10/18: Thank You, Mr. Torre
Posted by: Patrick
I'm sure that we'll talk more about what Joe Torre accomplished in his time in New York, but I thought that I would throw a post up to say thank you for the wonderful job that he did. If you think that making the playoffs 12 straight years is easy - if you think that any manager could have done it - there is no way. Joe Torre had a historic run as manager of our beloved Yankees. Regardless of what happens from this point forward, nothing can change that.
In a way, I'm happy for him to be leaving on his own terms. He really didn't deserve a lot of the stuff that was said by people within the organization, including those at the top. The Yankees made him an offer they had to guess he might reject, which would save some public face, but he didn't take it. Better yet, he flew down there to tell them no to their faces. Mr. Steinbrenner was at Legends Field when Torre was, according to Tyler Kepner. What a moment that must have been. Maybe we'll see an ESPN made for TV drama about it in 30 years.
Torre led with class and I'm sure he'll leave with class. Managers with this sort of record don't come around everyday. We can only hope, as Yankees fans, that we'll find a manager that'll have half the success that he's had. Good luck to him.
In a way, I'm happy for him to be leaving on his own terms. He really didn't deserve a lot of the stuff that was said by people within the organization, including those at the top. The Yankees made him an offer they had to guess he might reject, which would save some public face, but he didn't take it. Better yet, he flew down there to tell them no to their faces. Mr. Steinbrenner was at Legends Field when Torre was, according to Tyler Kepner. What a moment that must have been. Maybe we'll see an ESPN made for TV drama about it in 30 years.
Torre led with class and I'm sure he'll leave with class. Managers with this sort of record don't come around everyday. We can only hope, as Yankees fans, that we'll find a manager that'll have half the success that he's had. Good luck to him.
