Longest Losing Streak In 7 Years Has Steinbrenner "Very Displeased"

Johnny Damon said "There's going to be panic soon if the winning doesn't start." Derek Jeter doesn't agree:

"If you're pushing the panic button now," Jeter said, "you're in for a long season."

Although Jeter and his teammates insist that it's too early to go into crisis mode, does George Steinbrenner agree? Or will a dismal weekend showing lead to major changes within the organization?

"Now that's a different question."

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg says stop picking on the manager: "I think Joe Torre ... could manage anything. He could manage a company. He could manage a baseball team. He's a great manager."

After Friday night's loss, Torre held a team meeting. One Yankee said: "Enough is enough; that was basically his message. There wasn't a whole lot to it, but he got his point across."

John Harper, Daily News:

For a long time, in fact, there wasn't a player to be found in the postgame clubhouse, as many Yankees sat in the players' lounge and either did some soul-searching or just tried to wait out reporters waiting to ask questions.

When players did emerge, they spoke quietly about continuing to fight and digging down deep, about how one win could give them some momentum and make everything seem okay again.

George King, Post:

A seven-game losing streak has George Steinbrenner so concerned he is wondering if replacing Joe Torre is the answer. ...

Yesterday, the word out of Tampa was that Steinbrenner "was very displeased" about the way his high-priced stable of talent is underachieving and was thinking about a change.

And that was before the Red Sox punished the last-place Yankees, 11-4, in front of 55,005 at Yankee Stadium last night.

Torre:

Hopefully, we have bottomed out. This was the worst game we played all week.