There was no Champagne at Yankee Stadium last night, for pretty much the same reason there is little tingle for Michael Jordan, and not all that much for Barry Bonds, for that matter. Some things are just falling flat this season.

Jordan announced his latest comeback by fax yesterday, and that seemed just about right ? a formality, the third or fourth shoe dropping in his career of ego adrenaline jolts. He needs the action, and we all get dragged along.