I really like the movie ‘Major League.’ Even as a Yankees fan I cheer when Jake Taylor calls his shot and lays down a bunt, and then cheer again when ‘Wild Thing’ Ricky Vaughn strikes out that dude with the mustache and even Randy Quaid had to celebrate.

You can cheer for that because that was a Yankees team you hate. They led the league in most offensive categories, including nose hairs. Their closer threw at his kid in the father-son game. And that is what people picture when they picture the Yankees ‘ and I’ll be the first one to admit that a lot of times they’re right.

They were the last few seasons; Randy Johnson, Gary Sheffield, Kevin Brown and Tony Womack would have fit right in on that Yankees team from ‘Major League.’ They were big, they were mean and they had mustaches.

But these weren’t those Yankees.

These Yankees had fun. These Yankees never gave up. These Yankees showed something for 162 games that no Yankees team of this century had shown ‘ heart.

And I sincerely hope that George Steinbrenner realizes that. The new gentle George seems to already be gone, having publicly declared that Joe Torre’s job is on the line. And maybe I’ll agree with that. I for one have no problem with the Don Mattingly era starting next year.

But beyond that, and of course the inevitable A-Rod move to the OC, don’t break up this team. Don’t pursue Torii Hunter and alienate Melky Cabrera, the most energetic young player since Derek Jeter.

Don’t go and sign a big-name starting pitcher ‘ Ian Kennedy, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlin deserve to not just be a part of next year’s team, but what the rotation is built around. They’re young, they’re cheap and they’re likable.

Don’t trade everyone in the organization for Travis Hafner just because they couldn’t beat him this year. That doesn’t work and it’s the reason the 2000s have been ringless.

Don’t let one series ruin everything this year was about.

The Indians were the better team. This is not the scrappy team that had to sacrifice a bucket of chicken so their cleanup hitter (and future U.S. president) would play better. They weren’t battling to keep a former showgirl from sending the team to Miami, especially since we now know that baseball and Miami just don’t mix.

No, this is a Cleveland Indians team that won 96 games and tied for the best record in baseball. This is a Cleveland team that has the two best starters in the America League and the most dominating bullpen in baseball.

In 1989’s ‘Major League,’ the Yankees were the better team and the Indians were the feel-good underdogs. In 2007 Major League, the real one, the Indians were the ones that were supposed to win ‘ and they did.

Chien-Ming Wang did not lose this series. Neither did Jeter, A-Rod or the Canadian Soldiers. The Indians won it and the better team won it. The Tribe got the two-out hits and clutch pitching because they were undoubtedly the better team.

But they won’t be the better team for long. If the Yankees stay with this team, do only minor tinkering with the bullpen and bench, keep the Kennedy’s and the Shelley Duncan’s, they will win another championship.

No, Yankees fans don’t run the risk of having a malicious owner move the team to Miami with another postseason knockout. But what George can do to this team would be much, much worse.