If being President is the toughest job in the world, managing the Yankees must be a close runner-up.There have been plenty of good times during Joe Torre's administration in New York -- Torre's Yankees won four championships in a five-year span, and prior to this season, they had reeled off nine straight divisional titles -- but in recent years, his job-related stress has been on the rise.
This season alone, there was a pitching rotations in shambles, more embarrassment surrounding Jason Giambi, and the daily interrogations about the life and times of Alex Rodriguez. And always -- always -- there is pressure from above and below to win it all, which New York hasn't done since the turn of the millennium.
In Yankeeland, where every season without a World Series deals a serious blow to the manager's approval rating, Torre's job may be in jeopardy very soon, and the Boss has said as much.
Now that New York has been dispatched by Cleveland, Torre should be expecting an unfavorable phone call from Mr. Steinbrenner.
After all the ups and downs Torre has endured in 12 seasons in New York -- and of late it's been mostly downs -- I'm not sure he'll mind.
In Yankeeland, where every season without a World Series deals a serious blow to the manager's approval rating, Torre's job may be in jeopardy very soon, and the Boss has said as much.
Now that New York has been dispatched by Cleveland, Torre should be expecting an unfavorable phone call from Mr. Steinbrenner.
After all the ups and downs Torre has endured in 12 seasons in New York -- and of late it's been mostly downs -- I'm not sure he'll mind.
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I'm going to guess he's had enough too. He'll command top dollar at any vacancy (redux in STL??) and you got to figure it's insulting for him to read that garbage in the paper.
Of course, at this point perhaps Steinbrenner thinks he's talking about Billy Martin.
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