Mariano Rivera might have just broken the record for most photographers capturing a grown man playing in the dirt:

I wish I was holding a Gatorade and making bank

Pinch yourself. It’s real.

The Yankees won’t play in the postseason for the first time since starting their impressive run in 1995. With five games left on New York’s roster — two at Toronto and three at Boston — the organization has decided to forego the duration of the season.

That’s right. Sources say construction will be sped up almost a week to tear down the legendary Yankee Stadium. And with good reason. Why prolong the inevitable?

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Yankees slugger Derek Jeter is an old-school type of player. He just broke Lou Gehrig’s hits record in Yankee Stadium to prove it.

Apparently Jeter is a little too old school, seeing how he disapproves of cell phones with cameras and all.

Maybe he’d change his mind if he had an iPhone that did this:

IRABOOOOO: George Steinbrenner once called ex-Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu a “fat, pussy toad.”

It must be the toad species that can handle alcohol better than us humans, because Irabu was arrested last night for assault after consuming 20 beers in Japan.

Irabu “allegedly pushed the bartender against the wall, pulled his hair and smashed at least nine liquor bottles” after his credit card was rejected, according to the NY Post.

ANATOMY OF A SHITTY QUARTERBACK:

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