DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**Idorsearogele** · 10-08-2006, 07:03 PM

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorec...ticleID=176616

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Report: Torre likely to be fired

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Joe Torre has led the New York Yankees to the playoffs in each of his 11 seasons as the team's manager, but now he's reportedly set to be fired.

The Yankees, who won the AL East for a ninth straight season, were bounced from the playoffs on Saturday, losing to the Detroit Tigers, 8-3, in Game 4 of their American League Division Series. The Yankees lost the final three games and at one point had a 20-inning scoreless streak.

The New York Daily News reports club owner George Steinbrenner will likely pull the plug on Torre and replace him with Lou Piniella, who managed the Yankees from 1986-88. The newspaper reports general manager Brian Cashman and most of the front office employees are expected to keep their jobs.

Torre, according to the report, could also resign. The Yankees won the World Series in four of Torre's first five seasons as manager, but the club has been ousted in the first round of the playoffs each of the last two years.

Piniella led the Yankees to winning records in each of his three seasons, but the team never made the playoffs.

The 63-year-old Piniella has been working as a television analyst for baseball games. He most recently managed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2003-05, but that team didn't have anywhere near what the payroll had in comparison to the $200 million Yankees.

Piniella went 200-285 in three years at Tampa Bay. He has also skippered for Cincinnati (1990-92) and Seattle (1993-2002) and was adorned as Manager of the Year twice, in 1995 and 2001. His 1990 Reds won the World Series.

As for Torre, this year was considered an underachievement even though the Yankees finished tied for the best record in the majors. New York hasn't won a World Series since 2000 and the Yankees are just 3-10 in postseason play since going 3-0 up on the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS.

Torre's 11th appearance in postseason play with the Yankees, surpassed Casey Stengel (10) for the most postseason appearances by any manager in American League history.

The 64-year-old Torre has one season left on his three-year, $19.2 million pact. He's due to make $7 million next year.

10-08-2006, 07:03 PM	#1
Idorsearogele Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	Report: Torre likely to be fired http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorec...ticleID=176616 Sunday, October 08, 2006 Report: Torre likely to be fired New York, NY (Sports Network) - Joe Torre has led the New York Yankees to the playoffs in each of his 11 seasons as the team's manager, but now he's reportedly set to be fired. The Yankees, who won the AL East for a ninth straight season, were bounced from the playoffs on Saturday, losing to the Detroit Tigers, 8-3, in Game 4 of their American League Division Series. The Yankees lost the final three games and at one point had a 20-inning scoreless streak. The New York Daily News reports club owner George Steinbrenner will likely pull the plug on Torre and replace him with Lou Piniella, who managed the Yankees from 1986-88. The newspaper reports general manager Brian Cashman and most of the front office employees are expected to keep their jobs. Torre, according to the report, could also resign. The Yankees won the World Series in four of Torre's first five seasons as manager, but the club has been ousted in the first round of the playoffs each of the last two years. Piniella led the Yankees to winning records in each of his three seasons, but the team never made the playoffs. The 63-year-old Piniella has been working as a television analyst for baseball games. He most recently managed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2003-05, but that team didn't have anywhere near what the payroll had in comparison to the $200 million Yankees. Piniella went 200-285 in three years at Tampa Bay. He has also skippered for Cincinnati (1990-92) and Seattle (1993-2002) and was adorned as Manager of the Year twice, in 1995 and 2001. His 1990 Reds won the World Series. As for Torre, this year was considered an underachievement even though the Yankees finished tied for the best record in the majors. New York hasn't won a World Series since 2000 and the Yankees are just 3-10 in postseason play since going 3-0 up on the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS. Torre's 11th appearance in postseason play with the Yankees, surpassed Casey Stengel (10) for the most postseason appearances by any manager in American League history. The 64-year-old Torre has one season left on his three-year, $19.2 million pact. He's due to make $7 million next year.
	Quote