Calling Mr. Steinbrenner

I don't know about you, but I think George is being entirely too patient with this team. After tonight's classic bungle he should be firing some people and looking to trade others. The Yankees have not won a single series that didn't involve the Royals and they have yet to win two games in a row that didn't involve the Royals. If they didn't have that three game series with the Royals they might well be rivalling those Royals for the worst record in baseball. Form those blissfully unaware of what happened tonight against the Orioles, in yet another series they seem destined to lose, the Yankees killed their own rallies every way possible. They hit into two double plays, they struck out twice to leave the bases loaded without scoring, including the bottom of the ninth when Matsui looked at strike three. They left two men on on two other occasions, and altogether went 4 for 15 with men on in scoring position. At the end of this Arod, who hit into one of the double plays and struck out to kill another rally, proclaimed that the O's had"deserved to win." I don't know about that but the Yankees certainly deserved to lose. Losers usually do. And any team that has most everyone batting at or over 300 (Jeter, Williams, Posada, Sheffield, Matsui, Cano), not to mention Giambi's 1200 ops, and yet has a losing record for want of offense, well it's hard to find an apter designation for them. What's worse everyone sympathized with Matsui at the end because, in Jeter's words, "nobody expects a slider in that situation. I'm sorry bases loaded, two outs, 3-2 count and down a run in the bottom of the ninth, you see the ball and hit the ball; you don't guess pitches; you don't leave your bat on your shoulder on a pitch down broadway; and you don't make excuses. you admit you suck, which the Yankees certainly do right now, and you get better immediately; or you lose your jobs--beginning with old status quo Joe, cause as Travis Tritt'll tell you the status quo ain't working anymore.