Little resigns; Dodgers talking to Torre
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Oct 30, 2007 
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Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports advances the Joe Torre story tonight with news that Grady Little has resigned and that negotiations with Torre are underway.
According to my sources, the process should be wrapped up swiftly. The Dodgers didn’t force Little out without first knowing they could make a deal with Torre.
whooo hoo go torre
I think Torre will be exposed away from the Yankees’ talent.
I feel almost as bad for Grady as I do for Scott Proctor. If not for Grady in 2003, Boone would have never gotten a chance!
good luck joe hope to see you next year in the world series
I pitty proctor joe is runing after him to kill his arm
How appropriate that Scott Proctor’s worst nightmare is happening around Halloween. I know that Torre gave him his big break, but Scott was nearly used to death. That clicking sound in his elbow in ’06 will become louder and louder and louder.
Peter; this is a book that you need to write!
Torre, Mattingly, Girardi, Hank & Hal, Big Stein; C-Money…
Go do it, man!
I say God bless him, good luck in L.A. Torre deserves to be happy, deserves to be respected. But for real, how old is he, 66? I’d either be writing my memoirs on a long cruise, or taking potshots at everybody from the broadcast booth.
Rebecca,
Continuing our conversation from the last thread, to be fair, very few rookie pitchers had a chance in Torre’s era because they always brought in seasoned veterans.
Little resignation story just confirmed by the AP.
And according to Tim Brown’s story, the Dodgers thought they had a deal with Joe G.? Interesting…
Can’t wait for what Times’ columnist TJ Simers has to write about Joe Torre. I’ve worked with Simers years ago, he’s rutheless.
Pete, who are your sources? Your fans need to know. LOL.
The Dodgers whole team is basically young kids, and we know that Torre hates playing the kids. Interesting to see how he does especially since you have to make alot more moves in the NL. When to take a pitcher out, pinch hits, double switches. Might be too much for sleepy Joe to stay awake for.
mel–Yep, very, very true. Just pointing out that Pettitte was pretty darned young in ’96! He’s the only other one I can think of, though, unless you count Rivera who is SuperHumanProofed, anyway.
Couple observations – Big post-season winners so far are the Dodgers and Rangers.
Listened to Boras on 1050 yesterday – he seems inappropriately concerned with ownerships’ business holdings. The idea that A-Rod can demand a piece of a team’s network is laughable! I remember Sheffield held-out on team pictures and TV taping last year because of his contract – this is what enables these guys to earn ridiculous sums of money. There’s no way a team can afford a $200 Million payroll supported on attendance alone. As long as the team doesn’t limit a player’s endoresement opportunities – it’s none of the player’s business. I remember Jeter endorsing Discover card while the team had a deal with Visa and the League had one with MasterCard. There’s a lot of money to be made and Boras has no business trying to get a piece of any team’s action.
Finally, When did Don Mattingly become Joe Torre’s favorite nephew? Don’s comments during Torre’s impasse were clumsy and cagey – and did not sound like anything I would call loyalty (“I don’t want to get in the middle of anything” etc…. Why would Torre bring his personal Brutus across the country to sit next to him in LA?
Joe would be a great manager and ofcourse do well with the mix of veterans and the kids. Joe we will miss you and hope you would be back managing the yankees soon.
Rebecca,
Don’t feel sorry for Grady Little. He got out of town just in time.
That team is a mess. Younger players vs. older players in the locker room with Jeff Kent, (another Gary Sheffield-type in the locker room) stirring things up to no end.
Torre is inheriting a near-mutiny in the locker room and has a lot of young players on the roster. Something he wasn’t always comfortable with in NY.
It also appears that there is disagreement between the owner and GM on who the manager should be. Ned Colletti (GM) wanted Girardi and thought he could finalize a deal with him. Frank McCourt (owner) wanted Torre.
That makes the Colletti-Torre relationship something worth observing in the next few months.
LA is a very tricky market. Torre is a big hire for them. However, lose the Freeway Series to the Angels and fall behind 6-8 games in the division by July and the honeymoon will be over.
The Dodgers have always been a team with no direction. If Torre can get everybody on the same page, they could have something going there. If not, it will get ugly.
How are the Dodgers winners?
Granpa Joe is going to have major problems in LA. Better stock up on Green Tea.
Torre exposed in 08!
I wonder how Joe sleeps knowing about how Grady Little was treated? Not very classy Joe.
I am sick of hearing Boras comparing Arod to Posada and Rivera..saying Arod is a free agent same as them and the Yankees are dealing with THEM.. I wish some reporter would call him on this, Arod choose to opt-out..
Grady wasn’t pushed out by the Dodgers. Grady Little left on his own and today wasn’t his first mention of resigning. He talked about it before the season even ended. The timing of it was right as Torre was made available, even if Torre was the second choice after Girardi.
I find it interesting that Girardi is always the first choice of all teams when looking for a manager, yet we have Peter here putting a little doubt down about Girardi since last week. But the most talked about people always seem to get that treatment from Peter. Take it as you will. Great job otherwise.
Grady Little is a loser manager and good for the Dodgers that he left. Now they have a manager coming in who has no clue about the current National League. No idea who the players are on his team as well as the players on the other teams in the NL West. Most importantly, no 200million $$ payroll. This will certainly be very interesting to watch.
If ARod joins the Dodgers we certainly have the answer as to why Arod opted out and that reason would be Girardi as the new Yankees manager. Not that it wasn’t obvious already with the timing of the announcement.
Once again, Saint Joe’s true colors come out. His “dignity” and “class” are and always were a front.
I wonder how Saint Joe would have felt if somebody was interviewing and negotiating to take HIS job away while he was still under contract.
You have to feel Grady Little, who probably is more of a man than Torre and won’t make a public display by telling the world how HE was disrespected. a la Saint Joe during his circle jerk press conferences.
I thank the heavens for Joe Girardi.
i wonder what happens if joe takes a look at the dodger roster, and just decides it’s time to hang it up…
do the dodgers offer mattingly a deal? is there anyone else in the mix?