Georgy Boy not a happy boy.

Simon

Founder/Admin

BALTIMORE (AP) -- George Steinbrenner isn't paying $200 million in player salaries to watch his New York Yankees sputter along in last place.



The outspoken owner waited all of two weeks before demanding that his team start winning -- or else.



Miguel Tejada hit his eighth career grand slam as the Baltimore Orioles roughed up Kevin Brown and completed a three-game sweep of New York with an 8-4 victory Sunday. The Yankees (4-8) have dropped four straight and eight of 10 overall.



"Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed, as I'm sure all Yankee fans are, by the lack of performance by our team," Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game. "It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to turn this around."



Torre, who held a brief team meeting after the game, did not take Steinbrenner's comments lightly.



"He's right. What are you going to say? I'm not going to dispute that," the manager said. "If I try to defend what we've been doing, you'd have to check my sanity. This stuff out here is not pretty. We have to make it better. No question."



Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, who took a 6-0 lead in the second inning and coasted to their sixth win in seven games. Baltimore improved to 5-1 against New York this season after their first sweep of the Yankees since 2000.



Ruben Sierra and Alex Rodriguez homered for the Yankees, whose four-game losing streak matches their longest skid of 2004. New York, which went 14-5 against Baltimore a year ago, has been outscored by the Orioles 47-26 this season.



The Yankees concluded a 1-5 road trip that included two losses in three games against their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox. That was bad enough, but Steinbrenner could no longer contain his anger after watching New York get swept by a team mired in a run of seven straight losing seasons.



"What did you expect him to say, we're playing great? Keep up the good work?" Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "We haven't been playing well. It's easy to see. We just have to turn it around. That's basically it."



Said Torre: "We just need to get a little spark back. We're flat right now, we're on our heels and we're not playing well."

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

If I was George, I certainly wouldnt be happy.

By the way, the Yankees are 2-0 in games I've attended this season, and 2-8 in games I have not attended. Coincidence? I think not

Simon

Founder/Admin

In that case, stop going to the games.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

haha...anyway, its still early. I'm not as concerned as some people in NY, but I'm definitely not happy.

Saturday's game in particular was a killer. There's nothing like a visit from the Devil Rays to boost morale, however!

Simon

Founder/Admin

15-2 NY over Tampa in the 3rd.

haha

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

hahaha...13 runs in the 2nd inning

Freak

I bet Steinbrenner tries to take credit for jumpstarting the team.

IRALB

Why not? He basically has his finger on the fire button. Just ask Billy Martin.

That was intense though, A-Rod with two homers in that one inning and going 5-6. I'm still pretty confident the Yankees are going to take it in the fall.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

The most important part about last night was not that the Yanks scored 19 runs against the shittiest team in baseball. The pitching was still awful and that's something that isn't going to go away in a few days.

Of course the Yanks hitting will be fine, but I'd be worried about their pitching right now. With that said I'd be worried about The Red Sox pitching as well so the answer is still: YES!! the Yanks and Sox will meet in the ALCS once again.