SUBJECT: BASEBALL!!!
I am not particularly a fan of the New York Yankees as a team. This being said, some of the greatest ballplayers to ever play the game have played all or part of their careers with this storied franchise -- including many of my personal favorites:
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Reggie Jackson
Catfish Hunter
. . . and the list goes on.
However, I have also long believed that the ownership of the Yankeess has, for decades, been arrogant, shortsighted, and meddling -- to the detriment of the team in particular -- and all of baseball in general.
The recent forced departure of Joe Torre is the latest example.
12 seasons -- 12 playoff appearances -- 4 World Series Championships.
The ownership has taken a pathetic "But what have you done for me lately" attitude -- and one of the finest, classiest, most knowledgable baseball men alive today is out of a job.
Good luck, Joe Torre -- you deserved better than you got.
Papa Z
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Reggie Jackson
Catfish Hunter
. . . and the list goes on.
However, I have also long believed that the ownership of the Yankeess has, for decades, been arrogant, shortsighted, and meddling -- to the detriment of the team in particular -- and all of baseball in general.
The recent forced departure of Joe Torre is the latest example.
12 seasons -- 12 playoff appearances -- 4 World Series Championships.
The ownership has taken a pathetic "But what have you done for me lately" attitude -- and one of the finest, classiest, most knowledgable baseball men alive today is out of a job.
Good luck, Joe Torre -- you deserved better than you got.
Papa Z
posted by David Zampino | 10:17 AM
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