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Yankees Rants and Questions
Published 8/19/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Speaking of "turning the page": In one sense, it is clear the Yankees owe Torre an apology, because clearly, he wasn't the problem with this team last year any more than Girardi is the problem with it this year.In another sense, it is Torre who owes a hearty thank you to the Yankees, for showing him the way to the door just before the roof fell in on the rest of them...You have a mess Miller Huggins couldn't have managed to win with." It is ironic, that the old Joe who, allegedly, was incapable of developing young players had Cano, Cabrera and ...

Wally Matthews Marvels At Joe Torre Landing On His Feet
Published 8/19/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... With the Dodgers claiming a share of the NL West lead with Arizona and the New York Yankees gazing upwards at Tampa Bay and Boston respectively, Newsday’s Wallace Matthews concludes,  it is clear the Yankees owe Joe Torre an apology, because he wasn’t the problem with this team last year any more than Joe Girardi is the problem with it this year.”  I don’t get it, is there no one else willing to blame everything on Hal Steinbrenner? ...

Top O' The Order: Greg Maddux traded again out of respect
Published 8/19/2008 by 'Duk at Big League Stew
... to Los Angeles for nothing more than Cesar Izturis as basically a favor to Mad Dog so he could be on a contender down the stretch. Now San Diego GM Kevin Towers is basically doing the same thing and within the division, no less. I seriously can't wait until I'm 42 years old and everyone tries to make me as comfortable as possible in my infirm age. [Los Angeles Times] 2. Wallace Matthews believes the Yankees owe Maddux's new skip an apology. [Newsday] 3. Why did CC Sabathia go back to the mound in the ...

Looking for Scapegoats in New York
Published 8/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
Newsday's Wallace Matthews lays into the Yankees for their treatment of Joe Torre last year and notes just how lucky Torre is to be out of New York: ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, August 20
Published 8/20/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... HE WHO LAUGHS LAST: Wallace Matthews of Newsday thinks the Yanks' struggles this year are vindication for Joe Torre, who "clearly . . . wasn't the problem with this team last year any more than [Joe] Girardi is the problem with it this year." But ShysterBall's Craig Calcaterra " ...