Oh give me a break...if you were watching the Yankees when Billy Martin use to coach (not the ESPN special).I'm surprised they didn't fire Joe Torre a few years ago,after the Angels fiasco.Honestly these are not the NY Yankees that had Tito Martinez and company who won the 2000 World Series and the one's before that.

This Yankee team of the past six years is a group of "superstars" that if they make it PAST the first round of the post season,they could care less because they are still going to get paid.Do you think after there poor performance these guys were all crying,nah!They were already making their winter vacation plans and heading to there homes outside of New York City.

Even the beloved Derek Jeter seems to be falling into the trap of his fellow superstars.

Change can be hard but change could be good,shake the Yankees up a little bit,shake the core...see what happens.
Get rid of Damon,Giambi,Abreu,Clemens,if Petite,Posada and Mariano wants to come back so be it.

How many times are we as fans going to sit on our hands at the 9th inning and pray Mariano gets this ONE out.

It's about committment and heart for this game and the NY Yankees do not possess that,instead they perfer money and maybe that is what put Joe Torre in the situation of not returning.If they had performed like their paychecks say they can,than Joe Torre would have been back.

Put the blame on the nine guys that hit the field everyday because they didn't fight hard enough for their skipper.