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Torre > Brosius? It cannot be. I will not hear such blasphemy, Sir Buster . Look, Joe Torre seems like a good enough guy. Grandfatherly mien, reassuring eyes, a calm, arms-folded presence in the dugout. No obvious assholish tendencies. Sure, we're all emotional about his departure. I ask you, though, Buster Olney, when you wake up one year from now, will you still really believe this ... [link]

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Published 10/19/2007 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... "I've come to the conclusion that I should never, ever, ever turn the sound on when watching a baseball game on television.""I always will believe that during the 1996-2001 dynasty, Mariano Rivera was the only uniformed member of the organization more important to the Yankees' success than Torre." Really, Buster? ...

The Torre Story : Was Randy Levine The Hatchet Man?
Published 10/20/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... (”you know more about Joe Torre the person than everyone reading this blog except for Don Mattingly (hi, Don!). But you can honor Joey T-Bones without resorting to this kind of run of the mill, knee-jerk, Baseball Tonight Bold Prediction-type sports-writing/-commentary hyperbole”) Fire Joe Morgan’s Junior considers Joe to be somewhat replaceable (link swiped from ...

Torre to the Dodgers???
Published 10/30/2007 by Bstone at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
... If Torre is as good a manager as his history (and Buster Olney) would indicate, then he will obviously succeed in Los Angeles. It [used to be] a fairly crappy division out in the NL West, but with the D-Backs coming of age, the Rockies literally holier than though and the Padres always sickner pitching, the going will be tough. But Russell Martin, Brad Penny Jeff Kent and Rafeal Furcal are a decent core, Jason Schmidt could get healthy (right?) and James Loney is a beasty young power hitter. ...

Torre to the Dodgers???
Published 10/30/2007 by Bstone at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
... If Torre is as good a manager as his history (and Buster Olney) would indicate, then he will obviously succeed in Los Angeles. It [used to be] a fairly crappy division out in the NL West, but with the D-Backs coming of age, the Rockies literally holier than thou and the Padres always sickner pitching, the going will be tough. But Russell Martin, Brad Penny, Jeff Kent, and Rafeal Furcal are a decent core, Jason Schmidt could get healthy (right?) and James Loney is a beasty young power hitter. ...

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