Joe has not won series since 2000, all the while having by far MLBs largest payroll.
In Skunkieville 200 mil + payroll, WS title or at least appearance is the bar.
Had Joe had some recent near misses, ie 2001 vs Diamondbacks with their coach Bob Brenley doing all he could to help the Yankees, Joe would be completely safe.
This makes the 3rd year in a row they've been 1st round and out. That is unacceptable.
Even to me, and i hate the Yankees. While it's the old "coach or players" discussion, even with whatever injury problems they had Joe shares a part of the blame. A large part to me. Yanks lack fire, effort, *aura* of previous Yankee teams. Also the opposing coaches are not nearly as helpful to the Yankees as teams of titles past, ie Bubba Cox and Bobbee Valentine. I'm very sorry to see the Angles and Socia adopting some of that same FatCat mentality as this years Yanks.
It's a landmine for whomever comes in, be it Joe Continued or new coach.
Unless Cashman and Yankees pull off some great acquisitions, they are toast thru the decade.
Which is fine with me. However they probably will get some A list players when their contracts run out with some of the cheapskate teams, ie Padres with Chris Young, Jake Peavy.
Koast even if ARod bombed in the future playoffs for the Angels, i will take his 50 HRs and 140+ rbis in a second. Agent BorAss is asking for Ft Knox. He speculates ARod will break Barroid Bonds record and that will be a huge draw not only in attendance but for local tv broadcasts. He is right. Skunkies make a mint off their television channel. It easily offsets their payroll, in fact they make way more then their payroll just off of Y.E.S. (Yankees Entertainment Station.) Angels even doing half that, and I'm sure they would in L.A. bandwagonville, would make the ARod investment pay off easily.
