Joe Torre has been hired to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers — $13 million for 3 years. As I mentioned the other day when Grady Little stepped down, I respect Torre a great deal for his work in New York, but I don’t think he’s the right guy for the Dodgers given their circumstances.

Joe Girardi has been named manager of the New York Yankees. It’s a 3-year deal worth an estimated $7.5 million. That’s a little more than the slap in the face offered to the departed Joe Torre. On the bright side, Girardi is less entrenched than Torre was, which should make him a little easier for the Steinbrenner kids to push around.
Girardi probably deserves better. As he was in Florida, he’s being set up to fail. With the Marlins, his problem was that he couldn’t drive that franchise into the ground and force the team to move elsewhere. Now he gets …read more

Yeah, I’m getting in late on this, but the Yankees are pretty low on my radar. It’s not like there’s a shortage of people in the world who are willing to tell you what happened and give you their opinion on it.
That said, long-time Yankees manager Joe Torre has stepped down. He was presented with a pay cut and refused.
I’m just looking over Torre’s record, and it’s stunning how good he’s been. With the resources at his disposal, you’d expect no less, but 10 AL East titles and 2 wild card appearances in 12 years is impressive. New York captured …read more

With future Hall of Fame right-hander Roger Clemens expected to start for the Yankees on Monday in Chicago, only one question remains: Will it matter?
To the current records…
Red Sox: 36-15
Tigers (WC): 30-21
Yankees: 21-29
Boston leads the American League East, while Detroit is the front-runner in the wild card race. (I know, it’s crazy to talk about the wild card in May, but bear with me.)
If the Red Sox play .500 ball (eh, .495 ball) the rest of the way, they’ll win 91 games. The Yankees would need to win 71 of their final 112 games (.634 winning percentage) to overtake Boston. …read more