Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 21, 2003
Steinbrenner Mess

Joel Sherman, in the NY Post, has a good summary of what happened. It seems Joe Torre draws the line at his integrity. Good for him. It also seems that pitching coach Billy Connors has a lot of pull in the organization, and some people don't agree with that. It will be interesting to see if Torre eventually tells Steinbrenner me or Connors. Torre doesn't need this job. He does it because he enjoys it. And Torre leaving over this would be a very bad PR move for the Yankees.

As for the team, I think the 15-1 victory today shows how little it will affect the players. If anything, they are probably more behind Torre now than they have ever been. Torre is so successful because he manages people extremely well, and his credibility is part of that. He'll fix things with Contreras. The question is, will Steinbrenner fix things with Torre?

I think he will. George will come out and claim some form of miscommunication, blame himself, and apologize to Torre. I think Steinbrenner realizes how valuable Torre is, and will make an effort to fix this. He won't change what really happened, but it will save enough face to make all happy.


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