The latest, of course, was Wednesday night's thrilling extra-inning comeback victory vs. the gutty Twins, who for once did not snare a long drive and send a stake through my heart. It was Alex Rodriguez's finest moment as a Yankee, and certainly not his last. He's signed through 2010, ya know. Yep, six more years, at least, of the now-29-year-old A-Rod anchoring that lineup.

Anyway, you know you've had it good with Joe Torre as manager when you have a game like Wednesday's and it barely cracks the list of top-10 Yankees postseason moments of the last nine years. Let's see the Braves come up with something remotely close. And I'll even give them the last 13 years.

1. Boone Goes Boom — 2003 ALCS, Game 7: Aaron Boone was one of the crappiest postseason performers in the history of the Bronx Bombers, and yet he'll never pay for a meal in this town again. Everyone from the Babe to Mickey to Yogi to Reggie to the 100 or so million fans who've been with us over the last eight decades owe him for defending our history. Where Was I? Jake's Dilemma on the Upper West Side

2. Double-Sauteed Byung-Hyun Kim — 2001 World Series, Game 5: When Scott Brosius stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth, the Yankees were staring down a second shutout in a Series in which they'd scored a total of seven runs in 45 innings at the plate. When he rounded the bases on New York's second gave-saving home run in as many nights, you had to believe in miracles. Just had to. In three straight nights, the Yankees turned an 0-2 Series deficit into a 3-2 lead in what may have been the most electric, jubilant week in the history of Yankee Stadium. Where Was I? Home on the Upper West Side

3. Now Playing: Aura! Tomorrow Night: Mystique! — 2001 World Series, Game 4: What a shitty fucking time. Terror, funerals, nerves, anthrax, Afghanistan, security, depressed tourism ... and now they're gonna take away our three straight World Series titles. D-Backs manager Bob Brenly lifts Curt Schilling for Byung-Hyun Kim, who promptly strikes out the side in the eighth inning. One out away from trailing the Series 1-3, Tino sends the Stadium into delirium. An inning later, Mr. November is born. Where Was I? Home on the Upper West Side

4. A Turned-On Slider Turns Off Braves — 1996 World Series, Game 4: Making their first World Series appearance in 15 years, the Yankees were silenced at home by the defending-champion Braves in the Series' first two games. A clutch win by David Cone in Game 3, in which the ump saw the plate as big as Star Jones' ass, gave the Yankees new life. Enter Kenny Rogers in Game 4 and a 6-0 deficit through five innings. Yanks cut it to 6-3 with one out and two men on in the eighth for the original cowboy, Jim Leyritz. Wohlers mixes in some high-90s fastballs with a couple of sliders to Jimmy. The final offering is a slider that Joe Buck called thusly: "Back to the track! To the wall! WE ARE TIED!" You could hear a pin drop in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, not that that's anything new. A clutch bases-loaded walk by Wade Boggs in the top of the 10th, coupled with an insurance run that followed, knotted the Series at 2-2. Andy Pettitte outdueled John Smoltz in Game 5 and the Series returned home to the Mecca of baseball, where the Yankees reclaimed their place atop the baseball mountain. Where Was I? Home on the Upper East Side, then out to Australia Bar for the end

5. Luis Sojo Has One Killer Dribble — 2000 World Series, Game 5: The first Subway Series in 54 years was the closest five-game Series ever. And in traditional Yankees fashion, our big hit came off a pitcher running on fumes, Al Leiter. The slowest ground ball ever to clear the infield had seeing eyes and a message for anyone who wondered which team owns New York. Where Was I? Ruby's Tap House on the Upper East Side

6. Justice Is Served — 2000 ALCS, Game 6: By the night of Oct. 17, the Mets had already punched their ticket to the World Series, and we couldn't have such a schlub team represent the Big Apple in our event. Up 3-2 in the series, but down 4-0 in the fourth inning, things weren't looking so good in the Bronx. The Bombers scratched out three in the bottom of that inning to close to 4-3, but still had the likes of A-Rod, Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner and John Olerud to deal with. In the bottom of the seventh, with two men on, newcomer Dave Justice absolutely crushed an Arthur Rhodes offering into the right-field seats. Bedlam from the minute he made contact. Time to get the subway tokens. Where Was I? Blondies on the Upper West Side

7. Jeter Flips Off A's — 2001 ALDS, Game 3: In what would ignite a stirring comeback postseason for the Yankees, Derek Jeter preserved a 1-0 seventh-inning lead in Oakland by ranging way, way out of position to snag an errant throw home and instantaneously relay a flip to Jorge Posada in the nick of time to tag the non-sliding Jeremy Giambi (now the better Giambi, by the way). It ranks as one of the top plays in the last 25 years. Since the relay came on a double with two outs, it not only cut off the tying run, but erased a man from scoring position as well. The Yankees went on to cut Oakland's series lead to 2-1, then won the next two games to win the ALDS. Where Was I? Some bar in Hoboken

8. Tino Slams Padres in Grand Fashion — 1998 World Series, Game 1: I could hardly believe my eyes. The score read "Padres 5, Yankees 2," heading into the bottom of the seventh inning in a matchup between one of the greatest regular-season teams and, well, the Padres. In all seriousness, though, this was San Diego's best team ever, a 98-win club with a dominant Kevin Brown, 50-HR-hitting Greg Vaughn, still-great Tony Gwynn, kick-ass Trevor Hoffman and not-yet-ravaged-by-steroids Ken Caminiti. Anyway, not-yet-ravaged-by-throwing-problems Chuck Knoblauch tied the game with a one-out three run homer, and the Yankees subsequently loaded the bases with two outs. In steps Constantino Martinez against Mark Langston, whose 2-2 pitch was low by about the width of a midget's penis. The next pitch was just crushed. I think Michael Kay creamed himself on the call. Anyway, it was one of those bedlam-in-the-Bronx moments that set the tone for everything that came after it. Where Was I? At a girlfriend's house full of Red Sox fans in Massachusetts

9. Yanks Win One for the Zimmer — 2003 ALCS, Game 3: In what was the most tense game I've ever seen (until five days later), Roger Clemens outdueled Pedro Martinez as the Yankees took a 2-1 series lead in a game that featured Derek Jeter homering at Fenway (always a thrill), Pedro throwing at a guy's head, Manny overreacting to a pitch above the plate and a Red Sox groundskeeper getting stomped by Jeff Nelson. The contest had more sidebars than a Sunday edition of The New York Times. Where Was I? Jake's Dilemma on the Upper West Side

10. A-Rod Earns His Stripes — 2004 ALDS, Game 2: Who knows how his huge hit while down 6-5 with two men on and one out in the 12th will affect the rest of what is now a best-of-three series. I do remember thinking that a walk to Miguel Cairo would have been disastrous for the Twins, with Jeter, Rodriguez and Sheffield due up. And after Cairo and Jeter walked, a typically Stadium celebration was on tap. Either that or Minnesota's outfield was gonna run down another ball. The series momentum took a huge swing on that ball falling in the gap. Where Was I? Time Out on the Upper West Side

Honorable Mentions: Jeffrey "A True Yankee" Meier, Bernie's walkoff homers in Game 1 of both the 1996 and 1999 ALCS, O'Neill's game-winning catch in Game 5 of the 1996 WS, Jeter falling into the stands to make a catch late in Game 5 of the 2001 ALDS, Clemens sawing off Piazza and then helping him retrieve the lumber in Game 2 of the 2000 WS, Clemens' complete-game one-hitter in Game 5 of the 2000 ALCS at Seattle, Soriano's home run in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 2001 WS (the last moment I remember from that season), Charlie Hayes catching the out that would begin the Yankees' dynasty, Chad Curtis' walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.

Other Sports Links:

• 100 best Sports Moments of the Last 25 Years — Full write-ups on a host of great memories since the inception of ESPN.

• Send a Voice Mail From Lee Corso — Pretty cool ESPN.com feature where you type in a friend's phone number and he'll get a recorded call from the host of College Gameday.

• 10 Burning Questions for Amanda Beard — ESPN.com's Page 3 interviews the new most downloaded athlete. I guess after all these years guys are done masturbating to images of Anna Kournikova.

• Baseball's Future Hall of Fame Elections — not a lot of quality coming up in future years, aside from 2007, when Tony Gwynn, Mark McGwire and Cal Ripken Jr. will all make it on their first ballots. Other than that, I don't see anyone new who will be elected in 2005-06 or 2008-09.

• Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings — Wow, who would've imagined the Giants would be No. 12 at this point, or any point, in the season. I had a dream Wednesday night that they were 5-1, so I would definitely bet all your savings on their next two games.

• Ichiro's Record-Breaking Ticket Stubs on eBay — Own an authentic piece of history from one of the most overrated baseball seasons ever. C'mon, thanks to only 49 walks, Ichiro's on-base percentage was .414, ninth-best in the majors, and not good enough to lead either league since 1991. That that's supposed to be what he does best, get on base. Sure as shit ain't driving the ball, because his OPS, which combines on-base-percentage and slugging, was 42nd in the majors, behind guys like Brad Wilkerson and Mark Loretta. Ya know what the difference is between a walk and a single with nobody on base? Nothing. Barry Bonds had 127 less hits and 41 more RBIs.

• NBA Power Rankings — An early-season look at who will dominate the pro hardwood. The Lakers drop all the way to 13, one year after they pretty much reserved the title for them. Think the Bulls or Knicks will be good at all in the next five years?

• What's Real, What's Not in Friday Night Lights — I can't understand why Hollywood needs to change any of the details from H.G. Bissinger's book, but at least the author endorses the film. I'm still steamed that they change the way the Permian Panthers' season finished. Stupid, fucking Hollywood and it's stupid, phony bullshitters.