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Originally Posted by KSig RC
I feel like the 96 team was his best job, considering the mean talent level and the way he actually utilized the kids . . . this year he did a fine job as well, but it's not like there were many tough decisions. Melky Cabrera is just better than Johnny Damon at this point, plus injuries really made decisions for him.
I think, if you look at the Yankees roster, it was about a 92-94 win team . . . most places' preseason projections agreed. Torre put them in a great spot, but it wasn't revolutionary like the 96 season.
I guess, now that I write this, that I'm agreeing with you completely in the "best season in a long time" - one thing I am proud of Yankees fans for: most of them are siding with Torre here. They should, even with his flaws. Rivera and Posada are likely gone without him, and ARod's situation has gotten more press than it likely deserves, but there may be some massive turnover in the Bronx. It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.
As a Sox fan, though, there's nothing I would like more than to see Joe Girardi back in the pinstripes - that will guarantee a massive arm injury for one of the trio of Kennedy, Joba and Alan Horne, if not all three. Sign his ass up!
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Yeah I agree with you for sure about the players siding with him. I like that a lot. I think the '96 season was managing at its finest as well, I just didn't feel like this was a "down" year for Torre, so to speak.
Haha, and good call about Girardi. I'm a Sox fan as well, been one for as long as I can remember.
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