"While the Yankees are involved in two races - the AL East and wild card - there is no avoiding what looms beyond this season."
The Yankees are 6.5 games behind the Red Sox. If that's a race, then the Colorado Rockies are also in the race for the NL West.
$100 to anybody who can name the manager of the Colorado Rockies.
"Joe Torre is doing a wonderful job as a lame-duck manager, and his future will have an impact on what free agents Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens will do following the World Series."
What's funnier?:
(1) "Joe Torre is doing a wonderful job."
(2) The words "Yankees" and "World Series" being used in the same sentence.
" 'I don’t see myself playing for anybody else,' the All-Star told The Post.
So, if Torre leaves, does that mean Posada goes, too?"
To where? A team that hires Joe Torre in the offseason?
"Posada, who will be coming off a career year when he hits a free-agent market devoid of front-line catchers, could command a three-year deal worth $42 million. And the 36-year-old switch-hitter may only have to look as far as Queens to get it."
Oh.
So the Mets are going to fire Willie Randolph and hire Joe Torre.
Then, with the hiring of Joe Torre, the Mets will lure Posada, Rivera, Clemens, and Pettitte.
Does Omar Minaya know about this?
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Clint Hurdle
Pay up.
I have to go to retrosheet and find the game I attended in KC where Hurdle hit an inside-the-park HR. Reggie also hit a HR. It was 1980, I'm pretty sure about that.
I also like how Torre is "engergized" by Joba's eight innings. This job is just so mindnumbingly torturous most of the time, isn't it? Maybe Clint Hurdle would gladly take it and show some enthusiasm.
That was easy. July 25, 1980.
Also, I want to get the phone # for the team that gives Posada a 3 year deal. That way I can call them and laugh at them.
One of the funniest recent headlines: "The Mets have an interest in either Pudge or Posada."
Funny for two reasons.
1. I thought Lo Duca was their all star catcher.
2. OF COURSE the Mets are interested in the two best FA catchers on the market. Every single team except maybe for Cleveland will be interested.
I love Posada bigtime. I think he's wildly underappreciated, even by his own manager, who actually started Flaherty in a playoff game. Borderline HOFer, even.
But Posada gains zero leverage by proclaiming his love and loyalty for Torre. Just work out the potential scenarios and this is obvious.
If Posada signs with the Yankees, then he might play for Torre. If Posada signs with another team, then he will not play for Torre.
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