How the Yankee Season went so bad.

There is a column from Joel Sherman of the NY Post on the MSN front page titled "How the Yankee season went so bad." He lists the usual themes, you know the Yankees should have got Santana, trade all their prospects, spend more money, not put any more pressure on A-Rod. What he doesn't understand that this is a transitional year. The championship teams were long ago. They kept enough high priced talent to make the playoffs, but we didn't have enough gamers. Plus we had a lot of injuries. You have to give the young guys, especially the young pitchers a chance. It's funny how the sportswriters who blasted the Yankees for spending so much money and trying to have an All Star at every position now want them to do just that.
It is obvious that Hal Steinbrenner is holding the line on costs and is trying to establish some fiscal sanity. If Wong had not been lost for the season or Jorge Posada either, well things would have been different. Now is the time to start weeding out some of the older guys like Giambi and Matsui and Damon and bringing some young players in. And keep trying to use some of the younger pitchers. That's the way to build a dynasty. Not getting the next 32 year old big money mercenary that comes on the market.