What did we learn last night during the Yankees’ 2-1 victory over the A’s? For starters, Mike Mussina still has a little mileage left as he took the Yankees six deep on 84 pitches, giving up just one run. Farnsworth and Mo handled things from there and the Yankees are ‘now 1-0 in their last one one-run games’ as Derek Jeter roughly said from his locker. Very true. Alex Rodriguez talked about how the Yankees were able to get ahead early and then play tack-on…what!? Really? The Yankees scored both their runs in the first inning — one on an A-Rod double and the other on a Posada single…I guess Posada tacked-on an RBI behind A-Rod’s…eh, whatever.

Anyway, just so the rest of the world knows, it seems that there isn’t a reporter out there who really believes the Yankees are making the playoffs. Particularly a few A’s reporters who told me the only baseball happening in New York this October will be in Queens. Personally, I’m not so sure…

Here are a few final thoughts on the game:

*I passed GM Brian Cashman’s office several times coming to and from my seat in the press box…he was staring intently at his computer, perhaps Googling “Available Baseball Managers”. Although, in all honesty, that won’t be his decision.
*Watching Jeter pull off one of his jump throws from deep in hole is worth the price of admission on any night.

*Nick Swisher took a digger into the tarp roll trying to catch a foul ball in the bottom of the sixth. An unnamed SNY reporter turned to me and asked: “Do you think Abreu would even try that?” No.
*A-Rod now has two photos of his wife and kid on the inside of his locker…were they there before the NY Post story? Can’t say I recall it that way.