"Power of Pinstripes Fading, Falling Fast," Joel Sherman, 10/30/07 (from lack of George)

Joel Sherman saw this demise coming. (Fans and sponsors may have been duped by Randy Levine, the face of the Joe Torre debacle, who emphatically stated the team goal was to win the World Series).

• You hear people say, "the Yankees always do this," or "the Yankees always do that," but Joel Sherman points out the uniform is the only constant:

(NY Post, Sherman): "Well, it is important to remember that after the 1992 season, Greg Maddux, also repped by Boras, spurned a greater financial offer from the Yanks to play with the Braves, in part, because

• ***he was worried if the Yanks were capable of winning.***

David Cone thought the Yanks were too disorganized to sign as a free agent. The Yanks actually went to their ninth choice - behind pitchers such as Greg Swindell and John Smiley - and it was Jimmy Key, who was instrumental in the turnaround that led to dynasty.

• Scott Brosius was a financial counterweight for the Yanks to rid themselves of a failed Boras client, Kenny Rogers, and Brosius was the third baseman for three straight championships.

So there is always hope. Yet it is obvious now - as Yankee money is spurned and they even toy with the idea of rebuilding -

• that these are not Hank Steinbrenner's father's Yankees."

• From NY Post column by Joel Sherman, "Power of Pinstripes Fading, Falling Fast," 10/30/07

posted by susan mullen at 10/30/2007 12:04:00 PM

• *(In truth, why would Hank put HIMSELF through the pressure of having to win it all every year unless he had to? As always in business, everything flows from the top. This isn't "the Yankees." It's something for Hank to do, that he was never dying to do to begin with, but enjoys as something that reflects on him. He has let himself off the hook about winning since day 1, but most didn't take it to heart). SM

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