Torre headed to the Dodgers, 3-years/$15M

by anaconda on Oct 30, 2007 11:29 PM EDT in News Comment 14 comments

I have not seen the specifics reported anywhere else, but Pete Abraham confirms the deal is done:

The Dodgers and Joe Torre have agreed on a three-year deal worth close to $15 million. Torre could be introduced in Los Angeles as soon as Thursday.

This process was started several day ago. A preliminary agreement was reached on Monday, which led to Grady Little being forced to resign.

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Shady

Torre kinda broke the manager code here by talking to LA while Grady was still the manager.

by matthaggs on Oct 30, 2007 11:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Less than 5 mil ?

Sounds kind of insulting to me....

by flipster on Oct 30, 2007 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think

thats the point. Torre was insulted by the way he was offered a contract by the yankees, so now hes pretty much accepting a contract for less money but isnt one year.

by nilvaz on Oct 30, 2007 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It wasn't the money

Joe wanted a longer contract; he said as much in the Costas interview on Real Sports.

by docgonzo on Oct 31, 2007 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good luck Joe, hope to see you in the WS

And I think this shows that he left because he felt the Yanks didn't want him. He left because he feels in todays baseball it's ahrd to manage when the manager's contract status is a distraction. One year contracts are not god for anyone.

The Yanks wanted Joe to leave, so he did. To bad they couldn't just say that.

Let's hit the gym and get ready for spring.

by Cbeck3 on Oct 31, 2007 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I give up

He was ready to sign for 4.5 mil for one year back in spring training. If that story isn't enough to nuke this idiotic line of reasoning, nothing will.

by flipster on Oct 31, 2007 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw Torre on the Letterman show

Basically, he didn't seem to make a big deal over the amount and, I gathered, the length. To him, it was a sense of looking across the table and feeling like there wasn't any support in the room.

I think Torre would have signed that very same deal had the Yanks presented it a whole lot differently.

It wasn't the deal; it was the way the brass made it clear that he was expected to turn it down.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque

by LateInningRelief on Oct 31, 2007 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You do realize

that you are the only one arguing this point, right? The difference between firing someone and offering them a 33% paycut is just semantics.

Fear the Evil Empire

by pfistyunc on Oct 31, 2007 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

Yankees vs Dodgers would be the best WS ever

by Soriano NY 12 on Oct 31, 2007 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Scott Proctor just crapped his pants

Eleven wins in October...

by Edwantsacracker on Oct 31, 2007 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really

can you imagine. He probably thinks he's having a nightmare from which he can't awaken.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Oct 31, 2007 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I imagine him . . .

waking up on Monday and thinking, wow this is the first time, I've felt well in October in years. Then he opens the newspaper and all of a sudden there is a little twinge.

by stusviews on Oct 31, 2007 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs