Torre Quits

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Well I a would quit to if I was offered a 1 year deal with a 2.5 Million dollar pay cut after bring home 4 world series and making the play offs for 12 years. It may not be over yet but if he does not come back look for Don the man to fill his shoes.

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

I think it was a real insult. After starting off so poorly, and ending up as wild card, you'd think the management would be appreciative. I guess not.

Let's not forget the George S. and Billy Martin show from a few years back.

Sue

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I think Torre is a class act. I read his book and admired him even more.

Regarding Steinbrenner, he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
You don't treat someone with his record, loyalty and heart like this. Well, Steinbrenner does, but not decent folk. An absolute insult. Let's see who'll bring them 4 World Series rings and 12 post season playoffs !

Let's see what the players whose contracts are up this year do. I'm not sure, but I think Jeter, ARod and Rivera are up.

Beags (Go Torre !)

[RedMan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RedMan]

Well I a would quit to if I was offered a 1 year deal with a 2.5 Million dollar pay cut after bring home 4 world series and making the play offs for 12 years. It may not be over yet but if he does not come back look for Don the man to fill his shoes.

I'm not even a Yankees fan, but I have to give credit where credit is due. I think this is sad situation. Torre is a very admirable man, not to mention one of the best GMs ever.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

I always respected Joe Torre and I agree with the sentiments above.


I wonder where he will end up next. Any guesses?

Seattle?????

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

Yes Torre got Steinbrennered so to speak.
Torre has always been a class act and the offer they made him was an insult. I think they knew that and also knew that he would decline.

[grest Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close grest]

He will be an asset to any team he joins...as for me, I'm glad he is no longer with the Yankees...they don't deserve him.
Connie

[susieq Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close susieq]

I agree with the sentiments above ~~ he is a class act whose acomplishments were never really good enough for the front office ~~ and I don't blame him one bit for walking away. More power to him. I wish him only the best in whatever he does ~~ and I'm sure that no matter what it is, he'll make the best of it.

Sue

[1950bing Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 1950bing]

The front office will learn next year that they made a big mistake. Where in the world will they find a man that can do what Torre did for the Yankees ?

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Wow....Grady Little gone from the Dodgers and speculation that Torre and Mattingly will be in LA.

Now if that happens then that may be motivation for the Angels to get A-Rod...otherwise is the Dodgers get Torre and A-Rod then the Angels will take a big hit PR and marketing wise....now its a business investment and decision and not just a player decision for the Angels.

Little Resigns as Los Angeles Dodgers Manager, Paving the Way for Torre to Take Job

Oct 30, 9:27 PM (ET)

By JOHN NADEL
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Grady Little is out, whatever the reason. That sure seems to pave the way for Joe Torre to become the Los Angeles Dodgers' next manager.

Little resigned on Tuesday with a year remaining on his contract in a move he said he considered for some time. First, he called it "a mutual resignation." Later, he said it was his choice to leave.

"I've got my own personal reasons. There's a lot of belief I've been dealt an injustice here. That couldn't be further from the truth," Little said on a conference call. "My plans? To play with my grandkids."

When asked if reports that the Dodgers were speaking with Torre influenced his decision, Little replied firmly: "No."

Torre and his former bench coach with the New York Yankees, Don Mattingly, have discussed the possibility of joining the Dodgers together, according to a person with knowledge of those talks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the manager's job was still open in Los Angeles.

"We haven't hired anybody," Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said. "We're talking to some people, that's all I'm going to tell you. We'll talk about where we go from here at a later date."

The New York Post reported on its Web site Tuesday night that Torre had agreed in principle to a $14.5 million, three-year contract with the Dodgers, but a baseball official with knowledge of the search said no deal was imminent. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the job was still open.

Torre's agent, Maury Gostfrand, declined comment.

Colletti said he had a sense the 57-year-old Little was leaning toward stepping down, so he recently discussed the job with potential replacements. One of those candidates, Colletti acknowledged, was Joe Girardi, hired by the Yankees as Torre's successor earlier Tuesday.

Colletti refused to put a timetable on picking Little's successor. The GM stressed that Little would have kept his job for next season had he decided to come back.

"This is a difficult day for many of us," Colletti said. "Grady is a man I'm very fond of. Our friendship and relationship I expect to last as long as we're here on earth."

The 67-year-old Torre managed the Yankees to four World Series championships and 12 playoff appearances in as many seasons before turning down a one-year, $5 million offer for next season with an additional $3 million in incentives on Oct. 18.

Torre, who completed a three-year, $19.2 million contract this year, ranks eighth on baseball's career list with 2,067 victories and has won a record 76 postseason games.

The Dodgers entered this season as the clear-cut favorite to win the NL West and had the league's best record in mid-July. But they dropped 11 of their last 14 games to fade out of contention, finishing at 82-80.

Clubhouse unrest surfaced between veterans and young players during the season's final two weeks, when the Dodgers lost seven straight games to the Colorado Rockies.

Little said he told Colletti at season's end that he wasn't certain he wanted to come back.

"I told him I needed to go home, drive across the country, do some serious thinking," Little said Tuesday.

Even so, Colletti said he wanted Little back.

"I encouraged him a handful of times to think it through," Colletti said.

Little managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002-03 before he was fired despite winning more than 90 games each season.

The Red Sox led the Yankees 5-2 late in Game 7 of the 2003 AL championship series before Little opted to leave in pitcher Pedro Martinez instead of going to the bullpen. The Yankees rallied to tie the game before winning in the 11th on a homer by Aaron Boone.

That led to Little's dismissal.

Speaking before what turned out to be Little's final game for Los Angeles, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said Little would return next season and he was encouraged about the Dodgers' direction under the GM and manager.

"We should be playing next week," McCourt said, referring to the playoffs. "It's sort of an odd place I'm at right now. I feel the fans' disappointment. I share it. On the other hand, I feel something very positive here. The future is very, very bright."

When asked if health was a factor in his decision, Little replied: "I have a combination of a lot of reasons. I'll leave it at that. All of them are personal."

Might he manage again?

"That's not even on my radar," Little replied.

The Dodgers went 88-74 and made the playoffs as the NL wild card in Little's first season as their manager before being swept by the New York Mets in the first round. The Dodgers have won only one postseason game since winning the 1988 World Series.


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I hope the Yankees come in last place next year and that La wins the Series. I also hope that the best of the Yankee players find there way out of NY. They all should have stuck by there MGR an d played as a team.




You can tell I am not happy with what has gone on, A-Rod, Torre and now we hear Rivera and Possada with a few others that are leaving including Donny baseball/ They should have all quit as soon as the shit hit the fan to keep Torre and A-rod here. I have always been a NY fan and was a ticket season holder for the Yankees a few years back, I like both the Mets and the Yankees. Next year I will not be going to any Yankee games. Lets go Mets

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I hope the Yankees come in last place next year and that La wins the Series.

BigFrank....I hope you mean the LA Angels

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

BigFrank....I hope you mean the LA Angels

Gotta cheer for Torre.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Boo...Hiss.......I guess I will continue to root against Torre....which is normal.

But the good thing is when you buy a stock or pick a teams to root for then that is usually the kiss of death isn't it?