Streetwise Streetwise (October 27, 2004)

Who do you think will get fired by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner after blowing a 3-0 series lead to the Boston Red Sox in the American League Pinnate? @info:Question, interviews and photographs by Carien Veldpape-Heithoff. Asked on University Avenue in Palo Alto.

Blake Barbera
Public relations San Mateo
Manager Joe Torre is the one who's going to get fired. Steinbrenner probably wants to buy a whole lot of new pitchers. I think they lost the (series) because of bad pitching.

Larry Link
Vice president of sales Los Altos
General manager Brian Cushman is going to be fired because he spent $150 million on 'good' pitchers. Turned out the pitchers weren't all that good after all.

Fran Leili
Psychologist Los Altos
One of the pitchers is going to go. I think the one who was most recently acquired and who got paid the most. He was brought in especially because he was supposed to be so good.

Clarence Hu
Sales engineer Los Altos Hills
Torre will be fired because the Yankees totally collapsed. It was the biggest collapse in baseball history. No team has ever lost four games in a row in the playoffs after taking a three game lead.

Hollis Hershfield
Manager at Black Diamond Sports
I don't think he's going to fire Joe Torre. I think he's going to reload on pitching.

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