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happened at Yankee Stadium last night, after the Yankees lost to the Indians 6-4 in the fourth game of the American League division series and the fans were filing mournfully out of the stadium?

George Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner, who had tied Torre's future to the outcome of this series, was said to be fuming in his office and left without taking questions, ushered away by his daughter.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/yankees-eliminated-bell-tolls-torre#comments O2 Sports Cleveland Indians George Steinbrenner Joe Torre New York Yankees Yankee Stadium Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:37:41 -0400 Observer Staff 58605 at http://www.observer.com The Problem Is Pitching, Not Management http://www.observer.com/2007/next-year-s-yankees-same-hitters-new-pitchers

The Yankees’ winter unofficially began at 10:19 P.M. Monday night. Trailing 6-2, with runners at the corners and one out, a capacity Yankee Stadium crowd was silenced when Derek Jeter grounded into an inning-ending double play.

New York eventually fell to Cleveland 6-4, falling short of getting to the World Series there for the fourth straight year and making it seven years without a championship.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/next-year-s-yankees-same-hitters-new-pitchers#comments O2 Sports Joe Torre New York Yankees Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:27:22 -0400 Howard Megdal 58604 at http://www.observer.com Living or Dying by Offense http://www.observer.com/2007/living-or-dying-offense

Though they showed signs of holding the Yankees in check early, asking Indians pitchers Jake Westbrook and Aaron Fultz to keep the Yankees away from the big innings proved to be futile, while the collapse of pitching icon Roger Clemens was rendered irrelevant thanks to the heroics 21-year-old Phil Hughes.

The 8-4 win by the Yankees, which averted a three-game sweep by Cleveland, was typical stuff for a team that scored 968 times this season, roughly six times per gam  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/living-or-dying-offense#comments O2 Sports Joe Torre New York Yankees Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:43:40 -0400 Howard Megdal 58575 at http://www.observer.com Yankees Save Their Skins With Victory Over Indians http://www.observer.com/2007/yankees-save-their-skins-victory-over-indians

The Yankees saved their skins—and by some accounts, their manager Joe Torre—when they rallied past a two-run deficit and Roger Clemens’ injured hamstring to beat the Cleveland Indians last night at Yankee Stadium 8 to 4.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/yankees-save-their-skins-victory-over-indians#comments O2 Sports Cleveland Indians George Steinbrenner Joe Torre Johnny Damon New York Yankees Roger Clemens Yankee Stadium Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:28:05 -0400 Observer Staff 58571 at http://www.observer.com