Sure, Alex Rodriguez drilled a home run in his first at bat of the spring on Wednesday.

Sure, he left the game, driving away with his cousin of now ill-repute, Yuri Sucart.

But, A-Rod's home run truly took a back seat to the game's real intrigue, the real story of the Yankees first Spring Training game: the play of the New York Bretts.

No, not him. These guys...
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Don't take the difference in size to mean anything other than the fact that those are the first pictures I found of each. Though, the likely hood the former makes the team as opposed to the latter is quite slim. Still...

Wednesday was a day for Brett's, or at least it should've been.

With all the attention paid to A-Rod, the steroid scandal, the pathetic "apologies" issued, and now the buzz about the fans cheering him after his titanic blast, two men on the Yankees simply forged ahead. One a grizzled vet with about as much chance as I have to make the big league roster. The other a wet behind the ears rook fighting for a chance to start in center field for the New York Yankees, despite having the lowest batting average among any Yankee last year with at least 100 at-bats.

Mr. Tomko, signed on a minor league deal, started the game, giving the Bombers two solid innings of work, yielding only one hit. One single hit in two innings! Egads, man. Sign this fella up to a real deal.

And, as if that wasn't enough, Mr. Gardner, known largely for his inability to initiate contact between the wooden club in his hands and leather orb thrown at him while at the plate, took the second pitch he saw and drilled it for a homer. Now that's impressive.

A-Rod hits homers all the time. He's done it something like 500 times in his career. I haven't checked the exact amount, but the point is, I'm sure it's a lot.

Care to venture a guess how many times Brett Gardner's done it in his pro career?

Zero. Not once. So, here's to you Mr. Gardner, for getting off the schnide, and having your limelight stolen from you and your fellow Brett.

Somewhere, you've gotta believe Brett Butler is smiling upon the successes of her namesakes.