In 2001, Clemens won the Cy Young Award.
Tino and Brosius hit those homeruns off Kim.
Soriano hit that homerun off Schilling.
The Yankees wore NYPD and NYFD hats.
The Yankees did not win the World Series in 2001.
Doesn't anybody remember?:
"I always will believe that during the 1996-2001 dynasty, Mariano Rivera was the only uniformed member of the organization more important to the Yankees' success than Torre."
Crazy, and crazy.
"Joe Torre never spent hours poring over statistics or videotape like a lot of young managers do these days."
That, I believe.
Joe Torre doesn't even know who C.C. Sabathia is.
"He wasn't a workaholic type who obsessed about getting to work earlier than his peers."
That, I also believe.
"He would have a nice lunch, and then he would shave cleanly after games -- wins or losses -- as he prepared for a late dinner at a restaurant."
That's good to know.
Expert on green tea.
Not so much on Wang's home/road splits.
"He was not above playing favorites, of course, and some players felt the dark glower of his stare."
Of course he wasn't above playing favorites.
Who do you think he is?
A manager of a baseball team trying to optimize his team's chances to win? He can't do that when David Cone's feelings are at stake.
"Other managers will work harder than Torre, put in more time. His successor might handle the Yankees' pitching staff better than Torre, and moving forward, the team could benefit from statistical analysis in a way that it hasn't over the last 12 years. The lineups and lineup choices might be more informed."
That, I also believe.
So why should the Yankees have kept Torre?
Because Torre was nice to Buster Olney's wife one time.
2 comments:
I can't wait until all you Torre-haters have to watch the Yankees miss the playoffs next year to appreciate what he did for this team. You'll miss him sooner than you ever thought.
Take away Pettitte, Posada, ARod, and Rivera and the Yankees will most likely miss the playoffs. Especially if ARod decides to play for Toronto.
If the Yankees miss the playoffs, I'm going to kill myself. Not because I'm upset about a baseball team missing the playoffs. But just to make you happy.
Because that's really all that matters. It doesn't matter anymore whether a team wins or loses. What matters most is the collision of opinions on the blogosphere and keeping score of these opinions.
With anonymous people who you don't know.
I will not miss Joe Torre. Like every other fan, I root for the uniform. Remember how you cried about Bernie Williams? Then you forgot all about him by April 10th?
Players come and go, coaches come and go, stadiums come and go, managers come and go.
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