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Joe Torre

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Click Your Heels, Say, "The Yankees Can Win Three Straight"

    ​It's too early (by a few hours, at least) to call this a T3 -- a total team tank. After all, C.C. Sabathia could win this afternoon, and if the Texas Rangers can win three straight, so can the Yankees. But if Yankee fans need anything more to be depressed about, consider that Sabathia, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Joe Torre And His Big Mouth

    ​So, as we close the door on the whole sordid "Joe Torre Return To The Mets" non-story, let's recap what we know. First, Torre did tell WFAN that he was "curious" about managing the Mets in 2011. Then, after the shit hit the WFAN he told reporters "I'm closing the door on managing the Mets, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Tim McCarver, Joe Torre, and the Hyperbole of Hindsight

    Holocaust victim?​According to the reliable Richard Sandomir and Michael S. Schmidt in the Times, Tim McCarver is backtracking from trying to associate the Steinbrenners with Hitler and Stalin for their treatment of Joe Torre -- but he's not backing off too far.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Why This Decade Sucked, Reasons #6-#3: Clothes, Yankees, Mets, Racism

    ​ We will, in the closing days of this wretched decade, list the Top Ten reasons why it sucked. We're behind schedule, so here are four for the price of one. Previous reasons here, here, here, and here. ​6. Fashion: We stopped trying, outsourced our clothing trends to stars. 50's: Pegg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Jockbeat: What Is It with the New York Times and the Yankees?

    ​Every few weeks, in this age of big-money, drug-riddled sports, comes a piece that is so mind-numbing irresponsible that it takes a while to know how to properly respond to it. Such a review ran in the July 26 New York Times Book Review section. The piece was a review of three books: A- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Jockbeat: What was Joe Torre Thinking?

    Our initial reaction to The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci is puzzlement. As you may have heard by now, the book isn't written in first person, but in the third. It reads like an impersonal history of Torre's years with the Yankees told by an outside observer with some inside information ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    David Wells Defends Yanks from Joe Torre

    At ESPN former Yankees pitcher David Wells comments on Joe Torre's new book, which contains some smack about Alex Rodriguez and others. Wells suggests Torre may not have read the co-authored text, "which I'm very guilty of," he adds, having included in his own autobio Perfect I'm Not a description o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Torre Book Slams "A-Fraud";

    Former Yankee skipper Joe Torre has a new book out, co-written by Tom Verducci, and the Times' Muchiko Kakutani is impressed with its insights into the fall of the team in the past seven years, which the book depicts as starting when "Steinbrenner began to indulge his taste for what Torre calls 'big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Back Page Bingo: "GOOD RIDDANCE" to Manny Ramirez

    Former Yankee skipper Joe Torre has a new book out, co-written by Tom Verducci, and the Times' Muchiko Kakutani is impressed with its insights into the fall of the team in the past seven years, which the book depicts as starting when "Steinbrenner began to indulge his taste for what Torre calls 'big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    TABLOIDED: My Bloody Valentine's Day

    Former Yankee skipper Joe Torre has a new book out, co-written by Tom Verducci, and the Times' Muchiko Kakutani is impressed with its insights into the fall of the team in the past seven years, which the book depicts as starting when "Steinbrenner began to indulge his taste for what Torre calls 'big ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2007

    A-Rod U-Turn?

    Torre's gone, but the slugger may return

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Joe Torre Tells the Boss to Get Lost

    Torre's gone, but the slugger may return

  • News

    May 8, 2007

    Reader: A Classic Case of Madman Giuliani

    Plus: The 'Brokeback' take on Clemens's return

  • News

    May 1, 2007

    Bring Me the Head of Joe Torre

    Hey, it was nice while it lasted. And so was the Yankee skipper. Probably too nice for a last-place team.

  • News

    March 13, 2007

    God Returns to First

    Notes from the grapefruit league, Yankees edition

  • NYC Life

    October 3, 2006

    It's One, Two, Three Games You're Out

    Lesson for Yanks, Mets: Kenny Rogers can happen to the best of us

  • NYC Life

    September 26, 2006

    Mets and Yankees: If Neither One Wins It's a Shame

    Peering into the dugouts of the hometown heroes

  • NYC Life

    November 1, 2005

    Fantasy Baseball

    A fan's notes: How the Yankees became the Freuds of Summer

  • Film

    August 23, 2005

    '9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York'

    A fan's notes: How the Yankees became the Freuds of Summer

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Classic Fall

    Careful, Yanks. The Boss Is Watching

  • News

    September 9, 2003

    Sports

    Careful, Yanks. The Boss Is Watching

  • News

    August 5, 2003

    The Second Annual Cryogenic Baseball Quiz

    Ted Williams Is Still Cold, but You're Getting Warmer.

  • News

    April 1, 2003

    Yanks Don't Quite Add Up

    Subtraction and Division Problems

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Sports

    Subtraction and Division Problems

  • News

    November 6, 2001

    Here’s to the Losers

    Thanks for the Memories, You Yankee Role Players. Now Get Out of Here.

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    Sports

    Thanks for the Memories, You Yankee Role Players. Now Get Out of Here.

  • News

    August 7, 2001

    Sports

    Thanks for the Memories, You Yankee Role Players. Now Get Out of Here.

  • News

    July 10, 2001

    Sports

    Thanks for the Memories, You Yankee Role Players. Now Get Out of Here.

  • News

    June 19, 2001

    Meet the Yets

    The Best of New York Baseball

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    New York Exchange Rates

    Grading Brian Cashman’s Work on the Trading Floor

  • News

    April 3, 2001

    Back on Track?

    Yanks: Wait Till Next Year

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    Subway Summary

    Fleshing Out the Details of a Dynasty

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Timo's Dance Roger's Trance

    Transfixing a City and a Game

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Roger Goes Batty

    Analyze This

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Sports

    Analyze This

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Patience Is a Virtue

    How to Succeed in Postseason Baseball

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Boyz N the Hood

    Joe T., Big Lee, and Bobby V.

  • News

    August 15, 2000

    Sports

    Joe T., Big Lee, and Bobby V.

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    If at First . . .

    The Mets Show Their Zeile

  • News

    May 30, 2000

    Sports

    The Mets Show Their Zeile

  • News

    November 2, 1999

    Sweeping Questions

    The Yanks Are Champs Again. So What?

  • News

    October 12, 1999

    The New Whitey Ford

    But Is It the End of the Line for David Cone, the New Chairman of the Board?

  • News

    July 27, 1999

    Nation

    But Is It the End of the Line for David Cone, the New Chairman of the Board?

  • News

    July 13, 1999

    American Pie in the Sky

    But Is It the End of the Line for David Cone, the New Chairman of the Board?

  • News

    May 4, 1999

    Above Average Joe

    The Subtle Genius of Torre's Yankee Reign

  • News

    March 16, 1999

    The Mecca of Mishaps

    The Subtle Genius of Torre's Yankee Reign

  • News

    October 27, 1998

    Dueling Stadia

    The Subtle Genius of Torre's Yankee Reign

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