NY Yankees: How the mighty have fallen

So... If you are Hank and Hal and George S. from Tampa, you have to feel like the baseball gods have turned on you... Not only hasn't your team won a World Series since 2000... But your playoff streak has ended at 13... Add to that... The arch rival Boston Red Sox are still in the dance after beating an Angels team that beat your team every which way but Sunday... And the new thorn in the side Tampa Bay Rays are also still dancing... If the Tampa S's would like to go to games 1 and 2, I'm sure they can get great seats at the Trop... Not that they would go... Oh... And another reason for consternation... There's a certain gentleman who's club plays out West and wears a lot of Blue... Strangely enough... They are still playing as well... And did you hear the thinly veiled swipe Mr. Torre took at the S's over the weekend... It happened late on Saturday so the Tampa folks might have missed it... But we didn't... Listen in...

So as the closer has successful shoulder surgery and the rest of the Bronx boys start winter early... I guess the Tampa S's have only one team that doesn't tick them off and that's the Phillies... The Mets have their issues with them... - Chris Jacobs, Special to Bobby v. the World