Bye bye Torre, hello again Loooooooooooooooouuuuuuu

[mac56]

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2541593

Yankees manager Joe Torre likely will be fired and replaced by Lou Piniella following another early exit from the playoffs, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

According to sources the Daily News did not identify, Torre is expected to be fired unless he resigns first or team officials can talk owner George Steinbrenner out of making the move.

On Saturday, the Yankees were eliminated from the first round of the AL playoffs, losing to Detroit 8-3 in Game 4. It was the second straight year New York lost in the opening round.

The Yankees have won the World Series four times under Torre, most recently in 2000. They had a record $200 million payroll this year and matched the New York Mets for the best record in the regular season.

The Yankees have made the playoffs in all 11 years that Torre has been their manager. They have won nine straight AL East titles.

The 66-year-old Torre has one year and $7 million left on his contract.

Piniella is a former Yankees star and managed them in 1986-87 and for most of 1988. He guided Cincinnati to the 1990 World Series title and later managed Seattle and Tampa Bay.

The 63-year-old Piniella took a year off from managing last season.

[Lautremont]

1. Joe Torre: Time Is All You've Got (nt)

[Initech]

2. Yay! Now the Yankees can continue to lose!

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. someone please get Sweet Lou out of the announcers booth...

I heard him call a game earlier this year on Fox and holy crap does he ever suck. He should stick to managing

[Broken_Hero]

4. I still miss Lou...

he did the M's good, IMO...

[SeattleGirl]

5. I miss him like crazy, too!

I was telling MrSeattleGirl today that the irony of ironies would be for the M's to hire Torre to manage the team........

[Broken_Hero]

6. I'd take Torre over Hargrove...any

day of the week...we need some pitchers stat, our lineup really isn't that bad at all...our pitchers blow...

[SeattleGirl]

7. I think Torre is a really good manager.

We definitely do need some pitching, don't we? I agree, the lineup isn't bad at all, and the youn 'un's are starting to come into their own. But you GOTTA HAVE PITCHING.

[Broken_Hero]

8. yeah, Kenji did a lot better

than I thought he would...I thought Pinerio/Franklin would come around sooner, but they still both...lack consistancy, and I think Franklin isn't even there any more...and Washburn? I still don't understand getting him, he is essentially a one trick pony. BTW, what ever happened to Kaz Sasaki? I forgot what happened to him...

[SeattleGirl]

9. Kaz got out of his contract, went back to Japan. Was going

to quit baseball altogether, but decided to go back to pitching for his Japanese team.


And yeah, Franklin has been gone for awhile.

[Broken_Hero]

10. damn, and Kaz's forkball was

amazing...

[SeattleGirl]

11. Wasn't it, though?

But remember, he started falling off his game. I think he was embarassed, and that's why he wanted to leave. I'm glad he decided to keep pitching, though.

[Broken_Hero]

12. question...

do you remember when Omar Vizquel and A. Rhodes were arguing over A. Rhodes earring? It was in...2001 season I believe...I told my wife the other day about that, when Kenny Lofton was complaining of a bus beyond centerfield during the mets game, and the bus got moved...my wife asked me if that sorta thing happens a lot, and I immediately remember the Omar/Rhodes diamond earring story...

[SeattleGirl]

13. Oh, yes, I remember. Omar's standing with Mariner fans went

down quite a few points with that little display. Omar used to play for the Mariners, and was beloved by many. But after that, meh!

[Broken_Hero]

14. yeah, he was the short stop for some time

before going to the Indians...I will always remember him for complaining over that stupid earring...what did you think of the M's letting Moyer go? He was essentially the last M from the 90's, that are no longer currently playing for them...(I believe)

[SeattleGirl]

16. You're right, Jamie was the last of the 90's guys.

Management made the decision, but it was Jamie's call in the end. I think he wanted a chance to go to the playoffs. I would not be surprised, though, to see him back with the M's next year.

[Broken_Hero]

15. the first M's team I remember is

Tino Martinez, Edgar...Griffeysr/jr...Dave Valle....Russ Davis...hmm, its hard to remember back that far, I think Omar was there all ready...I started paying attention in...88 roundabouts...

[SeattleGirl]

17. I didn't pay much attention to them until the one-game play-off

against the Angels in 1995. I moved to Seattle in 1983, but had a lot of things going on, and the M's were so bad they were way under my radar. But that game, that one game captured the entire region. From that day on, I was hooked.

[Broken_Hero]

18. one game playoff, against the Rangers? nt

[SeattleGirl]

20. Nope. Angels.

1995.

[Broken_Hero]

22. hmmm

was that they year, when the M's were like 10 games back with a month to go, and they end up tying...adn then winning the 1 game playoff? My memory is fuzzy, I apologize...:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

23. That was it.

Jay Buhner was rallying the troops. They were talking about the wild card. He said, forget that, let's go for it ALL. And they did!

[Broken_Hero]

24. Good old Jay...

I loved the promotion, where if you showed up to the kingdome, and got your head shaved, you got into the game for free....those were the dayz...:)

[SeattleGirl]

25. The Buhner Buzz Cut Night.

Great promo!

[bumblebee1]

19. That Yankee ship needs to come into the yards for a complete

everhaul. It'll take more than Steinbrenner firing Joe Torre to fix that ship. Who will the Fox sports announcers genuflect to with Torre being gone? Tony LaRussa?

[SeattleGirl]

21. Nah, they'll just stick with genuflecting to Steinbrenner.

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