What can be done to fix the yankees, so they can go back to original way of playing. They used to be a great team, but now it is each player for themselves. There is no chemistry in the team. It is inconsistent.

The soluton to your problem has become the solution to ours; good leadership. Go Dodgers!!

Oh yeah, and Manny Ramirez.

ok the Yankees are getting old they get injured to much there rookies suck they don't have a good farm system so ur going to be looking at about 5 years of sufferin I and for all u doodgers fans out there if we didint give u guys manny where would u be right now not in the playoffs right but it don't matter cuz u guys are going to out in the first round GO REDSOX we going all the way again

You cant be looking at the Yankees. I am a Yankee Fan. They were just not the best Team this Year. Pitching has been a big problem. That Plug, and Play wont work. This year they used some of their good young pitchers. Next year they have more pitcher too choose from, and they will be able too clear out some of their older players. They will be back. Dont forget that the Yankees are the greatest Team in all Sports History, with the Greatest Owners in all Sports History.

Woot! Woot!

ok when arod and abreu where out who stepped it up for them no one cuz jiambi was still hurt and yes the Yankees do have good young pitchers but they don't have good young hitters

We need someone to step up and be a Paul O'Niel type of guy. Someone who the team doesn't want to let down. As much as I love my man Jeter, He's just not the bonfire this team needs. And < Oh yeah, Pitching!!

ARod has hurt Yankee chemistry, they are old, and their pitching needs to be overhauled. My team, the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox have won their championships with pitching, the same way the Yankees did last century.

Hope this helps.

I'd say it's the manager, but Torre really didn't do much better last year. Injuries did plague them, both pitching & regular players. Losing Wong killed, and Matsui & Posada's bats really change the line up. But, there's more going on. I do think there are a few players that don't 'come to play' everyday.

Say what you want about ARod, but he gives his all, just like Jeter, all the time. His problem is trying too hard sometimes. Now, Abreau has tons of talent, but he doesn't play at the highest level consistently. I think he's a slacker & I think he's infected others with his poor work ethic.

I think George Steinbrenner's presence is sorely missed. He used to get on players that weren't performing & I think he played a 'bad' cop to Torre's 'good' cop when necessary. Remember his infamous 'fat, pu*sy toad' quote? His kids just can't fill his shoes. They need to take some lessons from their daddy.

When talking about the Yankees the first thing you think of is hitting there has never been a problem with that, the problem lies in pitching. The pen is not good, the starters are getting old (pettite/Mussina)even though Rivera is still good he doesn't have that many years left who will replace him? Money has never been an issue with this team, they need to spend some money on some younger arms that will help the team win the world series. Lets get some youger pitchers in the and take back the AL East.

Our bats let us down this year. If you didn't see that, You weren't watching.

every team goes through their good years & their bad years. it's the yankees turn to go through some bad years, but don't worry they will come back eventually.
for now there is a new beast of the east.....the tampa bay rays

go rays all the way to the world series

i still rock the ny hat,

if they win or loose,

even thou i couldn't tell ya one player on there team

ARod isn't the problem. I will admit that he has had a tough time in the postseason since he joined the Yankees. But he is NOT the reason that they choked up 3-0 a few years back against Boston in the ALCS. Nor is he the reason why this team just isn't a "team".

Look back to when the Yanks were winning titles under Torre. He had a team that fought together. They played together. He had a good mix of young and old talent. But the main thing he had was guys who lead by example. It's hard when you lose a guy like Paul O' Neil, simply because it is a known fact that when he spoke...that team listened to him. You had the quiet leadership of Bernie Williams, who even when he aged still made big time plays for this team. You had a young Derek Jeter who just seemed to step up his game when October came around. You had Riviera, the best closer in baseball. You had free agents like Clemons come in and did what they were paid to do.

Now? You have guys like Giambi who just have not lived up to what they were paid for. Injuries have plagued these high priced stars too, and when the Yanks needed pitching, for some reason they would go and acquire "hitting".

In all honesty, the run they had is over and done with, and they need to rebuild this team. Jeter will retire soon, and ARod isn't getting any younger...but he is still one of the best in baseball. This team needs young talent to build around and it needs solid pitching. Look at the Rays. This is a team that has half the salary that the Yanks have, and yet they won the AL East with a "team" that has good hitting and pitching. It's not about getting the highest paid players. Baseball is still a team sport. The Yanks need to learn that.

Give them an incentive.......for every game you lose, you won't get paid.


And then they can do that with the Mets too and maybe we won't choke once September rolls around!!

The answer is simple: They need to develop young players through their farm system. Generally speaking, a team's best players over long periods of time are those who came up through their own system. Free agents can provide nice additions, but are rarely the type of anchor player that can truly help a team.

When the Yankees were a dominant team, from the late 90's through early 2000's, was when their homegrown talent (Rivera, Jeter, Posada) was in its prime. Now, they are starting to wind down their careers (although Rivera was stellar this year and Jeter was solid). The other players that they are bringing up now have been disappointing (Cano, Cabrera, Rasner, Karstens). As a result, they're forced to go out and spend a trillion dollars on free agents who never really meld with their teammates (ARod, Giambi).

Compare a team like the Boston Red Sox (full disclosure: I'm a fan). They focus on developing their farm system and trading for young talent, rather than expensive all stars already at the peak of their career. As a result, they have guys like Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury, Lester, Lowrie, and Masterson all poised to have all the best years of their career with the Sox.

The key difference is that the Sox buy low, while the Yankees buy high. Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe were young unknown players in 1995 when the Sox traded Heathcliff Slocumb to get them. They got Mike Lowell as a throw-in with the Josh Beckett-Hanley Ramirez deal. David Ortiz was a NOBODY playing for the Twins when the Red Sox got him. They take cheaper, lesser known players that they feel will become good. They did this recently with Jason Bay, and he's producing for a lot less cost than Manny.

The Yankees, however, like to buy players who have already proven themselves. This is sensible, but it causes them to overpay and lose a lot of money if something goes wrong. Carl Pavano is the best example of this, although Giambi's underperformance could be put in there too. Johnny Damon fits this pattern too...he was experienced, but that means that he's likely to fade before long. Yet, the Yankees still paid him lots of money.

As George Steinbrenner releases his death grip on the organization, they've become much better at developing their young players and I expect them to be back in world series contention within 3 years.