Torre's book

The last couple of days all the talk has been about the upcoming book co-written by Joe Torre & Tom Verducci entitled "The Yankee Years". The excerpts coming out have shown that Torre had issues with Cashman and Arod.

I'm not going to get into what was specifically said in the book. You've probably already heard it. And normally I've always made it a habit not to criticize Joe Torre. He was the man who managed my team to 4 World Series Titles. So, I let him off when he failed to get another title for 7 years.

Keep in mind that in 6 of 7 those years Brian Cashman provided him with a team that was able to finish in 1st Place in one of the toughest divisions in baseball (The Yanks got the wild card in the other year). Why weren't you able to win a World Series in any of those years? You want to say Cashman is to blame because you weren't given the type of players that you could win with. What??? That's Bulls**t.

Of the 4 years you managed Arod he won the MVP twice and had a very good year the other two. But he was a fraud???

I believe Hank Steinbrenner was correct when he stated that Joe Torre is fortunate that his dad gave him the chance to manage the Yankees. I remember when Torre was hired and the general consensus was, "Joe Torre??? Why him? He's a loser." But 4 championships later, Torre is considered a great manager.

But do great managers go the playoffs 7 straight years without winning 1 World Series in that time? Maybe they do when they can put the blame on someone else.

I'm baaack!!

Sorry for the abrubt suspension of posts to the blog. I guess the depressing end to the Yanks 2008 season got to me.

But I'm back and more importantly the Evil Empire is back. And this year we are taking no prisoners.

CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Texeira bring a talent upgrade. And Andy Pettitte being re-signed gives us rotation depth, not to mention big game experience.

Center-field is a question mark. Jorge & Mo are coming back from shoulder surgery so we'll have to see if they can bounce back to the dominant players they were.

But, all in all, you have to like the moves that were made by the Yanks this off-season.

Add in the anticipation of opening the NEW YANKEE STADIUM and the excitement for the season to start is growing each day.

Let the games begin!!!!