Yanks seem set to let Torre go

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Torre won't know fate until at least Tuesday
Published 10/12/2007 at MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
... manager Joe Torre will carry through the weekend. In a few days, the Yankees will transfer the whole show to Tampa, where organizational meetings are expected to begin Tuesday. Topic A is Torre, though the buzz from Legends Field to the Bronx still wasn't very positive for the man who guided the Yanks to 12 straight postseasons. The feeling is that too many opinions of key club officials would have to be altered to prevent a managerial change. The ultimate opinion still belongs to owner George Steinbrenner, and, unlike last year, Torre doesn't have the benefit of a year left on his contract. Source: The Record Related: ...

Baseball Today: Friday, October 12
Published 10/12/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . The New York Post reports the Yankees apparently are being influenced by the number of players who've come out in support of the manager . . . and by whispers that Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte won't come back if Torre doesn't. But Northjersey.com's Pete Caldera says ''too many opinions of key club officials would have to be altered to prevent a managerial change -- an extremely tall order.'' ...

Organizational Meetings on Torre Look to Begin Tuesday
Published 10/12/2007 by Patrick at YanksBlog.com
George Steinbrenner and his advisors, aides and top people in the organization are expected to begin meetings on Tuesday in Tampa. To be a fly on the wall... ...

And so it goes
Published 10/12/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
With the NLCS having commenced last night, and the ALCS set to kick off this evening, this is the first time we've really considered just how long the offseason is going to be. And, without any forward progress regarding the personnel or managerial situations, there's not much to do or say right now. Speculation is only so much fun until it hits the point of redundancy. But that doesn't stop the media from doing its job. Pete Caldera says it's looking more and more likely that Joe Torre won't come back. And the more we think about it, realistically, why would he? It's a match that has made less and less sense over the years. It's why the old guard -- Mariano, Clemens -- ...