A season that is shaping up to be Joe Torre's last with the Yankees also is proving to be his toughest. The veteran manager told the New York Daily News on Saturday that the 2007 season has been his hardest since taking the post prior to the 1996 campaign. "It's been the toughest one of the 12 years, no question," Torre said in comments published on Sunday. "My security blanket is the players, because they care and they try. Sometimes they lose direction, but that's been the thing I cling to all the time - the baseball aspect of it."