Joe Torre's final day(s)

A disaster

 

Joe Torre in KC?

 

Joe Torre in retirement in Hawaii

 

I would submit that players would run through a wall for Scott Boras.

 

The passion and teaching isn't about running through a wall, it is about holding players accountable for not running hard to first base or teaching a player how to correctly run from first to third on a single to rightfield. Pittsburgh had to fire Jim Tracy for his refusal to bench catcher Ronny Paulino for continually not running out groundouts, dropping balls at the plate, reacting slowly to balls in the dirt on borderline wild pitches.

This is why Joe Girdardi (if he doesn't get the NY job) and Buck Showalter are being discussed by fans and local media.

 

Some of the players are evidently taking their "why try?" lead from ownership.

Who's to blame, in that case?

The manager, of course . . . in Pittsburgh-speak.

 

No one has to tell me the problem in Pittsburgh is ownership.

I'm just not going to allow Jim Tracy to use that crutch because he was a lame manager. Last season, he defended Jeromy Burnitz not running out a grounder to first. He refused to criticize Paulino.

The one player management and coaches wanted to villify was shortstop Jack Wilson and some of it is warranted but the guy shouldn't be forced to be Cesar Izturis, when that model is terrible itself.

 

Can you imagine Torre in Kansas City? After 11 years in NYC, his head would explode by how laid-back the midwest is.

 

Whitlock's probably already working on a draft of his "Royals should fire Torre" column to prove how tough he is.

 

There's not enough space on the Interdoohickeys to explain why Joe Girardi is a bad candidate to replace Joe Torre.

Bad person too.

And muahahahahah to the continued shredding of the Derek Jeter Mystique.

 

Torre did spend a bit of time in Milwaukee and St. Louis (two stints), you know. I think he knows what it's like in the midwest.

 

Does anyone know, how did O'Connor get George on the phone?