$189 ... $189 ... $189 ... more or less.

“All I can continue to tell everyone is our commitment to the fans is never going to change. We will always field a championship-caliber team,” Steinbrenner told The Post and the Wall Street Journal Thusday — in his first interview since before the 2012 playoffs began. “Is our goal [a $189 million payroll] next year? Yes. But [we’ll go that low] only if I’m convinced if the team I see, that we’ve put together, is a championship-caliber team.”