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12 consecutive playoff appearances, and they try to cut his pay by a third.  Serves the Yankees right to lose him.

Serves the Yankees right to lose him.

BB,

As I understand it, they’re likely to lose Andy Pettit, Mariano Rivera, and A-Rod too!  Rodriguez was a huge chunk of their offense this past year, while pitching was the Yankees’ obvious weakness (just take a look at their offensive numbers for the season.)

Whoever takes over (Mattingly???) will have some serious rebuilding ahead.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Why is he entitled to this job?  He has had the highest payroll every year and hasn’t won the world series since 2000.

Payrod is not leaving.  Nobody else will pay him the $25-$30 million he wants.  The Yankees will extend his contract so that the Rangers are still on the hook for around $11 million a year.  Andy Pettite and Mariano Rivera are past there prime and should be released.  The only significant loss they will have is Jorge Posada.

Hawk,

The Yankees’ payroll is irrelevant since the manager has no control over that in any case.  No one has even suggested that Torre is “entitled” to the job, only that he leaves with the best managerial record in MLB history.  If you are looking for something over which to be contentious, try something else.  Joe Torre’s record as Yankees manager is unparalleled.

Posada he will be the easiest to replace.  Petite and Rivera may well be past their prime, but that certainly doesn’t mean that their replacements, whoever they may be, will have anything more to contribute.

As for A-Rod, a move to a slightly smaller stadium and a team with a chance to win it all might very well entice him to take less money than what the Yankees will offer.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Joe Torre’s record as Yankees manager is unparalleled.

You obviously know nothing about the history of baseball.  Look up Casey Stengel’s record.  It far surpasses Joe Torre’s as manager of the Yankees.  He also was fired after 12 seasons. 

Even though Joe did not control the Yankees payroll, it is not irrelevant.  Although, not perferct, it is a measure of the amount of talent he has had.  The Yankees have been the odds on favorite to win the WS in almost every year Torre has been manager.  He’s come up short since 2000.  I think it is a good time for the Yankees to part ways.

This we can agree on, Bat One. There is not a nicer guy on the planet. As a Boy growing up in Milwaukee, I once sat next to Torre in a movie theater. I believe it was his rookie season with the Braves. My friend and I got his autograph, and he gave us two passes to the next game. We went, and during batting practice he came over and talked with us, even remembering both our names.

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Bob Dylan

Davinski,

Thank you for sharing your Joe Torre story.  Of course you are aware that he did a stint here in Atlanta as the manager of the Braves, and was, of course, enormously popular.  He is indeed a nice guy… a classy, old-school baseball guy, from the same mold as Yogi, or Joe Garagiola, or Tim McCarver (What is it about catchers, anyway?)

In return for your generosity, let me share another baseball related story with you.  Click here and about halfway down the page you’ll find a comment I wrote, addressed to Zsa Zsa.  The story is a true one, as is the picture, and I still get a warm feeling inside when I see pictures of Reggie, as I did quite often this past week.  A class gentleman.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

(What is it about catchers, anyway?)

Think about it: The catcher calls the pitches, taking into account men on base, how fast they can run, the positions of the outfielders and the infielders, as well as all the other things going on in the field.

Save America; boycott the MSM.