Sunday, May 07, 2006

1000 for Torre

Congratulations to Joe Torre the best Yankees' manager by far in the free agent era. Today Torre won his 1,000th game as the manager of baseball's greatest franchise. For the man the NY Post called "Clueless Joe" upon his signing in the 1995-96 offseason, and whom the less knowledgeable (notably including me) have routinely criticized, there is no question that Torre is one of the best managers in Yankees history and is one of the main reasons that players who are not Yankees want to play for the Yankees. Contrast that with the team's disastrous 1980s when free agents avoided the team like plague.

So kudos to the Yankee skipper, the fourth to win 1000 with the team (Stengel, McCarthy, Huggins -- nice company), and whose team won three games in a hitters' ballpark this weekend with quality starts from each of its starters. Just the way Torre likes it.

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