metirish

You'd think they would sell tickets for a $ just to fill the place.

Christ I wish they had fired Torre so Lou wouldn't be in the TV booth....

I'm looking forward to this series,should be full of great pitching.. btw I think it's Nate Robertson.

I was going to post that image Edgy...

METS

What pitchers did Torre take care of?...he freaking abused his middle guys.

Wouldn't it be a super bold move for the Royals to make a move for A-Rod,he could put up super regular season numbers and never have to worry about postseason play.

The Post no doubt will be happy as a pig in shit that they "scooped" the News today....

From Torre press conference Joe just announced that he has spoken to Steinbrenner and that he'll be back to manage in 07... Torre not getting fired...yet.

Yeah he'd bring more of that "winning attitude" to Queens...and he could spell Reyes at SS for a few games a season.

A Geordie is a person from Newcastle,which I'm sure you knew.

Brilliant poem,welcome Bunt the First Two.

Rain?,say it ain't so, I can't wait for wednesday......

Strawberry will throw out the first pitch tomorrow night....

Well yeah I am going with my heart but with Carpenter probably not slated till game 3 that should give the Mets an edge.

I'm not sure I buy into the idea that Torre " deserves to finish this and leave on his own", " what other manager could have gotten this team to the playoffs,un-named scouts say the last two years has been Torre's best ever managing/juggling act",".......I mean it's not like he was managing the fucking Royals.

George King form the Post... ] By GEORGE KING I'M WITH YOU BOSS: Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has decided to keep 11-year manager Joe Torre around after all. October 10, 2006 -- EXCLUSIVE After two days of soul searching, George Steinbrenner isn't going to fire Joe Torre, The Post has learned. According to several sources, The Boss has decided firing Torre isn't the cure for the subterranean problems that plague his $200 million collection of dysfunctional underachievers who have been flushed out of the playoffs in the first round two consecutive seasons. By the time Torre meets with the press at 1 p.m. today at Yankee Stadium he will have been assured he will be coming back for his 12th season as Yankees manager. While Steinbrenner left Manhattan for Tampa yesterday afternoon, general partner Steve Swindal, Steinbrenner's son-in-law, is in New York today. It's believed Swindal and Torre, who have a solid relationship after negotiating Torre's latest contract, will meet in the morning. "It looks good for Joe,'' a source said. Steinbrenner - believed to have had a meeting with general manager Brian Cashman at his midtown hotel yesterday - decided to keep Torre after two days of canvassing his Inner Circle about the positives and negatives of firing Torre and bringing in Lou Piniella. An emotional Steinbrenner was ready to can Torre after the Yankees were eliminated in four games by the Tigers in the ALDS Saturday but given some time and gauging the public interest, The Boss decided Torre was the best manager. When Steinbrenner departed for home yesterday afternoon, publicly he let Torre twist in the October wind. "I haven't made up my mind yet," Steinbrenner said when asked about Torre's fate outside his midtown hotel. The Boss spent a lot of time on the phone yesterday. It's believed, but not confirmed, that Torre and Steinbrenner spoke before The Boss went home. With Torre back, Steinbrenner is expected to gather that Inner Circle in Tampa later this week for meetings that will determine how to fix a roster that has underachieved. It's not known if Torre will be part of those meetings. Historically, Torre hasn't attended. view full article >page 1 2 continue reading >

Mets in 5.

In England when a manager is not fired but leaves by mutal consent it's called going on " gardening leave",I think that's where Torre will be going.

Steinbrenner risks turning Torre into a sympathetic figure the longer he lets him twisting in the wind.

] metirish wrote: I swear I have read that same article several times the last few months..... I thought if we had it on the CPF, this would have been the thread for it. I didn't look anywhere else, but if its here, it might be in the "So You Want To Be a Sportswriter" thread. Later Not meant as a slight towards you 62,just every article about Lenny is the same.

Remember during this game Brennaman and Lyons were making fun of the guy with the strange looking device over his eyes?.....turns out it was for very poor vision..from the Times. ] But Brennaman is not great. He is mediocre, distinguished mainly by an unmodulated megaphone-like voice that is like a parody of what a sportscaster should sound like. It does not convey a warm welcome, or the promise of excellence, as do Vin Scully or ESPN�s Jon Miller, who was joined for Friday night�s Yankees-Tigers game in Detroit by the retired Ernie Harwell, ever a delightful and welcoming legend. Worse, for Brennaman, is his usual boothmate, Steve Lyons, a childish personality who has never attempted to live down his nickname, Psycho. Lyons is capable of an occasional insight. But he also made ignorant remarks two years ago about Shawn Green, who is Jewish, regarding why he did not play for the Dodgers on Yom Kippur. Fox suspended Lyons briefly. In their years together, Lyons and Brennaman have shown no growth as a team. And Fox has yet to show a desire to find a better backup duo for McCarver and Joe Buck. Once upon a time in the 1980�s at NBC, Bob Costas and Tony Kubek backed up the No. 1 team of Scully and Joe Garagiola. All of which leads to the regrettable incident last Thursday during Game 2 of the Dodgers-Mets playoff series at Shea Stadium. Brennaman and Lyons bonded like spitballing 13-year-olds in a middle school lunchroom to mock a Mets fan who was wearing an unusual-looking device over his eyes to help his poor vision. Stephen Teitelbaum, blind except for peripheral vision in one eye, was wearing a Jordy, a magnifying device, to help him watch the game. Brennaman and Lyons could not know those details when the camera found Teitelbaum, but they could see that he was not goofing with a child�s toy. Still, they pursued him as if he were the class weakling. What was he wearing, they wondered? �A Psycho-meter,� Brennaman said, to welcome Lyons to town. �Maybe he�s in virtual reality,� Lyons said. If he is, Lyons explained, �he should stay there.� And maybe, Lyons suggested, the Dodgers should don the contraptions to better hit Tom Glavine. Lyons then hit on the most logical puerile explanation: �He�s got a digital camera stuck to his face.� This insensitive nonsense went on for 53 seconds while Marlon Anderson batted, offering a window into stunted imaginations. But it also underscored the failure by anyone at Fox to tell them to let up. Fox could have dispatched someone to Teitelbaum�s seat to report back on his condition. Instead, Teitelbaum�s family called Fox on Friday, leading to Brennaman�s on-air mea culpa early in Game 3 Saturday from Los Angeles. This, then, is the second-best team Fox has to offer, the one that will call the American League Championship Series. Fox could do better by elevating Josh Lewin, who had a terrific game Saturday when the Tigers took their division series against the Yankees. Or Fox could show good sense by reaching out to SNY�s Gary Cohen to replace Brennaman. But such a move seems unlikely. The Foxians love Brennaman enough to make him the voice of two Bowl Championship Series broadcasts, including the title game. Maybe his huge, unrestrained voice will be more suitable for college bowl games.

I swear I have read that same article several times the last few months.....

Anyone just a little pissed that this saga is taking the spotlight of the Mets some what?, I am and I wish they would go away..

I have so much to catch up on today,great KTE Seo....