Torre had no interest in All-Star Game
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 17, 2008 
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In cruising through the blog comments in recent days, I noticed some people were surprised that Joe Torre wasn’t invited to be a coach at the All-Star Game.
There’s a reason for that – he wouldn’t have accepted.
“I’m with a new team now,†he told reporters in California on Friday night. “Joe Girardi is a coach for the All-Star Game, and deservedly so. They usually take the local city’s managers as coaches. Besides, I’m not sure that if I got a call, I would say yes. Going over there at this point in time, I may serve as more of a distraction.â€
Torre made it clear when the Yankees ran him out as manager last fall that he didn’t have much use for returning to the Stadium. Nor would he want to do something to overshadow Girardi, who is a close friend.
The Yankees are planning a “closing cermony” for the Stadium after the season. Hopefully by then Torre and the organization settle their differences and he will be involved.
Classy move by Torre.
Agreed Mel. I hope he comes back to see it off though.
By settling their differences do you mean that they’ll offer him a 2 year deal that isn’t loaded with incentives?
Such a shame that one of the greatest managers in Yankee history has to avoid the stadium entirely. Too bad the Dodgers weren’t scheduled to play interleague in the stadium this season. Torre at the ASG would have made for a memorable moment.
If Torre is now managing the Yankees i’d be relaxed that somehow we will indeed make the playoff’s (as he proved us over and over) but as Girardi is our Manager I feel like maybe we’re for real just a 500 team??? hey you never know.
“If Torre is now managing the Yankees i’d be relaxed that somehow we will indeed make the playoff’s (as he proved us over and over) but as Girardi is our Manager I feel like maybe we’re for real just a 500 team??? hey you never know.”
This pretty much sums up my feelings too. It was tough to see Torre go. I don’t blame him for staying way, I would too.
I’m trying to give Girardi as much patience as possible but there is only so much to give.
I have no respect for Hank Steinbrenner. Who exactly is he? A rich kid who inherited the Yankees and really doesn’t know much about baseball. Yay. … and he raised ticket prices. … and we’re not winning.
Classy move?
I don’t know, I think Torre burned a lot of bridges unnecessarily. Kind of like Bernie Williams. It was time to move on.
I hope they both find it in their hearts to embrace the Yanks again. If not, take care.
is anyone surprised by this?
Torre was forced out, and while it was played as a move from Hank, I think it was more Cashman who engineered it.
Think about it. Cash was unhappy that Torre told about the Joba rules. Cash and Girardi are on the same page when it comes to lying…. errr… not being understood.
Torre was given a deal that Cashman and Yankee owners knew he couldnt’ accept.
I wonder if Pettitte just is running out of energy because he can’t get a piece of candy during the game.
Girardi does not fill be with confidence that he will manage this team to a post season this year. He plays too much with the lineup and it is extending slumps. While he is missing some key players, its not like Torre didn’t have similar problems during his tenure. There is enough talent on this team that it should be doing better than this.
I don’t blame Torre for not wanting to come back. I have a feeling that it will be like Yogi’s relationship for a long time. Thanks Cashman. You got your leashed man, and Torre is now with another club.
I think the Yanks did not treat him right last year and the would is too raw and it is too awkward for him to come back now. But I hope he can come back for such a ceremony and will not take 14 years like Yogi before returning. The only thin he could remember is that the years with the Yankees earned him millions, made people appreciate how much skill he had and made hi a certain Hall of Famer.
Unbelievable. The Yankees did not “run him out” as manager. Let. It. Go.
In fact neither Joe Torre nor Bernie Williams have returned to Yankee Stadium since their Yankee employment ended. Yogi suffered the same indignity and it took almost 15 years and an intervention by Suzyn to bring him back. Obviously, the current Yankee Management – Brian Cashman – has no feeling for the major contributions to the team by his historic player Bernie and manager, Joe.
“Torre made it clear when the Yankees ran him out as manager last fall…”
You have to be kidding me. The team offered him a contract that would have kept him as the highest paid manager in MLB by far. It just didn’t happen to be the ridiculous deal that Torre wanted.
I thought that when Torre’s farewell sympathy tour completely fell flat, and when similar incentives – like the ones he labeled “insulting” in the deal he rejected – were discovered to be in his previous contracts, that Joe’s sycophants in the media would have stopped with the revisionist history.
Evidently not.
Disappointing. If Torre doesn’t understand that it’s about the fans and not the organization, then he either he hasn’t been paying attention or he’s letting his pride get in the way. Judging by his tenure here, I think he definitely gets it. He’s just letting his pride get in the way.
A real shame.