JOE UNLIKELY TO GO...TODAY By GEORGE KING - Yankees - New York Post Online Edition

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Yanks unlikely to fire Torre today?
Published 4/30/2007 by Ben Maller at Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes
... When the reeling Yankees board a plane for Texas this afternoon, the smart money is on Joe Torre still being the manager. According to multiple sources within the organization, George Steinbrenner was silent in the hours after the Yankees dropped a 7-4 decision to the Red Sox yesterday at Yankee Stadium. While The Boss is livid over the last-place Yankees' 9-14 start, having lost seven of eight overall, five of six to the hated Red Sox and being 61/2 games behind the blood rivals in the AL East, Steinbrenner wasn't showing signs he was about to make a change. "Writing a story that [Torre] will be fired is going out on a limb," a person with knowledge of Steinbrenner's thinking said last night. "He hasn't made any decision." ... According to an organizational source, Hank Steinbrenner has told his father that Torre shouldn't be blamed for the abysmal start because the team ha

Assigning Blame
Published 4/30/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... and the Post reported that Torre would be on the chopping block if the Red Sox swept this weekend but each paper reports this morning that no move is imminent after the Bombers dropped two of three. 

Who's Running The Show?
Published 5/2/2007 by Manny Ortiz at The Curse Of Jeff Nelson
... This also explains why Torre and Cashman aren't going anywhere anytime soon. After Swindal's divorce, who's running the show in the Bronx? According to the Post's George King, Hank Steinbrenner is now in charge. And Hank is pro-Torre, even though Rubenstein didn't seem to be too thrilled with the man.