I think the majority of Yankee fans saw that around the ASB that we had fallen into a hole we couldn't get out of. The sox were the better team, but so were the Rays. Once we lost Tex for the year, I said we were in trouble. The other thing was, it wasn't a very exciting team. No spunk, no fire, they looked lifeless. Remember, they started 30-18, yet for the final 4.5 months, they were 4 games under .500. The attendances got really weak late August into September, and that is usually when Yankee ticket prices start to rise as the push for the playoffs drives up demand. Well, with no playoff push, and with probably half the seats empty, what the hell was the point? You can tell when a team has no shot. The Yankees didn't, and they paid for it. Thing is, the Yankees writers are talking about how Cashman has been operating in a lux tax "jail" for the past 2 yrs. When you know ARod and Jeter are coming off a major injury and your only contingency is to sign a beat up and washed up Youkilis, you have to know that your depth is thin. Well, Youk misses the year, Grandy misses over 100 games, Tex pretty much missed the yr, Jeter pretty much missed the year, and ARod missed 100 games. Hell, our starting catcher missed 140 games in Cervelli and we lost 30 from Gardner. There was nothing there in September