Joe Torre - it's been a good run. Thanks for the rings!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

:patriot:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Joe Torre is a class act!

Steinbrenner is an idiot for even considering firing Torre.

[SeattleGirl]

2. I second that. Joe IS a class act, and has brought the Yankees to

the playoffs many times.

Steinbrenner is out of his mind to want to let Joe go.

[edbermac]

3. A pretty good manager, but he blew it starting Wang tonight.

But then he didn't have much pitching this year, did he? You knew it was bad when they signed Clemens for crying out loud.

[asthmaticeog]

4. Steinbrenner publicly announcing that he was going to fire Torre was SO unclassy.

Even Donald Trump has more class than that fucking vulgarian. Torre's genuinely one of the greats. Steinbrenner? Nothing more than a clod with a fuckload of cash.

[Danger Mouse]

6. Steinbrenner is a fucking scumbag shitheap...

and one of the primary reasons i dislike the yankees.

[Bake]

18. But Torre is one of the primary reasons I LIKE the Yankees.

IF Steinbrenner fires Joe, I hope the Yankees never win another game. Ever.

Bake

[KitchenWitch]

7. But it was SO Steinbrenner...

He is nothing, if not predictable.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. exACTly

[rockymountaindem]

9. My thoughts exactly n/t

[Danger Mouse]

5. all snark aside, he was a good manager...

and the yankees will be poorer without him.

[MissMillie]

14. someone else will snatch him up quickly

and he will do well by that team too.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. only in new york

can a great manager like Torre get fired and a bumbling idiot like Willie Randolph keep his job.

life isn't fair sometimes.

[donco]

10. Cheer up your going to get Tony La Russa,

Torre worked for the Cards before he worked for the Yankees.

[deadparrot]

11. I bet LaRussa will follow Jocketty or retire.

He hates the media in St. Louis. I can't imagine what he'd do in New York.

[SoxFan]

28. Fine by me

My fear is that the Evil Empire hires a smart, young proven winner like Joe Girardi. He did a great job with the talent-thin Marlins, and as a Sox fan, it scares me to think what he could do with the Yankees resources.

[SoxFan]

13. "Sincerely, Red Sox Nation"

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. huh?

:shrug:

[Rambis]

15. 200+ mil I could manage that

Hey A-rod go hit a homer K pal?
Clemons takes your roids and go pitch me a no hitter will ya?
Unit go ice your back or I will have to go buy another stud pitcher.

Joe Girardi welcome aboard

[sniffa]

17. did george fire him?

george is such a douchebag.

get me costanza!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. yup - check it out

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/sports/baseball/09araton.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[sniffa]

20. that's fucked up. who wiLL repLace him?

is biLLy martin stiLL avaiLabLe?

[KitchenWitch]

22. Billy Martin would be far more controllable by Steinbrenner, now that he is long dead!

:crazy:

Don't have to worry about his drinking problem and womanizing anymore.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. That sounds so Borowitz Reporty - Steinbrenner rehires Martin

Institutes all zombie management staff policy

[KitchenWitch]

26. True

If Steinbrenner did that, he would have no choice but to lay the blame for the losing in the playoffs squarely where it belongs, on himself.

[Highway61]

21. Not for nothing

I am a die hard Redsox fan, but I have the up most respect for Joe....they don't get any better. The problem is Big George...he made a HUGE blunder paying Clemens that kind of money to come back to do what??? Biggest error George has made $$ wise in one hell of a long time and he is angry at himself and taking it out on Joe. Joe has a Hall of Fame record and he should be proud!

Now, that being said...Go Sox!

[warrior1]

23. I'll miss him

Thanks Joe.

[SallyMander]

24. From a rabid BoSox fan -

Torre is a classy man, and the Yankees will suffer a big loss if he goes.

[HERVEPA]

27. Joe Torre is not "toast"

(that was the nickname of his 1st baseman brother Frank)

[Corgigal]

29. I watched the Bronx's is burning this summer

and you would have thought that Steinbrenner would have watched that series so he could remember what a jackass he looked like for years.
If he does this, he still hasn't grown up.

[driver8]

30. Steinbrenner is such an asshole -- I can't stand that prick.

Way to go, George. Announce that you're going to fire the manager if the team doesn't win.

I'm not a Yankees fan, but Torre deserves better than that.