A foregone conclusion...

Well, this morning, it would appear to be a Foregone conclusion-- based on the papers (see Mike Lupica's column in the Daily News)and ESPN.com-- that Torre is gone and that Lou Piniella will be the new guy...
From this morning's story on ESPN:

Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, a special adviser to the Yankees who watched the
final two games in Detroit while sitting next to Cashman, told The New York
Times that while he was not surprised that Torre's job status was in question,
he didn't know what Torre could have realisitically done differently.
"It
seems like the great job he was doing all year, all that's forgotten," Jackson
told the newspaper.

The story goes on to cite players like Damon and others who think Torre's been too good for the majority of the season for his job to be at risk.

Obviously, these guys don't know who they're dealing with.

Change for change's sake shouldn't mean anything... it doesn't make sense to fire Torre over the inability of this lineup (largely constructed at the behest of Steinbrenner, himself) to score runs.
Torre can't hit for them.

But it would appear that, unless Brian Cashman or someone (Reggie!) can talk some sense into the Boss, that Torre's time in pinstripes is at an end..

And I, for one, am sorry more than I can say, to see it come to this.