Possible Torre successor

Bobby Valentine's ego is just big enough that he'd be willing to challenge that logic -- and fail miserably.

 

Old Timers' Day 2008... Steinbrenners announce that Joe Torre will be back to manage the Yankees in 2009.

 

Mattingly a sap? Wang, Hughes, Kennedy and Chamberlain could be baseball's best rotation. Throw in a slugging lineup and this could -- COULD -- be the start of the next dynasty.

Or not.

 

C'mon gfoalmouth.

Wang gagged in the playoffs; Hughes has 13 major league starts and 73 IP; Kennedy has 3 ML starts an 19 IP; Joba has no major league starts ...
that's a long way from becoming baseball's best rotation when they have accomplished virtually nothing.

 

Would Girardi be the best guy to work with younger players? That is my doubt about him.

 

That's why I said usually doesn't work.

Yeah right.

 

If Girardi gets the job, which is by no means a certainty at this point, I think he'll be with the Yankees for a long while.

 

I have a feeling if Girardi even agrees to become manager (which isn't a lock), it would be two or three years before he has some blow up at Steinbrenner(s) and gets fired.

 

Remember . . . they've won NOTHING, without Rivera, since Reggie . . . and the expire date on MR is fast-approaching.

 

Why? Look how he handled the Marlins young players. The only reason there is any doubt about Girardi now is that Jeffrey Loria is trying to make him look bad by planting stories with his media friends.

 

Not that Steinbrenner would ever do something like that.

 

Are you suggesting that George knew exactly what he was doing when he spoke with Ian O'Conner?