[angcat]

Could it be that Joe already knew he was going to be fired, no matter the outcome of the season?

I don't know? It's George's fault and not Bush! We need pitching. Melky should have played more, get rid of Pavano, Wright, Johnson, Sheffield and A-Rod.

[SoldierDad]

Well, at least the Yankees did better than my Giants (who have become perenial losers since letting Dusty Baker go).

[Clemenza]

As I said on other threads:

1. You can buy players, but you can't buy A TEAM.

2. As the Yankees SHOULD HAVE LEARNED back in the 1960s when they got beaten by the Dodgers and Cardinals, good pitching ALWAYS defeats good hitting. Its an old cliche, but one of the truest.

3. What's left of the old late 90s lineup is showing its age.

4. Yankees are at their best when they draw from their own farm system (George Herman Ruth being the great exception) and at their worst when they try and depend on buying Marquee players (see the late 60s-early 70s, mid-late 1980s, and this decade).

5. Torre is a scapegoat. The buck stops with King George (who doesn't seem to learn from past mistakes) and Brian Cashman. Nevertheless, when heads are lobbed off, the manager is always the first to go to the guillotine.