Hal Steinbrenner doing himself no favors after yet another Yankees failure

Those attempting to assess the greatest flaws of the New York Yankees do not have to go much further than their owner, Hal Steinbrenner, who further showed his cards of incompetence — and his very clear anti-player stance — on Wednesday afternoon. In a Zoom availability, Steinbrenner pinned yet another postseason flop on the players rather than the men responsible for building the roster and leading it. "The bottom line is the players didn't live up to their end of the bargain in the playoffs," he said. "...The offense, not the pitching, but the offense, had a big part [of]... why we didn't get to where we strive to get every year." What Steinbrenner apparently fails to realize is that it was an offense that once again constructed to rely far too heavily on Aaron Judge — one that has not had the necessary investments to be deemed a proper, well-rounded unit. That ultimately falls on Steinbrenner, whose frugal approach has hampered general manager Brian Cashman at times, and Cash