Blame shifting

So, the Yankees have identified the scapegoats for their failure to make the playoffs. More will undoubtedly follow.

Bobby Meacham, their now-former thirdbase coach, and Rich Monteleone,
their now-former bullpen coach, were fired. Clearly these men were
responsible for the Yankees not hitting in the clutch, or getting more
than 30 starts from only two of their starters.

Now,
finally,the dust has settled and the Yankees can move forward. These
great weights have been lifted, the cross taken from their aching
shoulders.

Please, Meacham stood around most of the season eating sunflowers seeds, looking supremely goofy in that flapless helmet and Monteleone answered a phone. He was more a receptionist than coach.