Joe Goes
[New York Yankees’] Joe Torre rejected a $5 million offer that would have kept him as baseball’s highest-paid manager, but also would have been a cut from his present salary. — NY Times
Most savvy Yankees fans saw this coming: Yankees’ principal owner George Steinbrenner more or less forced the issue two weeks ago, and while a change was inevitable, firing seemed inappropriate. So they made him an offer he had to resist.
Torre briefly addressed reporters late last nig
ht. “The nature of this business, you’re a genius when you win and a moron when you don’t. I’m inconsistent. We’ve had our ups and downs. George, on the other hand, has been a model of consistency.”
In other baseball news, the Boston RedSox postponed their collapse until this evening with another outstanding performance by former Marlin Josh Beckett. “Nobody’s gonna pin the tail of disgrace on THIS donkey,” he vowed afterwards. “That’s what we got [Manager] Francona for.”
October 19th, 2007 at 9:39 am
An amazing career with the Yankees, and a tough act to follow. It’s great to see him take his leave on his own terms, with plenty of dignity, but after watching him all this time, exactly what one expects.
Good luck and God bless him.
October 19th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Good riddance. A looser in a loosing sport.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Next stop: Boston.
That would be awesome.
October 19th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Poor Yankees! All those millions spent for a seat on the post-season sidelines. Well, you have to blame somebody, I suppose, and who better than the manager? Guess he’ll just pack up his millions and go home.