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Joe Torre was an immediate success with the New York Yankees, managing them to four World Series titles in his first five years on the job. The Los Angeles Dodgers can only hope for similar results. Complete Story...
Joe Torre grew up watching the Dodgers play in Brooklyn. Now, 50 years after they moved west, it appears he's in line to become their manager.
Joe Torre may have a new job lined up with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Soon after Grady Little resigned as Dodgers manager on Tuesday, one report said Torre and the team had already reached a deal that would give the former New York skipper another gig only weeks after he parted ways with the Yankees.
Joe Torre is clearly the leading candidate to become the Los Angeles Dodgers' next manager, but general manager Ned Colletti said Wednesday that contrary to published reports, a deal hadn't been struck.
Grady Little is out as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a move that sure seems to pave the way for Joe Torre to take over. One report said Torre and the Dodgers had already reached a deal that would give the former New York Yankees manager a new job only weeks after he parted ways with the club.
Grady Little is out as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a move that sure seems to pave the way for Joe Torre to take over.
Joe Girardi thought back to when he replaced Mike Stanley as the New York Yankees' catcher in 1996, Joe Torre's first season as manager. "I remember walking into spring training, the first day, and people saying, 'Boy, you've got big shoes to fill,'" Girardi said Tuesday. "I thought, well, I wear a size 13."
Grady Little is out, whatever the reason. That sure seems to pave the way for Joe Torre to become the Los Angeles Dodgers' next manager. Little resigned on Tuesday with a year remaining on his contract in a move he said he considered for some time. First, he called it "a mutual resignation." Later, he said it was his choice to leave.
Grady Little is out, whatever the reason. That sure seems to pave the way for Joe Torre to become the Los Angeles Dodgers' next manager.
Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job. Little said it was a move he considered for some time, and he told general manager Ned Colletti of his decision Tuesday.
Joe Girardi thought back to when he replaced Mike Stanley as the New York Yankees' catcher in 1996, Joe Torre's first season as manager.
Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job. The 57-year-old Little leaves with one year remaining on his contract plus a club option for 2009.
Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job. The 57-year-old Little leaves with one year remaining on his contract plus a club option for 2009. Team owner Frank McCourt said on the season's final day that Little would return next year, but recently several news outlets reported the Dodgers were speaking with Torre about their managerial job.
Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job. The 57-year-old Little leaves with one year remaining on his contract plus a club option for 2009. Team owner Frank McCourt said on the season's final day that Little would return next year, but recently several news outlets have reported the Dodgers were speaking with Torre about their managerial job.
Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job.
Now that the New York Yankees have offered Joe Girardi their managerial job, it's clear they've put the Joe Torre era behind them.
The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the franchise.
The interviews are over. Now all the New York Yankees have to do is hire Joe Torre's replacement.
Don Mattingly, Joe Girardi and Tony Pena were asked Friday to interview with the New York Yankees as possible replacements for Joe Torre.
Joe Torre won't even set foot in Yankee Stadium anytime soon, not even to clean out his office. "I walked out of there, I'm not going back," he said. "I just leave the memories."
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani offered his opinion about the departure of Joe Torre as manager of the New York Yankees without being asked.
Joe Torre took a morning flight to Tampa, Fla., walked into George Steinbrenner's office at Legends Field and listened to the offer. He said he couldn't accept it, shook hands and left the ballpark, the New York Yankees' manager no more.
Discussions on the future of manager Joe Torre entered a third day Thursday, with some Yankees' officials at the team's spring-training complex and some back in New York.
As George Steinbrenner returned to work at Legends Field for the first time since his team was eliminated, New York Yankees president Randy Levine said the status of manager Joe Torre remains undecided. "There have been no discussions, no decisions," Levine said Friday.
If the Yankees plan to keep calling on Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, they might want to think carefully about who would be handing him the ball. Rivera isn't happy that Joe Torre could be out as manager in New York and said the team's decision will be factored into whether he returns.
You don't want him, do ya? No one really does. It's bizarre. Maybe when he breaks the all-time home run record there will be a tangible reason to loathe Alex Rodriguez. For now, it's aesthetic.
Popovich is the best coach in the NBA, and it shouldn't go unnoticed.
In the Los Angeles Dodgers' most recent glory days, Tom Lasorda was the face of the team, the manager as celebrity. After a decade of entrusting their team to men without star quality, the Dodgers hope to revive the glory days of manager as celebrity.
Joe Torre and Don Mattingly parted ways with the Yankees this month, but they may stay together in a major league dugout next season.
Joe Torre was too much of a good thing for the New York Yankees.
Explaining why he had rejected a one-year contract to manage the New York Yankees for another season, Joe Torre said he felt insulted that the team tried to reduce his pay and add incentives to his contract.
Joe Torre said today that he turned down a $5 million offer to manage the New York Yankees for another year because "I didn't think it was the right thing for me, I didn't think it was the best thing for my players."
The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down.
Torre was offered a one-year deal at a base of $5-million with an additional $1-million guaranteed for each round of the playoffs that the Yankees reached. So, he could have made $8-million for getting to the World Series.
The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down.
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman left Legends Field around 4 p.m. today to fly back to New York. On his way out, he told reporters that no decision has been made about the future of Manager Joe Torre.
The ultimate Yankee killer believes George Steinbrenner may do more to hurt the Bombers than any heartbreaking home run he could hit against them.
The Steinbrenner sons returned to Tampa yesterday, and although Hank Steinbrenner told reporters Tuesday that "nothing lasts forever," there is some feeling that he could be swayed to retain Torre.
Suzyn Waldman was unapologetic Tuesday for choking up and sobbing briefly in her report Monday night on WCBS-AM after the Indians knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs.
George strutted his domineering self in the media just like back in the day. Got to hog the spotlight for a few days. Put the pressure on Joe. Win or else.
Give Joe Torre this much on what was likely his last night as the manager of the Yankees: he wasn't stubborn about admitting he made the wrong call.
According to several people with knowledge of the situation, Joe Torre's fate will be decided in a few days. And when it is, it's highly likely that George Steinbrenner won't ask Torre back to manage.
Since serving Joe Torre with an ultimatum this past weekend that his manager didn t heed, George Steinbrenner has zipped his lips in regards to Torre s future.
_uacct = "UA-2764230-1"; urchinTracker(); Lube up the trap door, it appears Joe Torre is out as Yankees manager.
We've all seen this act before, even us young folk. Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner tried to prompt the resurrection of his Bronx nine by kneecapping their leader.
Deep down, you have to believe Joe Torre still knows the deal - that it s World Series or bust for him and his Yankees, and that is why the Yankee hierarchy has not acknowledged this remarkable comeback season of his with a contract extension.
Joe Torre came away from lunch yesterday with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner not knowing (or, at least, not admitting to know) any more about his future as manager.
With no Clemens, ChiSox knock out DeSalvo, Yanks CHICAGO (AP) -- The Rocket was nowhere in sight. Matt DeSalvo was there in his place -- but not for long.
Sean D. Quinn is a fan of the other New York team and a sophomore in the International Baccaleurate program at Seminole High School in central Florida.
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