Back when I last won the World Series, MTV still played music videos.

"Torre often references his Yankee years with the Dodgers’ players, mostly talking about the comebacks against Atlanta in the 1996 World Series, and against Oakland in the 2001 division series. He retains Bowa and the hitting coach Don Mattingly from his last Yankees staff, and has one ex-Yankee, reliever Jeff Weaver, on his roster."

You say "references," I say "lives in the past."


"He is the same Torre — a cup of Bigelow green tea before batting practice, a box of Hammond’s pretzels in his office, the familiar No. 6 on his back."

... same lapdog reporters, too.


I hope the Bigelow tea is decaf.

We wouldn't want Torre to wake up and, say, manage a professional baseball game.