Rays: Zimmer irate after Yankees string out Torre

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Topkin's Weekly
Published 10/21/2007 by R.J. Anderson <info@draysbay.com> at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
Some of the more interesting items from his piece: There's chatter out of Chicago about the White Sox's interest in LF Carl Crawford. Offseason agenda In addition to soon deciding the fate of pitching coach Jim Hickey, here are a few other issues the Rays have to address ...

SP Times: Zimmer irate after Yankees string out Torre
Published 10/21/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
SP Times: Zimmer irate after Yankees string out Torre The latest LoseZip® Explorer Style View It was sad the way it was handled, Zimmer said. What has the man done? It speaks for itself. To let him sit there for 10-12 days is bullc---, and then all you hear about is keep Torre, don t keep Torre. ... Do things in a better way than that. You ve got so many people over there now involved, I don t know. Where do they stand now? They re going to interview six managers? Let them have a good time. How tough is it to fire somebody if you do it the right way? he said. I ve been fired. ...

The Hangover: And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' For Evan Longoria
Published 10/22/2007 by The Professor at Rays Index
... Keep in mind that Joe Torre and Don Zimmer are close, and Zim was none-too-happy about the way the Yankees handled his pal Torre. [tampabay.com] ...

Just Don't Charge Levine
Published 10/22/2007 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... treatment with a roundhouse right."It was sad the way it was handled," Zimmer said. "What has the man done? It speaks for itself. To let him sit there for 10-12 days is bullc---, and then all you hear about is 'keep Torre, don't keep Torre.' ... Do things in a better way than that. You've got so many people over there now involved, I don't know. "Where do they stand now? They're going to interview six managers? Let them have a good time." Source

Read Don Zimmer’s Mind — Reader Survey
Published 10/23/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
Devil Rays Senior Adviser Don Zimmer was asked by The St. Petersburg Times for his thoughts on the Joe Torre situation, and he had some choice words: To let him sit there for 10-12 days is bullc , and then all you hear about is keep Torre, don t keep Torre. Do things in a better way than that. Now The Times is a family newspaper, so they edited out the most interesting word. At Bugs & Cranks, though, ...