Time for Torre to Take a Trip

Being manager of the Yankees is a privilege. Joe Torre has had that position for 12 years. I can't help but feel he did a fantastic job, but the last few years are lacking.

Everyone says "If I said you could go to the playoffs 12 straight years, 6 world series, and win 4" would you take it. Of course. But the fair question is this "With a 200 million dollar payroll and mid-season replacements as needed, does making the playoffs every year, but losing in the 1st round three straight times a great deal" The answer for the Yankees is no. Cleveland, Colorado, San Diego, Kansas City, etc. would all say yes.

The towns are different and even the Mets would say yes. But the Yankees have 27 titles. This isn't the 80s. Steinbrenner doesn't throw around his money willy nilly. Everyone wanted Pavano, Sheffield was great for awhile, but the biggest mistakes were Weaver in the WS against the Marlins, Sheffield at 1st last year, and finally burning out every good arm to hit the pen - Sturtze, Proctor, etc.

I don't know if Girardi or Mattingly are right but neither would last too long anyway, following Torre. The key pick will be the next one.

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Torre Reprieve

Joe Torre gets another day - a lot of dollars. With the most expensive managerial contract out there, George Steinbrenner (may have) put a bounty on Joe's head - Win or Else. Whether George really said that or not is inconsequential. Torre is safe with the Yankee victory. Paul Byrd doesn't scare anyone, but will Wang spit the bit for another big game.

In a year or two the Yankees aces will be Chamberlain, Hughes, and Kennedy, hopefully sliding the soft tossing Wang to the fourth spot in the rotation when he is the old man of the staff - yet he is still under 30 at the time of this post.

Let's Go Yanks!!!!

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Wang Goes Wrong

I am not asking for a killing every game, but how about we make it a game. Last night, in Cleveland, the Yankees got their heads knocked off. Home run after home run showed the Yankees that Wang (of the sinking ball) may not be the ace everyone wants him to be. After losing to Beckett in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he followed up by losing to CC Sabathia. Not everything is Chien's fault, the Yankees should have knocked Boston's CC Sabathia out in the first inning.

However, we see Torre lost the X's and O's battle again, this time to a first time playoff manager, Eric Wedge. If you have a pitcher in the pen warmed up, use him if the starter can't get out of his own way. Everyone but Torre, the Yankees' coaches, and the TBS announcers saw Wang couldn't get his sinker down. Vizcaino was warmed up and should have been in the game, trying to keep it from getting out of hand would have changed everything.

Today becomes the NY must win game - you don't want to have to win 3 in a row, whether two are at home or not. The only good is New Yorkers can get some sleep and some of the kids can watch the game without moms gettting mad. This is due to the Yankees finally not being the prime time draw that Boston or the Cubs are.

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