The absurd saga of the most overrated manager in baseball history continues. Had buck Showalter been left in place one more year (1996), he too would have won the WS. Torre was a multi-year loser when he managed St. Louis years ago. LaRussa is a jerk, but he took an 83-win Cardinals and a crappy Jeff Suppan and won it all. The Torre-Worship is so nauseating, especially here in NYC, having to stomach the daily butt-licking morons Mike and Mad Dog, who treat Torre like he's the Pope. He's so CLASSSSSSY. So what? He made $7.5 mil and lost every year. His management of pitching i9n the 2004 WS and this entire season was pathetic. And leaving Jaba on the mound with bugs flying everywhere showed his lack of balls. Does anyone think Jim Leyland or LaRussa would have let Chamberlain throw another pitch with 100 bugs crawling on his neck and face?
Giving Torre credit for the Yankees' success is like giving the Maitre d' the credit for good reviews at Spago.
Giving Torre credit for the Yankees' success is like giving the Maitre d' the credit for good reviews at Spago. I like your attitude!
There is a story behind the posting of the wine label. When my son returned from Iraq, we went to greet his ship upon it's return to Everett. We had dinner that night at the Metropolitan Grill and brought our own wine (1982 Cos Estornal), which was from my son's birth year and one that I been keeping for many years for just such a momentous occasion.
I got to talking to the Wine Steward who mentioned that just a few days earlier Joe Torre had been in with three other guys. They bought two magnums of an early 60's Bordeaux, I believe it was La Tour. They easily dropped several thousand per bottle for the wine.
She said it was similar each time he is in town.
That served as confirmation that things were way out of whack.