They offered him a 5 million dollar deal today for one year with an option for a second year. This is 2 million less than what he was making previously. Joe Torre rejected the deal and tonight on the news they said that Yankees GM Brian Cashman and the Yankees will start looking for a new manager. I'm glad he did this. As a Red Sox fan I'm happy to see the ship beginning to sink with one of the most respected managers in baseball basically telling the Yankees to shove it. After all the times he was about to be fired and all the crap he had to go through working for George Steinbrenner I'm so happy he basically said screw you to the Yankees.
They offered him a 5 million dollar deal today for one year with an option for a second year. This is 2 million less than what he was making previously. Joe Torre rejected the deal and tonight on the news they said that Yankees GM Brian Cashman and the Yankees will start looking for a new manager. I'm glad he did this. As a Red Sox fan I'm happy to see the ship beginning to sink with one of the most respected managers in baseball basically telling the Yankees to shove it. After all the times he was about to be fired and all the crap he had to go through working for George Steinbrenner I'm so happy he basically said screw you to the Yankees.-MlKE-
I researched what you are saying, and it is sad that the best team in baseballs coach is leaving.
That's good the Yankkes need some *umph* in the dugout. Not somebody who's gonna sit there with the same plain ass look on his face, and ne ver show emotion. Don't get me wrong, he's one on the best managers in history, but we need someone new.
yeah the yankees were pretty stupid about this whole thing. There are no better managers available right now but they essentially forced Torre out. Then they try and get him to come back with a garbage offer, because they realized he was still the best manager for the job and what did he do? Gave them his best cartman impression and said "Screw you guys, I'm going home"
So now what are they going to do? They will have to go young and/or find a guy who has never managed before. Larussa would be a good choice, but he wouldn't last a year in new york with all the media and pressure.
If I was a red sox fan I wouldn't care about the yankees at the moment. I would worry more about the Indians and why the hell the team spent all that money on Daisuke Matsuzaka.
The Yankees throw money at overrated and past their prime players all the time like with Randy Johnson, Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano, Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi, etc. So sorry to sound "obnoxious" because I think it's funny that they decide to be cheap with a manager who won 10 division titles and 4 world series pennants for the team.
The funniest part is that the Yankees offered him a crappy deal on purpose knowing that he wouldn't accept it. Then Steinbrenner and company thought that all the fans would be mad at Torre for not staying with the Yankees. But everyone was smart enough to realize it was a crappy deal they offered him and no one at all is fooled by this little ploy by the Yankees.
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