One of the reasons he signed with them was because his idol, Freddy Garcia was on the Ms at the time, and he wanted to be on his team.
I'd also like to say that the Yankees suck on the road, and I cannot fathom how pathetic it is to score one run against the Mariners in the middle of a pennate race.
edit: I never really believed the "Torre goes with his favorites" thing, but why the HELL do you bring in Mendoza, just called up, into a 2-1 game when Embree was pitching fine, or with Gordon in the pen? HORRIBLE loss.