You Could Look It Up: Joe Torre in a Box by Steven Goldman

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Dodger Thoughts: Dodgers Officially Hire Torre: What Now?
Published 11/1/2007 at Dodger Thoughts
... of that year. Here's what Steven Goldman of Baseball Prospectus had to say in his recent close examination of Torre's career: "Torre preferred a set lineup. He would shuffle the lineup to get a player out of a key role if he was slumping, but otherwise he found something that worked for him and stuck with it. This applied not only to individual seasons, but year-to-year. "The Yankees often looked for leadoff hitters because Torre had decided that Derek Jeter was a #2 hitter regardless of the team's needs. Torre would sometimes relent, but only after another player had failed ...

It's Official
Published 11/1/2007 by Samash at Bandwagon L.A.
... have been asking me how I feel about the Joe Torre signing and I am forced to drop vague catch phrases like, "dude, he's the Phil Jackson of baseball." I really don't know much about Joe Torre and have no idea what to expect. All I know is, he wins titles, he cries in press conferences from time to time, and he looks authentic in the Yankee uniform.But good old Dodger Thoughts collected some information from some knowledgeable sources (Bronx Banter, Baseball Prospectus) about some of Joe Torre's managing habits. Here's a sample, but you should go read ...

Torre in Blue, A-Rod Too?
Published 11/3/2007 by Jay at The Futility Infielder
... at Torre's tendencies as Yankee manager, calling upon Bronx Banter's Cliff Corcoran and BP/YES man Steven Goldman, who put together a Bill James-style Manager in a Box feature upon Torre's departure, for some insight. I weighed in via the comments, and Weisman wound up appending what I had to say to the original post: Having watched Torre at close range for 12 years from my New York vantage, I have fewer reservations regarding his taking over the Dodgers than I think most of you do here. Yes, he has his foibles, but he's also shown himself to be more adaptable than commonly ...