Interesting. Who knew this is how it would turn out?
Joe Torre, a future Hall of Famer who guided the Yankees to four world championships and six pennants while making the postseason in every one of his 12 seasons at the helm, turned down a one-year contract offer to continue as manager, the team announced on Thursday....
Speculation about a replacement for Torre will most certainly center on bench coach Don Mattingly, former catcher and Marlins manager Joe Girardi, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and perhaps coaches such as Tony Pena and Larry Bowa.
It'll be interesting to see their decision. I'm especially wanting to see where La Russa ends up. Someone will hire him, that's for certain. Just as long as it's not the Cubs....
