Comments on: Announcement is imminent http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dr. Acula http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-177104 Dr. Acula Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:51:33 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-177104 test :roll: test

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]]> By: The Count of Montefusco http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175195 The Count of Montefusco Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:48:58 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175195 The notion that this makes the Yankees look bad is ridiculous. The way this has panned out significantly lessens the pressure on the next manager and makes for a better environment all the way around. The Tampa group comes out of this with their hands relatively clean, having made a generous offer, AND they get to kick off a new era the way I suspect Cashman and the baseball people wanted to. We'll miss you, Joe. The King is dead. Long live the King! YANKEES 2008!!! LET'S DO THIS!!! The notion that this makes the Yankees look bad is ridiculous. The way this has panned out significantly lessens the pressure on the next manager and makes for a better environment all the way around. The Tampa group comes out of this with their hands relatively clean, having made a generous offer, AND they get to kick off a new era the way I suspect Cashman and the baseball people wanted to.

We’ll miss you, Joe.

The King is dead. Long live the King!

YANKEES 2008!!! LET’S DO THIS!!!

]]> By: Marty Bluke http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175131 Marty Bluke Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:30:42 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175131 I don't see why the option should bother him. Manage next year and let the chips fly. I don’t see why the option should bother him. Manage next year and let the chips fly.

]]> By: TKinDC http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175118 TKinDC Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:28:00 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175118 I am shocked he didn't take it, but at least the Yanks can say to Posada, Mo, et al that they made a big-time offer (although a tricked-up one). I thought Joe loved the job so much that he would take this kind of offer, color me wrong! I am shocked he didn’t take it, but at least the Yanks can say to Posada, Mo, et al that they made a big-time offer (although a tricked-up one).

I thought Joe loved the job so much that he would take this kind of offer, color me wrong!

]]> By: sunny615 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175090 sunny615 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:22:47 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175090 Again, I think it was the option part of the contract. Dealing with this crap next year is probably not too enticing. Again, I think it was the option part of the contract. Dealing with this crap next year is probably not too enticing.

]]> By: Marty Bluke http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175088 Marty Bluke Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:22:21 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175088 Torre's salary ($7 million) was by far the highest in baseball this past year. I think that the $5 million the Yankees offered would still have made him the highest paid manager in baseball even without any of the options (which could have got him up to $8 million). It seems to me to be a fair offer and I don't blame the Yankees. Torre’s salary ($7 million) was by far the highest in baseball this past year. I think that the $5 million the Yankees offered would still have made him the highest paid manager in baseball even without any of the options (which could have got him up to $8 million). It seems to me to be a fair offer and I don’t blame the Yankees.

]]> By: mary ellen http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175083 mary ellen Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:21:46 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175083 This sucks! This sucks!

]]> By: LGV http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175064 LGV Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:19:06 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175064 I am a big time Torre fan but it was a fair offer. I am a big time Torre fan but it was a fair offer.

]]> By: Rob http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175057 Rob Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:18:08 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175057 This is PATHETIC to see all of this going down in a cloud of egos and pettiness on BOTH SIDES. We fans deserve better than this. Shame on all of them. I support Joe - but he is BY FAR the highest paid manager in baseball with all the prestige of the city and the team and he has always taken a little indignity with grace as part of the job. The owners had to express their displeasure. Could they really offer the same salary and maintain the status quo? I don't think it was a disrespectful offer - but it was clearly a well considered slight. What a disgrace all around. This is PATHETIC to see all of this going down in a cloud of egos and pettiness on BOTH SIDES. We fans deserve better than this. Shame on all of them. I support Joe – but he is BY FAR the highest paid manager in baseball with all the prestige of the city and the team and he has always taken a little indignity with grace as part of the job. The owners had to express their displeasure. Could they really offer the same salary and maintain the status quo? I don’t think it was a disrespectful offer – but it was clearly a well considered slight. What a disgrace all around.

]]> By: sunny615 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/comment-page-2/#comment-175039 sunny615 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:16:02 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/10/18/announcement-is-imminent/#comment-175039 I think it was more the option year than the money... I doubt he wants to go through this again next year too. I wouldn't. I think it was more the option year than the money… I doubt he wants to go through this again next year too. I wouldn’t.

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