gary fuckin sheffield

"This was a big win," said Rodriguez, whose 30th homer of the season tied him with Sheffield, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz for the league lead. "It gave us a winning trip and the difference was Mo (Mariano Rivera, who threw a scoreless ninth). He pitched like he was mad at someone. But the whole thing revolves around Sheff.

"He's been unreal. In my opinion, he's playing like an MVP. It's been awesome watching him."

Derek Jeter agreed. "I can't see anyone else. Every hit he gets is in a big situation." Then he smiled and shook his head when he started talking about Sheffield's second homer, which came off Twins closer Joe Nathan, who had not given up a run in 29 innings and had converted 27 straight saves.

"It wasn't even a strike," Jeter said. "It was 96 (miles per hour) and down and he yanks it into the seats." [daily news]