CHICAGO — “It’s still ours to lose,” Hal Steinbrenner said Wednesday afternoon, and then he repeated it, in a staccato tone reminiscent of his late father: “It’s still ours to lose.”
The American League East is a lot less the Yankees’ to lose than it was a week ago, with the trade-deadline-fortified Blue Jays making a torrid run at the penthouse. Nevertheless, the Yankees’ managing general partner expressed zero regret over his club’s light transaction load leading up to July 31.
In fact, Steinbrenner defended the team’s decision not to sacrifice top minor league assets for high-impact major league help.