Like you haven’t already heard (ESPN’s been covering it like a dignitary died), Joe Torre rejected the New York Yankees’ incentive laden offer to return as the bench boss of the Bronx Bombers.
This afternoon — 2PM ET to be exact — “The Yankee Skipper” will be holding court before the media to explain what really happened and his feeling on his favorite color departure.
We’ll update a in a little while, so stay tuned.
***3:09 PM ET***
It’s all over! Joe Torre exits the stage to applause.
***3:08 PM ET***
Q: In retrospect, do you think George appreciated you? Torre: When he looks back at it, he thinks he did. He was sorry that he just didn’t drink it all in. His mentality is to just keep going on. “You know damned well he’s proud of you. He won’t give into you, though.
***3:07 PM ET***
The last two questions! Yippee!
Q: Will you be cleaning out your office? Torre: “No. No. I already left that place for one last time.” He says he’ll have his assistant take care of it all.
***3:06 PM ET***
Looking at the ticker, the Royals signed one-time Yankees target Trey Hillman to a three-year deal.
News and notes while apparently hearing that Joe Torre left the Yankees…
Trojans have white knuckle plane ride to South Bend (AP/ESPN) USC’s football team, coaches and staff endured several terrifying minutes as their chartered flight to South Bend plummeted amid a severe thunderstorm.
Baylor coach relieved of duties (Hashmarks) Eric Schnupp, the Baylor coach who pissed at a popular university bar, “resigned” Thursday.
On Dan Patrick’s move to SI (The Big Lead) An interesting pro/con take on the former ESPNer’s jump to Sports Illustrated.
A Canadian entrepreneur came up an idea like most ideas are developed: by accident.
The inventor, Tory Weber, was working at a lumberyard when he ran out for his newspaper one cold February evening. He grabbed a warm pair of running shoes that had been sitting on the heat register next to the front door, stepped out onto his frost-covered front steps, promptly slipped and landed on his backside. The idea of Thermablades was born: a heated hockey skate blade that reduces friction that presumably will allow a hockey player to skate with ease and — furthermore — skate faster.
Since the product announcement earlier this week at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ont., NHL executives and players alike are curious to try this latest invention. More after the jump »
Manny Ramirez’s 390′ single in the third inning proved to be the difference for the Boston Red Sox as they postpone elimination another day with a 7-1 trouncing of the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field.
The story of the night, however, wasn’t Ramirez: it was Boston starter Josh Beckett’s masterful performance in shutting down the Cleveland nine.
Editor’s note: We’re not going to ram even more Joe Torre stuff down your throats with your powdered donuts and juice, so we’ll keep it to just one story.)
Nippon Ham Fighters skipper in talks with Royals (ESPN.com) Trey Hillman was considered the dark horse to end all dark candidates if Joe Torre left the Bronx. Now the Royals might scoop him up. Justice is now being served on the promenade deck, folks.
Verducci: Yanks took the cowardly way out (SI.com) The Yankees made an offer in hopes that their manager would turn it down and thus, making them look good. Boy did that backfire, fellas. If only ‘The Boss’ was lucid.
Osborne responds to insults attributed to Callahan (AP/SI.com) While coming in to clean up a mess, Tom Osborne steps into a controversy that his soon-to-be-ex-football coach made in talking to a former player for a book the player was writing. Callahan didn’t deny the reported quote, either. Let the fun begin!
Dan Patrick: Brand-new again (USA Today) Michael Hiestand writes of SI.com’s newest addition: Dan Patrick. With a conference call peppered with “leverage” and “branding.” Hiestand wonders why he didn’t just stay at ESPN to garner all this stuff.
coaches and staff endured several terrifying minutes as their chartered flight to South Bend plummeted amid a severe thunderstorm.
The morning after the brilliance of Josh Beckett…
powdered donuts and juice, so we’ll keep it to just one story.)
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