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Joe Torre (official thread)

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Well that would make perfect sense...I mean it's not like Torre was busy winning the World Series with less "star power" while Pinella was setting Peyton Manning-like records for regular season wins and post season chokes in Seattle or anything :shake:

The bottom line is Torre couldn't stop the injuries, and he couldn't stop the has-beens from getting huge contracts, and he couldn't stop A-Rod from being the most overrated player in the history of sports. Sounds like all his fault alright :shake:
 
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Bucklion;628228; said:
Well that would make perfect sense...I mean it's not like Torre was busy winning the World Series with less "star power" while Pinella was setting Peyton Manning-like records for regular season wins and post season chokes in Seattle or anything :shake:

The bottom line is Torre couldn't stop the injuries, and he couldn't stop the has-beens from getting huge contracts, and he couldn't stop A-Rod from being the most overrated player in the history of sports. Sounds like all his fault alright :shake:
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bingo. I thought A-Rod would be the fall guy here (I still think that was his last game as a Yankee). Torre is getting a raw deal.
 
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Bucklion;628228; said:
Well that would make perfect sense...I mean it's not like Torre was busy winning the World Series with less "star power" while Pinella was setting Peyton Manning-like records for regular season wins and post season chokes in Seattle or anything :shake:

The bottom line is Torre couldn't stop the injuries, and he couldn't stop the has-beens from getting huge contracts, and he couldn't stop A-Rod from being the most overrated player in the history of sports. Sounds like all his fault alright :shake:
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A-Rod is widely considered ("rated") as an amazingly talented player who does not come through in the clutch. In what way is he overrated?
 
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ABJ

Report: Joe Torre expected to be fired

Associated Press

NEW YORK - Yankees manager Joe Torre likely will be fired and replaced by Lou Piniella following another early exit from the playoffs, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.
According to sources the Daily News did not identify, Torre is expected to be fired unless he resigns first - or team officials can talk owner George Steinbrenner out of making the move.
On Saturday, the Yankees were eliminated from the first round of the AL playoffs, losing to Detroit 8-3 in Game 4. It was the second straight year New York lost in the opening round.
The Yankees have won the World Series four times under Torre, most recently in 2000. They had a record $200 million payroll this year and matched the New York Mets for the best record in the regular season.
The Yankees have made the playoffs in all 11 years that Torre has been their manager. They have won nine straight AL East titles.
The 66-year-old Torre has one year and $7 million left on his contract.
Piniella is a former Yankees star and managed them in 1986-87 and for most of 1988. He guided Cincinnati to the 1990 World Series title and later managed Seattle and Tampa Bay.
The 63-year-old Piniella took a year off from managing last season.
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What a joke.

Perhaps Steinbrenner would figure out that if he's going to spend all that money, he might as well do it on pitching.

The Yankees are kings at overpaying for overvalued/washed up players. I'm no fan of the Yankees, and I could not imagine what would drive someone to manage that team, Steinbrenner is an asshole.
 
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Anyone with a speck of gray matter knew that the starting pitching on that team was a big question mark.

I suppose next year the 220Mil Yankees will be the 250Mill Yankees when Gorgie Boy picks up Zito and Schmidt.
 
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