Even Gary Sheffield.

"Alex Rodriguez - 0-for-4 with two strikeouts - heard several rounds of boos and he wasn't the only one."

Yankee fans are spoiled rotten.


"Wasted chances doomed the Bombers, who left 16 runners on base, went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and couldn't take advantage of the 14 walks issued by the Rays. Even Gary Sheffield, who had tied the game with a two-run homer in the fifth off starter Seth McClung, faltered in the 10th as his groundout to former Met Ty Wigginton at third ended the game with the bases loaded."

Ten seconds of research reveals the following 2006 situtional stats for Even Gary Sheffield:

Bases loaded: 0-for-5 (.000) 0 hrs, 0 rbis, .000 on-base%, .000 slugging%.

RISP with two outs: 1-for-12 (.083) 0 hrs, 1 rbi, .154 on-base, .167 slugging%.


Joe Torre apparently couldn't find fault with anything but the result:

"I can't find fault with anything but the result."

I'm not sure what else matters besides the result.

But, yes, I understand what Torre's trying to say. The Yankees were trying to beat the Devil Rays. They just couldn't.


Isn't there anything Joe Torre can do? Or is he just going to sit there and scratch his head?:

"You scratch your head sometimes over how things happen but you know there's nothing you can do."

Bucky Dent got fired for saying the same thing.