Assessing the Yankees' first month (plus a day) of the season utilizing haiku:

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Mussina bombs out

A-Rod sells costly trinkets

Steinbrenner erupts

A-Rod not true Yank?

Kay says:  fugedaboutit

Fans flip him the bird

Giambi “slimmer”

Posada run into ground

Bernie lots older

Brown’s sinker stinker

Back’s seen better days and nights

Perhaps punch the wall?

Wright signs a big deal

He’s been awful, now injured

Real predictable

Pen overworked

Gordon’s arm is falling off

Mo has few chances

Starters stink, stank, stunk

Stottlemyre earns George’s ire

Runs allowed in droves

Two hundred mill-yun

Ten and fourteen through April

Steinbrenner erupts

Torre’s magic gone?

Pressing buttons, no avail

Collapse continues

George pissed at play

Calls out players and coaches

Should look in mirror?

Unit joins winner

Fastball velocity drops

Winner now loser

Aura and mystique

Taking a Bronx holiday?

Charm City thrilled

Mussina’s ring quest

To remain unfulfilled

Bob is heartbroken

Yankees dominance

Becoming thing of past?

NOT bad for baseball

Oh to hear Sterling

Saying once and for all time

The-uh Yankees lose

Glance at the standings

Will show the Yankees closer

To bottom than top

Yankees’ rotation

Out earns most entire ball clubs

Bad use of funds, George

Yanks’ tragic number

Slowly approaches zero

Steinbrenner erupts

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