Mr. Torre is clearly past his prime. Burnt out by the overwhelming
pressure to win, win, win, he looked like a man just going through the
paces this year, when he was awake, anyway.

Overmatched by not only Leland in the ALDS but during many individual
games this year, Mr. Torre needs to retire with his dignity intact NOW
if the Janks want ANY chance at a respectable post-season performance;
if they make it there at all in '07.

Not to mention, A-Fraud hitting 8th in their last game. How's that
gonna go over with him? They gotta trade that guy now. Just gotta.
That, actually, is probably a good thing for A-Fraud and the Janks,
sadly.

Keeping Mr. Torre is clearly a poor move. He's the personification of
his team - listless, fireless, just going through the motions.

Me likey.

O'Neil's Faggy Prostate - You down with OFP? wrote:

Yanks don't need to worry about the Sox - the Jays are our top rival
now.

As long as the Sox keep Theo in the front office, we have nothing to
worry about. Kid got lucky in '04 and we've seen all of his moves
backfire since then. I'm sure he'll make another knee-jerk trade right
before the first series with the Yanks - sound familiar?

Sizzle wrote:

Let's get back to reality here...unless something drastic happens, I
see absolutly nothing changing for The Sox or Yankees next year. The
Sox will have a mediocre season...probably not make the playoffs and
the Yanks will lose in the first round.

THEN Torre will be fired.

"Magnus, Robot Fighter" <pavelb1@cox.net> wrote in message
news:1160513669.803821.91550@b28g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
You mean at the same time his contract runs out? If he wants to manage,
he'll have plenty of offers.

Dano wrote:

Yea...I forgot this was the last year of his contract.

Magnus, Robot Fighter wrote:

He will sign elsewhere.

The big difference is that the Sox are building their farm system, and
the Yanks are top heavy with old, overpriced free agents, and the
balance of leftover contracts. After the next round of housecleaning,
which should be a doozy, they will "reload" with a new batch of
dinosaurs. There is no way out short of rebuilding -- and we all know
George will never commit to that.

Balco's Heroes wrote: