NY Post:

“We’re all frustrated,” Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ managing general partner, told The Post Tuesday night, during the Yankees’ 5-2 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field that — combined with Baltimore’s 12-0 thumping of Toronto — dropped the Yankees into a first-place AL East tie with the Orioles.

We’re all frustrated,” Steinbrenner repeated. “The fans are frustrated. I know that. We all expect great things out of these guys. We’ve had injuries all year long. We’re not the only team, but we’ve had our share. Each time, they push through.

“The fans and my family, we expect them to push through now. I’m sure they will. But it’s a little frustrating, no doubt.”

Given that the worst-case scenario — missing the playoffs altogether — becomes a greater reality with each passing day, I asked Steinbrenner whether the jobs of general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi were at stake.

“No, not at all,” he said. “Look, you start to get back into it, and someone else gets hurt. [Aug. 27], when Tex [Mark Teixeira] goes down [with a left calf injury], look, that’s got to be hard. They’re looking forward to Alex [Rodriguez] coming back, and then boom, Teixeira goes down.

“And then a few days ago, [Curtis] Granderson, we were worried [about his right hamstring]. He’s back. They’ve got to keep grinding. They’ve got to keep pushing. They will. They know what’s expected of them.”

Later on in the interview, Steinbrenner indicated that missing the playoffs would result in a loss of key revenue for the club — revenue that is earmarked for ripping out the bleacher seats in right field, and replacing them with a beauty spa and Mercedes dealership.