The New York Yankees are down two games to the Cleveland Indians in their best-of-five game divisional series with the third game being played tonight. After getting blasted in game one, they lost a heartbreaker in game two and now the pressure is on.

Then the owner piles-on more pressure….

George Steinbrenner says Joe Torre most likely won’t return to the New York Yankees unless they overcome their deficit against the Cleveland Indians and reach the American League Championship Series.

“His job is on the line,” the owner was quoted in Sunday’s editions of The Record. “I think we’re paying him a lot of money. He’s the highest-paid manager in baseball, so I don’t think we’d take him back if we don’t win this series.”

You know, as a Yankee non-fan, watching the drama of them falling apart in the post-season has been compelling…but now it’s been made even more so.   You almost feel as if every pitch could be Joe Torre’s job now…I wonder how much the guys at TBS paid off Steinbrenner to announce this before the game tonight instead of after.