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Let’s recap what’s happened to the Yankees over the last few weeks…

- They lost again in the first round of the Playoff…
- Joe Torre was basically forced out of the door…
- A-Rod says goodbye and is now looking for a team that will pay more than Yankees could (good luck!).
- Joe Girardi is picked over Don Mattingly to be the next manager.

Here are my thoughts on each of these events:

- For all the money they spend, it is indeed time to do better than just getting into the Playoff. At least get into the World Series, ok? What good does it do to fight your way back from a terrible first half of the season only to fall short still in the Playoff? Oh well… There’s always next year…
- I didn’t want to see Torre go, but then again, a change isn’t the worst thing that could happen. Let’s just see how good a job someone else can do.
- A-Rod leaving? I don’t really care. For all his numbers, he doesn’t make or break the Yankees. They will find themselves a good enough 3rd baseman and another power bat…. All for less money, too!
- Girardi vs. Mattingly… Frankly I don’t have a preference.

Anyway, I’ve been reading up on what’s going on. I’m troubled by what’s becoming quite obvious to many people by now… That is… Hank Steinbrenner seems to be every bit like his dad in the past. Listen to all the things he said. I’m worried that he won’t let his baseball people run the Yankees and Cashman can’t make the decisions he wants. We’ll see what happens but it doesn’t look good now.

It’s not cool to see the Yankees to be in a state of disarray. But then again… The Giants are doing super right now. That’s enough to make me a happy sports fan right now!