Your guess is as good as mine.

If responding to George Steinbrenner is not Joe Torre's first priority, I'm left to wonder what is Joe Torre's first priority.

The top contenders are:

• Drink bottles of Deer Park water in the dugout.
• Inspire his team to play hard, so they can hold off the hard-charging Blue Jays.
• Bat Robinson Cano second in the lineup, but don't teach him to bunt, because that might take away his aggressiveness.
• Pitch Alan Embree in every game.
• Nurture Tony Womack's psyche.
• Never play Andy Phillips or Bubba Crosby. (Of course, Torre's hands are tied. This guy, who is batting .000, is currently on the roster, in case you weren't aware. Escalona can do some things that Andy Phillips can't do, and that allows Torre do so some things, even if the consistency Torre's looking for isn't there, from an offensive production standpoint.)
• Ask Willie Randolph if he's going to finish his Subway sandwich.
• Make golf plans for October.

Here is another Torre braintwister for you:

Torre said he allowed Embree to face the right-hander Konerko because of Konerko's .209 average against lefty pitching.

Cashman said he understood the reasoning behind the move.

"If I had the same decision to make over again, with the information I had in my hand, I certainly would make the same decision," Torre said.

Next day, basically the same situation, Tom Gordon pitched to Paul Konerko.

Why? Isn't Paul Konerko still hitting only .210 vs. lefties?