That hurt!

It seemed for a while at the end of the baseball season that this was going to be a special year for the Yankees.  After a dismal start, fortune seemed to smile on them and they rode their talent and payroll to the top of the AL wild card hunt. They even made a run at the Red Sox.  But alas it was not to be.  The Yankee's fought valiantly, but when the time to come through came, the Yankees did not.  You could blame it on the bugs, some bad calls by the umpires or anything else, but Jeter, ARod, Posada and the rest of Yankees bats fell silent. As they have for the last three years now, they lost in the playoffs and did not make the World Series. They hit some home runs, but not the kind of clutch hits that defined the Yankee championships of the 90's.  Where was Paul O'Neill, Tito Martinez, Bernie Williams, even f*^$ing Aaron Boone. 

Have the Yankees lost their magic?  I think not. I think though that it ithis s a clear signal that it is time to retool.  We have some great young arms coming up.  We need to supplement that with some hitters who come through in the clutch.  Maybe Joe Torre needs to retire after a great run at the helm here.  Shake things up.  This is still the proudest and most storied franchise in sports and they will rise again I am sure.  But this version of the team has had its turn and it is time to turn the page.  Wait till next year!