Despite Injuries, Hank Remains Confident

From ESPN:

Hank Steinbrenner remains optimistic the New York Yankees can make a playoff push despite a rash of injuries to key players in the first half.

"With what we've got in place right now, we still should be able to make a run," team co-chairman Steinbrenner said Monday night. "We're without Wang, our 19-game winner. That's the biggest blow. We're without Damon for a little while, but he'll be back. Matsui wlll probably be back. It's been a bad year for injuries. The fans got to remember that. Don't get discouraged. Injuries do happen."

"We have been decimated by injuries," Steinbrenner said. "I don't remember a year this bad as far as injuries. It's had a huge affect, it really has. Nobody wants to make excuses, but it's reality.

"In any sport, I don't care what it is. Soccer, baseball, basketball, football, there's only two things that come under the heading of luck: injuries and bad officiating," Steinbrenner said. "You just hope you don't get the injuries, and we've had them this year."

One day Hank is complaining about the team's struggling offense, and a few days later he reminds the team he's still confident in them. He breaks them down and then builds them, and he's done it several times already this season. It seems to be Hank's way.