Torre rejects pact, packs it in
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It was the longest-running and most successful show in the Bronx in decades, running from 1996 through 2007 and stretching into October every season. By the end, it was playing to sold-out crowds almost nightly, and there were moments of magic that may never be repeated.
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Joe Torre is out as manager of the New York Yankees, rejecting a substantial pay cut after the team failed to make it past the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year. Torre turned down a $5 million, one-year contract Thursday Â $2.5 million less than he made last season.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to end the lockout and salvage the season.
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Manager Joe Torre guided the Yankees out of an early-season morass and into the playoffs, but his future is no safer now than it was on opening day.
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Yankees Manager Joe Torre bypassed Javier Vazquez in favor of Kevin Brown, the 39-year-old right-hander who has pitched in two World Series.
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Joe Torre knows there are no guarantees as to which players thrive in New York and which players wilt under the pressure. But he&#39;s got a good idea about Randy Johnson.
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Some Yankees officials have been puzzled by Manager Joe Torreâs reluctance to use reliever Edwar RamÃ­rez, who had gaudy strikeout numbers in the minors.
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Joe Torre all but stated the obvious after sending Mike Mussina out to face the Twins in Game 1 of a doubleheader yesterday at Yankee Stadium: He will be sending Mussina out next
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Joe Torre says he was  insulted by the incentives attached to the New York Yankees  contract offer he rejected this week, thereby ending his  12-year spell as manager.
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The National Hockey League rejected an  offer from the players in the latest round of labor  negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a  lockout start to the season next month.
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Before coming upstairs to the Fenway Park interview room yesterday afternoon for his press conference, Red Sox manager Terry Francona delayed his arrival so he could watch a few minutes of the press conference Joe Torre was conducting at a hotel in Rye, N.Y., explaining why he was no longer the manager of the Yankees after 12 seasons.
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The National Hockey League rejected an offer from the players in the latest round of labor negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a lockout start to the season next month.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to put an end to the lockout and salvage the season.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer from the Yankees came 47 years to the day after the team dismissed Casey Stengel, who also spent 12 seasons as the teamâs manager.
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Joe Torre won't pick sides between Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, the former New York Yankees strength coach who accused the Rocket of using performance-enhancing drugs. "You're not going to get me in that jackpot," the former Yankees manager said Wednesday. "I'd rather just stay away from making any in-depth comment about the whole steroid-HGH thing."
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Hal Steinbrenner, a Yankees general partner, has advised against trading for Twins ace Johan Santana and General Manager Brian Cashman is also opposed to a deal.
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Itâs possible to perceive that money was at least a part of the lack of commitment that Joe Torre felt the Yankees demonstrated.