Yankees Fans, Are You Worried Yet?   On September 4, the Yankees
were on an eight-game winning streak and were the favorites not
only to win the American League pennant but to go all the way.
The only relevant question seemed to be how good they were in
comparison to last year's World Series champion. Now, the
relevant question is: Can they get through the first round of
the playoffs?  After Wednesday night's 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay,
Derek Jeter told reporters, "I don't think we've played poorly."
Not, perhaps, compared to the Jets' performance on Monday night,
but by Yankee standards, it's been pretty lousy. Let's review:
The Yankees seem to have lost the ability to win tough, close
games. Over the past 30 days, they've played six one-run games,
losing five of them.  Jeter has hit just .228 since September 4.
The Yankees have lost three games on walk-off home runs.
They've now lost eight of their last 10 games, and the two they
have won haven't been pretty: The first, a 3-2 victory over
Baltimore, was won b