

The injury happened to the same ankle which had been nagging Jeter through the last half of the 2012 season.  He broke it Oct. 14 during the embarrassing series against the Tigers while chasing down a ground ball.

The image of Jeter being helped from the field by manager Joe Girardi and a trainer is one fans would like to erase from their minds.  But yesterday's shots of the pale and bloated Jeets won't be used as bedroom posters either.

The popular Jeter signed a three-year, $51 million contract with the Yankees before the 2011 season and has one more year left worth $17 million with an option for a fourth year when he turns 40.

Anyone who has watched the prideful Jeter over the course of his Hall of Fame career knows it won't be long he is back in the gym working off the chimichangas.

Remember also, pinstripes are very slimming.

Carmelo Anthony: 'I feel bad' for A-Rod

Add Carmelo Anthony to the the list of NBA superstars coming to the defense of embattled New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.  Lord knows the New York fans aren't.

It sounds like the New York Knicks forward is sympathetic towards A-Rod for the way he was benched and booed during the playoffs and, like Kobe Bryant the other day, doesn't think riding the pine suits the $114 million Yankee.

"I feel bad for A-Rod, man," Anthony said at Friday's shootaround before the team played the Toronto Raptors in Montreal. "I don't like to see anyone go through that."

Rodriguez was benched in ALCS Game 3 and didn't start Game 4 but came in as a pinch hitter and went 0-for-2.  The final two at-bats only added to his 3-for-25 futility at the plate during the 2012 postseason.

Asked if he had ever been taken to task and benched by a coach, Anthony replied, "Never.  I can't imagine being benched like that."

Anthony, who was born in Brooklyn but raised in Baltimore, lost some Yankees fans when he started rooting for his hometown Orioles in the ALDS but claims he cheered for the Yankees when they played the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS.

"I jumped ship," he joked.

Knicks fans must be hoping that the thoughtful 'Melo will do some more reaching out — especially when his teammate Amar'e Stoudemire in on the floor with him.

Yankees blame sweep on fans booing in the Bronx

There's a lot of blame to pass around for the New York Yankees pathetic showing in the four-game sweep by the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series.

You can start with the team's lack of offense or any kind of spunk in the lineup but, if you ask the Yankees players — specifically one — they lost because they never recovered from all the heckling at Yankee Stadium in Game 2.

According to John Harper of the New York Daily News, an unnamed player privately made a far more indicting observation: that the ballclub was affected by the hostility from the fans at Yankee Stadium last weekend.

"I really think the booing spooked a lot of the guys," the (unnamed) player said.  "A lot of the guys hadn't been booed before, and they couldn't believe how nasty it got in the stands,"

Nick Swisher — who already shot back at the fans for blaming him for Derek Jeter's injury and sending nasty tweets about his wife — could be a suspect, but he isn't the only "sensitive" Yankee whose bat disappeared during the four games and got a hearty Bronx Cheer from the fans.

Suspect #2, Alex Rodriguez — who got more action over the dugout than in front of it — summed up the Yankees lack of fight during the four game beat down by suggesting Jeter's Game 1 injury "sucked the life out of us."

The unnamed player said Swisher and A-Rod weren't the only ones affected.

"A lot of the guys were talking about it in the clubhouse," he said.  "I was surprised how much it bothered them.  I really don't think they ever recovered."

The fact of the matter is that, outside of the starting pitching for the first three games, the whole team looked flat and uninspired — never mind looking older than Jim Leyland.

A-Rod — who fans want to put on the first 4-train out of Yankee Stadium faster than any one else — said it's not his fault.

"You can't take one guy," said the fading $114 million, no-trade clause in the lineup. "And say, 'Let's blame him, let's get him, put the coffin on him, knock his as out.'  But at the end of the way I felt the wind was sucked out of us the last two weeks."

Those are just two of the usual suspects in the mystery man lineup.  The Yankees could provide many more culprits where they came from.

The Bronx is booing.

A-Rod's 'bikini model' got text from second Yankee player

The two Australian women who were reportedly on the other end of Alex Rodriguez's ball-tossing attempt to get their phone numbers say they received text messages from two Yankee players after Saturday's Game 1 at Yankee Stadium.

Kyna Treacy and Katie Quinn were interviewed on Inside Edition and claim that — after A-Rod's pick-up pitch — another player texted them.  They wouldn't name the other player and didn't know which text was from A-Rod.

"They just wanted to know if we had enjoyed the game, what we did for work and who we are, basically ... and would we be interested in coming back next Sunday," Treacy told the magazine television show.

Sounds like whoever the Yankee player is, he's an optimist.  The Yankees are already down, 3-0, in the best-of-seven ALCS — and only a miracle would have them still playing in a Game 7.

Treacy went on to say that the women didn't even recognize that it was Alex Rodriguez holding the pen when a ball was passed to them by a ballboy with the message, "Hope you're enjoying the game.  Would you please write down your numbers."

After a quick look over, the two aspiring models figured out he was the player who used to date actress Cameron Diaz.  I guess they don't know who Torrie Wilson is and it's probably better if they never meet.

They said they later received text messages from two different numbers asking for more information about themselves but claim they don't know the other player's identity.

"It's a little bit of fun and it's a mystery," said Quinn.

A-Rod has called the alleged incident laughable and claims he is focused on helping the team in the playoffs.

The Yankee third baseman's nine years in pinstripes look like they could be coming to an end.  Hopefully, these two models 15 minutes is almost up too.

Girardi almost accidently put A-Rod in Game 4 lineup

A-Rod's in the lineup. A-Rod's out of the lineup.  Make up your mind.

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland had to do a quick double-take after he received two different New York Yankee lineup cards before Game 4 of the ALCS Wednesday afternoon.

 The first one listing Alex Rodriguez batting sixth and playing third base.  But then, a courier from the Yankee clubhouse brought a second lineup to Leyland's office — the one that was officially released which omitted both A-Rod and Curtis Granderson and had Eric Chavez at third base, hitting sixth, Brett Gardner in center field and Nick Swisher back in right field after being benched the night before, writes Bill Madden of The New York Daily News.

"Is something else going on over there with A-Rod?" Leyland asked the Daily News before the game was postponed because of rain.  "I got two lineups from them, one with him in it and the second one with him out."

Things are a teeny-bit hectic over in the Yankees clubhouse but manager Joe Girardi explained the mixup was a mistake on his part and not a last-minute decision to give his struggling third baseman another shot.

"We talked about some different lineups during the day," Girardi said.  "And when I handed the lineup to (third base coach Robbie Thompson), I didn't realize which one it was.  It was actually a mistake on my part.  We had people in different spots.  So I called over there (to Leyland) and told them we gave them the wrong one."

Girardi has gone through one of the toughest weeks of his career and probably deserves a pass for his gaffe.  He lost the Yankees captain Derek Jeter in Game 1, has had to bench three prominent starters and watched his team fall into a 3-0 hole in the best-of -seven series.

On Tuesday, he buried his dad.  He's earned that pass.

It looks like Detroit Tigers fan wore pajamas to Game 3

Detroit Tigers fans are staring at a World Series appearance square in the face  — but taking a look in the mirror before heading to the game might be in order too.

We know the late games and excitement over taking a 3-0 ALCS lead over the New York Yankees might make for a lot of sleepless nights — to fans on both sides.  But this poor guy looks like he was in such a hurry to get to Tuesday night's game at Comerica Park he forgot to take off his pajamas.

Or maybe he was just making it easier to slip into bed when he got back home at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Wearing your pj's in public is fine if you're Hugh Hefner or going a drive-in movie when you're five-years-old, but it takes a loyal fan to venture down the street like this when it's not October 31st.

With the Yankees on the brink of elimination, it seems like like this guy should be smiling.  Besides,  he already has his Tigger costume for Halloween.

Yankees bench A-Rod and Swisher for Game 3

With the New York Yankees offense continuing to sputter, manager Joe Girardi will attempt to jump start his flatlining team by bringing in the bench.  Does he really have a choice?

The Yankees manager made a few radical changes to the lineup — for tonight's Game 3 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander — and announced that he will bench Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher for Eric Chavez and Brett Gardner, respectively.

Throw in Eduardo Nunez — who will play shortstop for the injured Derek Jeter — and ALDS hero Raul Ibanez in the designated hitter spot, and you have to wonder if old George Steinbrenner is rolling in his grave.

The $29 million A-Rod is batting an anemic .130 in the playoffs and has looked hopeless at the plate.  He already rode the pine during Game 5 of the ALDS.

Swisher isn't much better with a .154 average under his playoff belt and a costly error in right field in Game 2.

Gardner will bat leadoff despite only three plate appearances since April 17 — before he underwent elbow surgery.

Here's what tonight's Yankees lineup will look like with Phil Hughes on the mound.

Brett Gardner, LF
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Raul Ibanez, DH
Russell Martin, C
Eric Chavez, 3B
Curtis Granderson, CF
Eduardo Nunez, SS

Hopefully, for Yankees fans, Jeter will there in spirit.

A-Rod hit on two female fans during Game 1 of the ALCS

Alex Rodriguez's stat line in the Game 1 boxscore of the American League Championship Series might have shown that the New York Yankees third baseman never even reached first base in three at-bats, but that doesn't mean A-Rod didn't score a couple of times.

After being replaced in the bottom of the ninth inning of  Saturday night's game at Yankee Stadium, the slumping Rodriguez openly flirted with a pair of pretty women two rows behind the dugout — even sending them a note asking them for their phone numbers, a witness told The New York Post.

"I watched him flirt with two admittedly very cute women nearby," the witness said.

After Rodriguez had been pulled for a pinch-hitter during the ninth inning, the struggling slugger showed he was still in the game by having a ball boy toss a baseball inscribed with a message asking the two women for their numbers.

While all of this off the field action was happening, the Yankees were in the middle of a tense four run comeback.

"Alex was holding a pen and wrote a note on a ball which was thrown at the women by the ballboy," recalled the witness.

"The girls, who had already caught two balls, seemed bemused at first and tried to hand the ball to another fan, but other fans noticed it and yelled at them to read it.

"The note asked them to write their phone numbers and throw it back," the witness said.

"One of girls, with darker hair, wrote ... on the ball and threw it back at A-Rod, who gave her a big smile.

"They exchanged a few glances after that," the witness added.

But leave it to Derek Jeter to c-block A-Rod's biggest hit of the series and throw some cold water on the little game of catch.

"The flirtations stopped once Derek Jeter got hurt," the source said.

State troopers getting autographs, speed dating during games.  What's next in the Yankees dugout — free tours during the seventh inning stretch?

Fans at Saturday's game sounded like baseball's version of Church Lady after witnessing A-Rod making goo-goo eyes during the Yankees' comeback.

"I was absolutely stunned that even ... A-Rod would not be focusing on such a critical game, supporting his teammates, and was instead more interested in adding another couple of phone numbers to what must be a very large collection," one huffed.

The Yankees' Lothario is currently dating wrestler Torrie Wilson.  I foresee a big hit coming A-Rod's way pretty soon or, at least, a springboard elbow.

Rodriguez's reps did not get back to The Post.

Girardi calls for instant replay after ump's blunder

It may sound like a case of sour grapes or even an excuse for the New York Yankees loss to a better Detroit Tigers team, but the shouts for expansion of instant replay in MLB just got another loud proponent in Joe Girardi.

The Yankees manager called on baseball to expand its use of replay after two badly officiated calls went against New York in the first two games of the American league Championship Series.  Both calls played important roles in each instance and led to Girardi getting tossed from Sunday's game for arguing umpire Jeff Nelson's blown call at second base.

"In this day and age when we have instant replay available to us, it's got to change," Girardi said after the Yankees lost to the Tigers, 3-0, and fell behind two games to none in the best-of-seven series.  "We play 235 days to get to this point and two calls go against us."

"Yeah, let's have instant replay," he said at the news conference.  "And ... not just home run, fair, foul.  Let's have instant replay."

The call that got Girardi's ire was a tag at second base in the eighth inning of Sunday's game.  The Tigers' Omar Infante overran second base on Austin Jackson's two-out single and Robinson Cano tagged him before he could get back.  Second base umpire Nelson didn't see it that way and called Infante safe — keeping the Tigers alive and allowing them to score to more runs and make it 3-0.

The call compelled Girardi to send Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda — who was splendid up until then — to the showers. Girardi was tossed minutes later after he seethed through a commercial break.

Nelson, who saw the play on replay after the game — admitted he botched the call.

"I had the tag late and the hand going to the bag before the tag on the chest," he said.  "The hand did not get in before the tag.  The call was incorrect."

Cano — who was called out at first on another bad call in Game 1 —  argued Nelson's call to no avail.

"I was safe (Saturday) and I had (Infante) by about five feet," said Cano.  "But no excuses, either way, you have to score some runs."

"I am not saying we win the game if the call is right. And I'm not saying we win the game if the call was right (Saturday) night either," said Girardi.  But in this day and age there is too much at stake, and technology is available.  That is what our country has done, we've evolved technology to make it better."

'Sensitive' Swisher says Yankees fans blaming him for Jeter's injury

Nick Swisher is a lot of different things to a lot of different people — overrated agitator to opponents or pie-throwing cheerleader to his teammates. But one thing the gregarious New York Yankees slugger never thought he would be is an outcast with his beloved Bleacher Creatures out in right field.

Now it looks like the crowd favorite is hearing things from the fans he's never heard before — and they run deeper than just his performance at the plate.

"(Saturday) night was pretty big.  A lot of people saying a lot of things I've never heard before," Swisher said Sunday after the Yankees punchless 3-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the ALCS.  "Prime example — I missed that ball in the lights [in Game 1] and next thing you know, I'm the reason that Jeter got hurt.  It's kind of frustrating. They were saying it [Jeter's injury] was my fault."

There were even several inappropriate tweets about him to his wife, actress JoAnna Garcia.

"It's a crazy game.  Being here in New York, obviously there's a lot of expectations," said Swisher.  "I don't know what to say, bro.  I'm just going to kind of let it go."

Swisher is one of the most popular players among Yankees fans — especially among the Bleacher Creatures who usually call Swish one of their own, but he has been struggling over the postseason (batting .154 with one RBI through seven games) and has become one of the least productive postseason players in recent history.  A .167 batting average (25-for-150) with 44 strikeouts attest to that fact.

"It hurts," he said.  "Sometimes I'm a sensitive guy.  Some of the things people say, they get under your skin a little bit but hey, I've been lucky to be here for the last four years, and we're not going to go down like this.

"I'm one of those guys that you give me a hug and I'll run through a brick wall for you.  Right now it seems like there's a lot of ... I'm trying to find a way to word this the right way, it's tough.  Because you want to play for your city, you want to play for your team.  Just right now, it's just really tough."

While it doesn't sound like Swisher will be getting any cuddles from fans, manager Joe Girardi isn't showing him any love either.

Swisher was dropped to the eighth spot in the lineup Sunday — the lowest he's batted since last year.

The slumping Swisher might want to pick his verbal battles with the Yankees fans under better circumstances.

Game 2 could be the lasting image they have of the pending free-agent wearing pinstripes in the Bronx if the Yankees don't win two games in Detroit.  There's nothing worse than leaving your former sweetheart(s) an angry breakup message on the answering machine.

"It's not about me," Swisher said when asked about his postseason struggles.  "It's about the team."

Jeter gets more tests on his ankle; surgery may be necessary

Derek Jeter was not at Yankee Stadium Sunday and will not make it to Detroit when the ALCS shifts to Comerica Park for Game 3 on Tuesday.

The New York Yankees shortstop underwent further tests on his fractured left ankle Sunday morning at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital to determine if he needs surgery — and the prognosis looks likely that he will.

"It's possible," manager Joe Girardi said about the prospect of Jeter going under the knife.  "That's why they are having more tests."

The early word from specialists this morning indicated that he would not need surgery but that changed after more tests.

"When I went back there the doctor said, 'I am not saying you are going to need (surgery) but the  next tests will determine if you need it,'" said Girardi.

An MRI and CT Scan confirmed an ankle fracture Sunday afternoon.

Jeter is currently in a splint and on crutches and will see Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot and ankle specialist, in Charlotte, N.C. in the coming days. The Captain was scheduled to go from the hospital to his home and keep his foot elevated.

Even without surgery, the recovery time for Jeter's injury is estimated to be at least three months — enough time to miss the post season but, if everything goes as expected, he should be ready for spring training.

Jeter broke his ankle chasing a ground ball in the 12th inning of Saturday night's ALCS Game 1 at Yankee Stadium.  It was the same foot he suffered a bone bruise on last week after fouling a ball off of the same foot.

Girardi couldn't confirm if doctors think playing on the bone bruise contributed to the fracture.  When the possibility was suggested to Girardi, he said, "I don't think he was playing on a stress fracture but the weakness in his ankle and the foul tip off his foot probably contributed to that."

The Yankee manager said he spoke with Jeter Sunday morning and claims the heart and soul of the team is taking his frustrating sideline position during the playoffs in stride.

"He will be the tough guy but this is what he lives for," Girardi said.

Jeter carried from Yankee Stadium field with fractured ankle

The real loss for the for the New York Yankees in Saturday night's ALDS Game 1 against the Detroit Tigers wasn't on the scoreboard, it was the sight of Derek Jeter being carried off the infield with a fractured left ankle.

Manager Joe Girardi confirmed his shortstop's season-ending injury immediately after the game and bluntly said, "He won't be back this postseason."

Jeter rolled the ankle going left for Jhonny Peralta's routine ground ball in the 12th inning.  He let out a scream before flipping the ball to second base.

The sight of Jeter being carried off the field by Girardi and trainer Gene Monahan stunned and silenced the crowd for a moment until the chants of "Derek Jeter!" filled Yankee Stadium.

At first, Girardi said the prideful Jeter refused help and even told his manager, "No.  Don't carry me."

But the pain was more than the Captain could bear and he was helped to the dugout without putting any weight on his foot.

It was another exciting comeback by the Yankees.  Raul Ibanez's two-run homer tied the game in the ninth inning after the Yankees were down 4-0. The Tigers scored 2 runs in the 12th inning for a 6-4 victory.

At first, Girardi said the fracture was not related to Jeter's recent bone bruise in the same foot but later said it was a possibility. The manger claims the injury isn't career ending.

Still, a playoff series in Yankee Stadium won't feel the same without the name Jeter pencilled in the lineup.