It appears Joe Torre is prepared to move on from the New York Tankees.
In the AL East, where two teams try and the other three think .500 is lofty, you always make the playoffs if you are NYY or BOS. Is it the manager's fault when the $100+M lineup fails? Probably not.
My biggest concern with the Yankees is that they fucked old Joe over (and spent three straight days meeting to figure out the best way to do it).
In the AL East, where two teams try and the other three think .500 is lofty, you always make the playoffs if you are NYY or BOS. Is it the manager's fault when the $100+M lineup fails? Probably not.
My biggest concern with the Yankees is that they fucked old Joe over (and spent three straight days meeting to figure out the best way to do it).
"We'll offer you the same money as last year, except you have to win the ALCS to see it. Fuck you!"
Just fire me. Don't offer me an "incentives-based" contract when I'm not even on the damn field. Don't tell me Carl Pavano needs to win Game 4, or else I make $1M less. Fuck you. Eat shit. Fuck yourself and eat shit and die.
That's what I imagine Joe Torre said to management. "Fuck yourself and eat shit and die." It's amazing to me that this is being reported as Joe Torre turning down an extension. He got fired, only they designed a deal they knew he wouldn't take so it wouldn't look like he was being fired. I imagine Joe Girardi is already shopping for a house.
UPDATE (2:30p)
Now ESPN reports that Joe Torre has spoken out. I think this quote indicates that he very likely told Cashman and Steinbrenner to go fuck themselves, eat shit and die.
"I just felt the contract offer, the terms of the contract, were probably
the thing I had the toughest time with -- the one year for one thing, the
incentives for another thing," Torre said of his reasons for declining the
offer. "I've been there 12 years and I didn't think motivation was needed.
"
"We knew exactly what was expected here," he said, "So, I just didn't think
was the right thing for me, I just didn't think was the right thing for my
players."
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I'm curious to see where Torre will end up, because I doubt he'd be willing to go out on this note. My early prediction is St. Louis.
It wouldn't make sense for St. Louis. He's too simiar to Tony LaRussa.
I expect Torre to spend the rest of his life walking around with both middle fingers raised high. He made the playoffs every year, he resurrected two seemingly dead Yankee teams, including this year, and he won some championships. Then the Yankees offered him a deal that was a total slap in the face and a pay cut unless he won the World Series next year.
He should take up drinking and answer every question with "Fuck you very hard." If they ever have another manager who can keep that many rich assholes from killing each other, I'll be amazed.
He's done managing. He'll get a ridiculously lucrative deal from ESPN and work half the hours with little travel. Where else do you go after you've managed the Yankees to the World Series? If I'm him, I say screw it. He's old, he's got ridiculous money, he doesn't need the shit anymore.
I think he waits a year, watches the Mets and Willie Randolph implode again, and then takes the Mets job. He wouldn't even have to move.
And I really hope he did give Steinbrenner and co the one finger salute on his way out.
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