Meeting underway at Big Stein’s place
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Oct 16, 2007 
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According to several reports, the meeting is at George Steinbrenner’s house in Tampa. Now the media is gathered outside the gates.
Potsdam and Yalta were less complicated than this conference.
KEEP TORRE AND GET RID OF MATTINGLY!
this whole meeting thing is so ridiculous, yet i’m pathetically obsessed with knowing what’s going on down there.
no…get rid of Renney and hire Mattingly
Yankees should of put the meetings on ppv. They would of cleaned up.
Mattingly in the Denver Post back in June
Mattingly’s own name has been mentioned in discussions of a successor to Torre. It was even mentioned earlier this year when the once-mighty Yankees mightily struggled. He hasn’t been considered seriously by other clubs and isn’t on a short or long list for the vacant Baltimore job.
“I’m not ready to be a manager. I don’t deserve to have that position yet,” Mattingly said without hesitation. “When I was the hitting coach I was locked in a tunnel, concentrating on just one aspect of the game. This is my first year of looking at the entire game, and I’m learning about managing the game and the lengthy season from one of the best managers in baseball history.
“I have no timeline. The way I look at it is I’m too old to be a player, and I’m too young to be a manager, and I’m somewhere in between. I’m happy as a coach. If and when my opportunity comes up, I want to be totally prepared for it.”
Pretty hard to climb down from those statements. He’s not ready and shouldn’t get the job.
or a reality show at least but it would probably hurt too many people’s feelings in the organization. Players get all bent out of shape over arbitration imagine if these meetings went over the air, you would have a full on mutiny but it would make great TV. better than that roadtrip show on YES
I was resigned to Torre being gone after 2006, so it was great to have him back in ’07.
Now? I’m done with all the drama. I don’t really have a preference who’s manager next year, as long as we win and as long as it’s not La Russa. Oh, and it’ll be nice to have Andy, Georgie (Jorge), Alex, and Mo back, too. Sniff, sniff, Torre used to call Jorge ‘Georgie’.
Joe Torre for 3 more years….then he can fade out into the sunset, then finish off his baseball career as a Yankees Announcer…..God Bless Him !
The big question is who was/is in better shape, FDR at Yalta or the Boss here?
post-game interviews are one thing, but he says ‘y-know’ way too much to be an announcer…
That would be tremendous to see Torre as a Yankee announcer over Michael Kay. You wonder how much Torre wants deal w/ this circus anymore.
Peter – Gordon Eddes has printed a schedule for the Red Sox for the 2008 season – or at least a tentative and partial one. Can you do the same for us? And how about Spring Training – it would be great to be able to make some plans for a trip to Tampa. Thanks
It is widely believed that Torre will be donning a suit at Fox if he’s not in a uni next year.
Will we know the outcome today or will in linger into tomorrow?
does that mean that sox fans have already conceded the alds and are looking forward to next year? lol
They should play pin the tale on the donkey and whoever wins gets to choose the next manager. Sounds like fun to me.
Paul9,
How about musical chairs?
“The big question is who was/is in better shape, FDR at Yalta or the Boss here?”
Ouch…LOL
If Torre isn’t retained here, he’ll be named the next manager of the Mets probably around June 1st.
Next season, Willie should keep his personal items in boxes in the manager’s office just to streamline the whole process.
From Verducci,
5. OK, you’ve probably heard too much already about those infamous sacrifice flies of Cleveland, the mighty midges that, unlike almost all AL hitters, knocked Yankees phenom Joba Chamberlain off his game. But this is too good not to pass on: When the bugs started swarming Chamberlain, a local insect expert in Cleveland telephoned the Indians with an urgent message — those bugs are called midges, and whatever you do, do NOT use insect repellent; midges are attracted to the stuff. The Yankees practically bathed in bug spray; the more Chamberlain put on, the more the bugs swarmed him. So there you go. The Yankees can spend $190 million on payroll and still leave a blatant weakness: no, not their middle relief — their lack of an entymology expert.
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this sounds more like the apalachin meeting if you ask me.
Torre will be offered another job within the organization
IMO…..no clue whats gonna happen
lol no decision reached meetings resume tomorrow according to statement by rubenstein announced onm wfan
Meeting is over for the day, with no decision made yet on Torre’s future.
According to WFAN:
Ajourned for the day. No comments out of Tampa today. Yankees have made no decisions and meetings will resume tomorrow.
mel If thats true, that makes me feel even worse.
whats up with the yankees slacking off at 4:45pm. They dont even work till 5…..weak
Hmm, I know where big Stein lives. Maybe I’ll pay them a visit.
They’re going to have a sleepover hahaha..
Man, is this story overblown.
They should name the next manager through a contest like Battle of the Network Stars or American Gladiators.
I’d put my money on Valentine. The whole low center of gravity thing and the fact that he’d throw salt in his opponents eyes like Mr. Fuji would assure he’d be the last man standing.
Section 344 – Maybe if they PPV the meetings it could help pay for A-Rod’s contract extension. Count Boras claims he’s worth a billion in TV revenues, right?
Does Torre have a 7-year consulting deal built into his contract? I thought I read that somewhere and I was just curious…