its too bad steinbrenner decided against to fire cashman, at least for now, otherwise i really thought Ax bro had a good chance to fill his position, .......we have seen this for the last 4 years in a row, Yanks fall at the very end, either the AlCS or the world series, and each year steinbrenner calls urgent meetings in tampa and waste more money buying new players, what Yankees didn't have that the boston had, team chemistry, when kevin brown injured his hand, a lot of yankees players were not happy and all, they should all know how competitive brown was and he made an honest mistake, he even apologized, look at red sox, the kind of bad run damon and bellhorn were having, even though the fans were calling for their had, the team believed in them and so did francona, and the end results are there for us to see, as far as A-rod goes, there goes his dream to go to a world series, again! did he bring bad luck to new york? onec he left seattle, the team did better next season, as soon as he departs from texas, the team almost makes it to the playoffs........we'll see what happens in off season, some more big signings by the Yankees, and another great season but falling short in the final run......