Well, the New York Daily news reported last night that Torre is out and Steinbrenner-favorite Pinella is in, and now everyone else seems to have run with the story. Seems a little quick for something like this to be decided, but whatever.
Girardi is, like Pinella, a former Yankee, and shares Steinbrenner's disdain for facial hair.
Jarrod Washburn, Josh Beckett, Ervin Santana Jeremy Bonderman; all winning pitchers in games in which the Yankees were eliminated, all developed internally. Money-whipping marquee hitters hasn't worked too well in the postseason for New York. How about developing some pitching?