A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Yankees manager Joe Torre likes the look of Mike Mussina's new pinstripes. The Yankees introduced Mussina at another Bronx news conference Thursday afternoon as their latest insurance policy against some grubby upstart getting its hands on a World Series championship. Hey, no sense letting the rabble in. When George Steinbrenner is your owner, and the world is your oyster, you keep the pedal to the metal.
Carpe diem , baby.
Or, at least, carpe the best and the brightest talent you can scoop up. Again and again and again. So they will take their ongoing credit card spree to obscene new heights. They're the Yankees. They get what they want.