Torre Outta Here

[Matt Molnar]

Joe Torre has rejected a one year deal to return as manager of the Yankees.

[Matt Molnar]

On the bright side, yet another terrifically overrated St. Louis manager seems to be available to replace him. :borat:

[T-Bird76]

GOOD!! F THE YANKEES and the horse they rode in on!!!!

[PhilDernerJr]

I wasn't following it too closely, but wasn't it the Yankees who were not going to be him back, and is now therefore ironic that he rejected the offer?

[Matt Molnar]

Not only that, he said no to $8 million. :borat:

[AirtrafficController]

Adios Joe hello to the 2008 NY METS World Champions :borat:

[RDU-JFK]

Adios Joe hello to the 2008 NY METS World Champions :borat:

Unfortunately we're stuck with Willie...

[adam613]

Adios Joe hello to the 2008 NY METS World Champions :borat:

Um, where did that come from??

I'm more surprised that the Yankees made Torre an offer than that he turned it down. That team has some serious work to do, and it's going to take more than a year to do it; under the circumstances, a one-year offer is an insult if the team's upper management is serious about building a new dominant team.

[lijk604]

Not only that, he said no to $8 million. :borat:

Associated Press, Updated 13 minutes ago
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 that still would have made him the highest paid manager in baseball.

[njgtr82]

This offer was a slap in the face to him, it was a pay cut(he made $7 mil last year) with bonuses that could have made it worth up to $8 milllion. They lowballed him so he had no choice to reject it and then they don't look like the bad guys.

[pgengler]

This offer was a slap in the face to him, it was a pay cut(he made $7 mil last year) with bonuses that could have made it worth up to $8 milllion. They lowballed him so he had no choice to reject it and then they don't look like the bad guys.

Well, yeah it was a pay cut, and sure that's sort of a slap in the face, but still, having a guaranteed $5 million (while still being the highest-paid manager in baseball) is nothing to sneeze at, considering he's not likely to make that much with another team.

(Off-topic and likely to start a derail, so feel free to remove if desired: I find it really hard to feel any sympathy for people who walk away from contracts that guarantee them, in one year, more money than I would make in 100.)