Public Enemy Number 1

Another October, another lack of Yankees winning the World Series. Not a good situation for any Yankee fan or member of the Yankee organization. People are saying trade A-Rod, and Jim Caple is saying trade Jeter (idiot), and now Torre seems to be on his way out. Now, who's being blamed for this miserable failure despite one of, if not the best lineup of all time? Well, let's see:

Alex Rodriguez-Batted less than .090 in the playoffs, failed in some tremendously important situations (bases loaded in game 2 for example).

Joe Torre-Horrible in-game decisions, not starting Gary Sheffield game 3, Jason Giambi game 4.

The Yankees team in general-Horrible production offensively, as well as defensive and pitching collapses.

Now, these seem like the big three to blame, but people are blind to who the true enemy of the Yankees is. The real cancer of the Yankees, is none other than...Suzyn Waldman. Think about it, since Suzyn Waldman has started to get a prominant role in the Yankees announcing team, whether it were the clubhouse interviews in the early 2000s, or her current radio broadcasts, the Yankees playoffs have gone downhill. From the 90s through 2001, John Sterling and Michael Kay held the Yankees together thanks to their amazing radio broadcasting abilities. 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000...years the Yankees won the World Series...and years that this team was broadcasting on Yankees radio. Coincidence, I think not. Even in 2001, Kay and Sterling's final year together on the radio, the Yankees were 2 outs away from winning the World Series. Then in 2002, Charlie Steiner replaced Kay on the radio. But this was also the year, that Waldman was moving up the ranks. Her influence on the locker room burned into the souls of the players. However, from 2002-2003, one may have thought that the players were getting past the curse of Waldman. 2002, a loss to the Angels in the division series. 2003, a loss to the Marlins in the World Series. They seemed to become immune to Suzyn's interviews, by reaching the World Series. But then...in October 2004, after learning Waldman would take over Steiner's position in the radio booth for 2005: This. This collapse was the beginning of future miserable failures for the Yankees under Suzyn Waldman's dictator-like reign. 2005, the Yankees just squeeze by the Red Sox for first place in the Al East, and then fail horribly in the ALDS losing to Anaheim. Then comes 2006, a year into it, and Suzyn strikes Matsui down with a broken wrist, and throws Sheffield off the shelf until the end of the year. Then a loss to Detroit in the 2006 ALDS. So I say, open your eyes America, get rid of the real enemy, and fire Suzyn Waldman.