"I just got off the phone with Mr. Steinbrenner and he has assured me I will be the manager of the New York Yankees next season." - Joe Torre.

 

More to come...

I can now sleep at night knowing things are not in total chaos in New York City :|

Of interest to me is that the speculation was that Piniella was being brought into the picture because of his ARod relationship.

 

With Torre coming back, ARod's future in New York, at least to me, is more in doubt.

I know, I had to skip class to watch this important, special announcement by Joe Torre on ESPN. I'm so happy he's keeping his job and now I am ecstatic to listen to him have a national news conference about keeping his job.

Glad to see he's coming back.....

I'm sorry, but Joe Torre didn't go a combined 2 for 26 with 8 K's. That feat was accomplished byt the tandem of AROD and Sheff.

 

Joe Torre didn't serve up a meatball for a homerun to the only batter he faced. That feat was accomplished by Mike Meyers.

 

Joe Torre didn't give up 12 earned runs in 9 innings pitched. That feat was accomplished by the trio of Randy Johnson, Cory Lidle and Jaret Wright.

 

Joe Torre didn't sign ANY of these players. Brian Cashman did. What has Brian Cashman done during his tenure besides ride the coat tails of Bob Watson? When "he" won titles in '99 and 2000, he won with a nucleus of players [Jeter, Posada, Bernie, Paulie, Tino, Brosius, Pettitte, Stanton, Wells, El Duque, Rivera, and an unheralded Graeme Lloyd] pulled together from a great farm system and smart trades made by Bob Watson.

 

Time to cut this guy loose and hire someone willing to stand up to The Boss and make a good baseball decision rather than sign a former stud pitcher who had a career era approaching 5 versus your biggest dividion rival because that's who The Boss wants.

I'm sorry, but Joe Torre didn't go a combined 2 for 26 with 8 K's. That feat was accomplished byt the tandem of AROD and Sheff.

 

Joe Torre didn't serve up a meatball for a homerun to the only batter he faced. That feat was accomplished by Mike Meyers.

 

Joe Torre didn't give up 12 earned runs in 9 innings pitched. That feat was accomplished by the trio of Randy Johnson, Cory Lidle and Jaret Wright.

 

Joe Torre didn't sign ANY of these players. Brian Cashman did. What has Brian Cashman done during his tenure besides ride the coat tails of Bob Watson? When "he" won titles in '99 and 2000, he won with a nucleus of players [Jeter, Posada, Bernie, Paulie, Tino, Brosius, Pettitte, Stanton, Wells, El Duque, Rivera, and an unheralded Graeme Lloyd] pulled together from a great farm system and smart trades made by Bob Watson.

 

Time to cut this guy loose and hire someone willing to stand up to The Boss and make a good baseball decision rather than sign a former stud pitcher who had a career era approaching 5 versus your biggest dividion rival because that's who The Boss wants.

 

 

Agreed. Cashman should be shown the door, not Torre.

Yankeefan21...if you're going to hand out credit, where's the love for Gene Michael?

Yankeefan21...if you're going to hand out credit, where's the love for Gene Michael?

 

I give all the credit in the world to Gene Michael. Signing Bernie, Pettitte, Jeter, Posada? Huge! However, you have to remember that he did all this while George was serving his suspension. I don't mean to detract from his huge signings [hello, Paul O'Neill for Roberto Kelly?!] but I think he had fewer obstacles than Bob Watson.

 

One of Bob Watson's first major issues was finding a REPLACEMENT for Don Mattingly. How do you replace a New York icon? That would be like asking a GM to replace Derek Jeter next year. His signing of Tino Martinez was huge beyond words. Imagine, he got Louis Sojo and Jeff Nelson as afterthoughts...

Good to hear. I hate the Yankees and all, but I can't imagine hating them without Torre and Jeter. Otherwise, I would just have to pity them.

Bad move.

Damn.. I was already picturing him in a Giants uniform.