Torre says A-Rod's shout was out of line
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Even Joe Torre says Alex Rodriguez was out of line. The New York Yankees manager concluded A-Rod shouldn't have distracted a Toronto fielder this week during a popup, joining a chorus of baseball people who said the two-time AL MVP broke the sport's unwritten code.
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When Joe Torre held his season-ending session with reporters after the American League Championship Series, he was asked about Bernie Williams&#39; place on the 2005 Yankees.
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Meetings of the New York Yankees hierarchy broke up on Wednesday without a decision on their first order of business -- whether Joe Torre will return to manage the club in 2008.
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There's much frustration in David Ortiz's eyes and voice these days. He's been forced to contend with the shift teams constantly deploy against him (though the Devil Rays used a conventional alignment last night in the first inning), the ball-and-strike calls he hasn't agreed with, and his sore hamstrings. There's the fact that he sees only one or two pitches ...
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He was dying to hit. Dying to get a big hit to help himself. It's been building up for two years. Josh Beckett loves to hit, and one of the things he doesn't like about the American League is that he can't swing the bat.
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The celebration was dying down. The first base coach Tony Pena, who may or may not have had his rib cracked by Alex Rodriguez, raised his voice and boomed out this theme across the soggy locker room: âEverybody said theyâre dead!â he bellowed. âWell, theyâre baaaack!!! YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!!!â The Yankees are back, all right. Theyâre [...].
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If he is removed he wants it to be based on the game situation, not the number of pitches he has thrown. The staff ace reached his imposed pitch count of 70 here in Baltimore after three innings last night.
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Joe Torre told Bob Costas on HBO Tuesday night that the teamâs principal owner, George Steinbrenner, held him to a standard of winning that could not be met.
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Roger Clemens talked about pitching and conditioning. What he didn't talk about was steroids.
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Joe Torre's explanation for his team's recent turnaround -- looseness among the players.
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Other Yankees managers shouted publicly about George Steinbrenner, but Joe Torre was too smart for that.
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He points to one moment, one conversation with his pal from Cuba. Jose Contreras was struggling, and his friend Orlando Hernandez wanted to know what had happened to the pitcher who triggered an auction between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox before ever slipping on a major league uniform.
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For once, Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager, had to explain what went awry against a perennial punching bag.
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Alex Rodriguez sidestepped whether he plans to opt out of his record contract with the New York Yankees and become a free agent following this season.
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Joe Torre certainly has no problem leading by example. The Yankees manager, calling on his club to "be a little more fiery," got himself tossed for arguing a caught stealing in the fifth inning and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 Friday night to climb out of the AL East cellar.
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Alex Rodriguez sneaked up behind John Olerud and sang out, &quot;Johnny O&#39;s too dry.&quot; A-Rod, who made all the right moves in the division series, then made another in the clubhouse
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Joe Torre gathered the Yankees before Monday night's game at Jacobs Field and imparted a simple message: put aside the struggles of the past week.