[Captainpaintball]

Ree-diculous. His players underachieved. Look at Rodriguez. I bet there were words between Torre and Steinbrenner on the way home, and Joe had enough.

[oceanview]

the team had settled into a mode where they had one formula - one trick on the bag - and when that formula didn't show up, they just give up. there is no "scrappy" nature to the team or the managing (Torre). they've gotten stale, and in a short series where momentum is everything, its most obvious.