Hey Steve

I was doing some research into Right-handed fielding first baseman and Tino Martinez came in as second-best in history behind Vic Power. Wonder why he never got the fielding credit he deserved

thats 6 players out of 25…less than 25% of the team…even the D-Rays have that many players who are performing.

the only thing I fault torre on is changing up the lineup…he should have left it alone and just had some patience

then again- maybe he was getting the squeeze from above to do something…

I dunno……..when you have Jeter, Sheffield, and A-Rod performing, and Unit, Pavano, and Mussina pitching OK, and you’re in last, many, many, games under .500, then I think the MGR has to be held up to the light too.

sure- go ahead with the firings.

but if ever there was one time you can point to the players and say…”THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT”- then this is it.

when you have a 200 billion dollar payroll and a lineup full of allstars…I can not blame Torre, Cashman, Stein, Mel, Mattingly or Girardi.

Players fault…110% their fault…they have no life in them..if they need Torre to get fired to wake up…then the problems are even bigger.

remember last year how many times we came from behind? I guess those were warning signs for 2005.