I hate to throw my fellow media types under the bus, but here’s what they should do with the Derek Jeter/A-Rod friendship story: Shut up.

What the hell The Buddy Buddy Story has to do with baseball and the Yankees is beyond my pea-brain. But that seems to be the primary focus on the minds of the sportswriters in Florida as spring training heads into its second week. God forbid they could write about the Pinstripes’ problems on the mound, how they will replace Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera’s final contract year, will Bernie Williams really get a shot at making the team, has Boston secured a pitching staff to overcome its Damonless woes — I could go on.

Instead, we get Derek and Alex and are they doing sleepovers. I’m embarrassed for everybody involved.