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George Steinbrenner is at it again, mouthing off about how he doesn't pay his players to lose and demanding that Joe Torre come to the rescue.

Besides the fact that publishing Steinbrenner's rantings at this point is equivalent to the New York Times publishing the doomsday predictions of the guy on 43rd and 11th who wears his underwear outside his pants while playing static on his boombox all day long, George really needs to be a bit more specific in his anger.

You can see more on the Yankees lineup and where it might improve here, but the bottom line is that the Yankees have given up more runs than any team in the majors besides the Colorado Rockies. In their 8 losses, the least amount of runs they allowed was 7. So instead of saying that all of his $200m in salaried employees are underperforming, perhaps he could be more specific and effective if he focused on the 11 or 12 guys who are throwing batting practice every day.

And while he called out Joe Torre by name, I have to think that it is the pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyre, who is on the hot-seat.