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"I am deeply disappointed at our being eliminated so early in the playoffs," Steinbrenner said in a statement issued Sunday by spokesman Howard Rubenstein. "This result is absolutely not acceptable to me nor to our great and loyal Yankee fans. I want to congratulate the Detroit Tigers organization and wish them well. Rest assured, we will go back to work immediately and try to right this sad failure and provide a championship for the Yankees, as is our goal every year."

No offense to Yankees fans, or others, but I believe this is the problem with Steinbrenner. You can't win the world series every year. Though it might be a yearly 'goal' it is simply not going to happen, so stop whining.

IMO...11 years, six AL pennants, and four World Series titles, but no world championships in the past six years is nothing to get fired over.