Torre Will Not Be Back With The Yankees

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Uh true.

This is his best managerial season in a very long time. To get that team to the playoffs was a pretty huge deal as far as I'm concerned.

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!