Posts Tagged ‘Joe Torre’

Vazquez To The Yankees: Our Analysis

Vazquez To The Yankees: Our Analysis
Ian: When the Red Sox improved their rotation last week, acquiring the services of arguably the best starting pitcher on the free agent market in John Lackey, Yankee fans fretted.  Suddenly the Sox boasted a rotation brimming with three number-one starter types in Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and Lackey. ...
December 22nd, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

Wrapping Up the World Series

Wrapping Up the World Series
It had all the makings of high drama. Andy Pettitte, a homegrown pitcher, a man perennially on the verge of retirement, throwing on three days rest. Pedro Martinez, a relic from another era when the Yankees seemed like they could do no wrong. It felt like a game straight out of 1999, when the Yankees...
November 5th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Torre Up to His Old Tricks?

Torre Up to His Old Tricks?
A reliever?  Complain about workload?  Of course Joe Torre is involved: Jonathan Broxton acknowledged that the wear and tear of the season is taking its toll on his mind and body. “We’ve played 120 games already,” Broxton said. “You travel around. You pitch three nights in a...
August 22nd, 2009 | Quick Hits | Read More

Yankees’ Midterm Report Card

Yankees’ Midterm Report Card
The Yankees are 88 games into the season at the All Star break, as good a time as any to break down the good and bad of the season.  We went over this a bit in the podcast last week, but we’ll look a little more in-depth here. On to the grades: Catcher Scott:  It has been a strange year for the...
July 14th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Don’t Jump to Conclusions on Torre Book Yet

Don’t Jump to Conclusions on Torre Book Yet
Well well.  Joe Torre has a new book coming out, “The Yankee Years,” co-authored by SI’s Tom Verducci.  The title itself brings a little bit of mystery: will there be a prequel, “The Mets Years?”  How about “Three Years in Atlanta?” Those books probably wouldn’t...
January 26th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Torre Says Pettitte to Dodgers Not Happening

Slow Yankee news day.  Thankfully, Dodger’s manager Joe Torre confirmed what we all assumed.  From Newsday: “I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Torre said Thursday, in a telephone interview. “I talked to Andy,” Torre said. “His agent had called the...
December 4th, 2008 | Columns | Read More

Pettitte’s Dodger Dance Forces Yankees’ Hand

Uncle Joe to the rescue. Andy Pettitte has been waiting for the Yankees to make him an offer.  A few days ago, with no word from the Yankees, Pettitte spoke to Joe Torre about the possibility of playing for the Dodgers. At the time, word was the Dodgers didn’t have any interest. And yet, a few...
November 28th, 2008 | Columns | Read More