Fire Torre?

[tet]

ok...
i say fire him.
a

if they do, then i hope they hire somebody with balls.... like Valentine   

[August]

ok...
i say fire him.
a

if they do, then i hope they hire somebody with balls.... like Valentine   

at least we agree on something!
Bobby was great.
a

[cleech74]

How about Lasorda.  What's he doing now? :-P

[Guyute]

How about Lasorda.  What's he doing now? :-P

GM for the Dodgers I think.

Firing Torre, great idea.  The problem can't be the team George is putting around him.  Torre won with guys from the farm orginization, George decided it was superstar time.  Problem is, a lot of the time the superstars can get you to the playoffs, but stink in them. 

Of course that and a pitching staff with an average age of 102.

Really, your ace should have his AARP card.

[DoW]

I have your answer for you.  Joe Girardi.  Think about it.  It makes sense.

[jephrey]

I sure liked Girardi as a player.  Always solid.  Good catcher.  Seems like catchers would make good managers and he did well considering the circumstances this year.  The Cubs are also looking at him along with this years' announcer Bob Brenly who used to manage the Diamondbacks.  His commentary in the booth makes me think he'd be OK.  Chicagoans keep thinking that they're trying to get Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, Ryno, etc a championship.  that was the reason for Dusty Baker and all the money spent on good players.  Unfortunately, it hasn't panned out yet.  Luckily, not as much dough as the Yankers, but still a lot.  Wait till next year...  Bears > Cubs > Bulls > Blackhawks.  Who cares about any other teams?

J

[tet]

Blackhawks. 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

riiiiiiight....

[shoreline99]

^I don't think thats a word  :wink:

you, sir, have not yet mastered the internets...   :evil:

the internet - it's a series of tubes, right?

i say he [torre] stays for the last year of his contract. pinella or whoever becomes the next manager is gonna be an interim guy until steingrabber feels that donnie baseball is experienced enough to skipper the team.

just my $.02.

[shoreline99]

ok...
i say fire him.
a

if they do, then i hope they hire somebody with balls.... like Valentine   

at least we agree on something!
Bobby was great.
a

i agree. bobby v was an underrated and undervalued coach. he did a lot with the mets given the talent he had to work with. willie has had the backing of the organization ($$$) to shore up his team...

[antelope19]

Yes, PLEASE fire him.  I would love to see the yankees suck again!!!!!!   :roll:  I am sure Angelos would be all over that.  A nice contract of 5 mill a year would be right up our alley!!!!  GD O's.   :| 

[sls.stormyrider]

Bring back Billy Martin :evil:

[cleech74]

Bring back Billy Martin :evil:

From the grave?

[tet]

well looks like The Boss gave him 1 more year to pull it together - if he doesn't, i bet he won't get a contract renewal at that point so both sides can walk away the winners and Steinbrenner can hire anyone else he want.  I think Bobby V's Japan contract is up next year too...  :banana:

[ma215]

well looks like The Boss gave him 1 more year to pull it together - if he doesn't, i bet he won't get a contract renewal at that point so both sides can walk away the winners and Steinbrenner can hire anyone else he want.  I think Bobby V's Japan contract is up next year too...  :banana:

Best decision Steinbrenner has made in the past few years.  I'm all for giving Torre the final year of his contract and seeing what he can do w/ it. Now all the yank's need to do is throw a bunch of the money they would save by not resigning Sheff and Moose at Zito and we would have the beginning of another good season.

[sls.stormyrider]

spending $ is part of the problem. they have to go for guys that are good in the locker room and perform when the pressure is on, not just the ones that put up the best #s. That's a lesson they should have learned in the 80's (Dave Winfield, Dave Collins, a number of other high priced superstars with superstats that I can't remember, and yes the Billy Martin feuds). But George (despite all his WS rings, he should have more), the NY Rangers front office, and a lot of other teams can't figure that out.