I like it when Steinbrenner goes off the deep end, both for the idea that it’ll put even more unproductive pressure on the Yankees and for the sheer comedy of the moment. So this statement issued after the Os swept the Yankees (what a change) was fun to see:
“Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed, as I’m sure all Yankee fans are, by the lack of performance by our team,” Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game. “It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to turn this around.”
Don’t know about “not playing like true Yankees” - a lot of their losses did seem to come from choking in the late innings! Hopefully he’ll do something irrational like fire Joe Torre.