Winning by losing

America's loss is the Yankees' gain. Because Team USA was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic on Thursday night, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon will rejoin the Yankees tomorrow when they host the Indians at Legends Field. Had the U.S. squad advanced to Monday night's final, the trio of stars wouldn't have been back until Wednesday at the earliest. "The negative thing by [Team USA] losing turned out to be a benefit for us," Joe Torre said. "Now we don't have to cram it through the last week or 10 days." Continue