It will be an offseason of great change for the New York Yankees, but it seems that the flawed perceptions of the team's ownership will endure, despite George Steinbrenner ceding operational control to his sons Hal and Hank. Last weekend, Hank Steinbrenner fired back at soon-to-be former manager Joe Torre. The reprisal came after Torre criticized the Steinbrenners' contract offer that reduced his salary by more than 25-percent, used the 2008 postseason as a stick and carrot and made the one-year term of the contract a ball and chain the manager would have had to drag through the New York news cycles during every losing streak and after any questionable pitching change.
