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Boss of Old: George Steinbrenner Says Yankees Must Win Or Joe Torre Likely Won’t Return
Oct 7, 5:58 PM (ET)
By RONALD BLUM
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NEW YORK (AP) -Win or else! That was George Steinbrenner’s message to Joe Torre before the New York Yankees played the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night.
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As a “professional transitioner”, who has been on the … … errr, non-clean, end of the stick many times, I can emphasize with Joe’s situation.
At the beginning of the season, Yankee watchers knew the Yankees had no pitching. Time after time, game after game, we watched Torre tiptoe thru tight spot after top spot. The killer story was the one, years ago, that Pettite and Clemens left the Yankees because no one asked them if they wanted to stay. That story was confirmed with the Yankee GM Cashman. He said they were pursuing other pitchers and the deals didn’t work out.
So, George, you’re threatening the wrong fellow. I think that Torre did an unbelievable job with what your team gave him.
imho
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Reinke Faces Life 
amen brother! Without Joe Torre this year, the Yankees would not have made the middle of the pack! George had better wake up….on ESPN last night they showed that since Joe Torre came to manage the Yankees, he has the most wins in the Major Leagues, most playoffs appearances, most World Series wins, and there was one other I forgot, which was the ‘most of’. George and Brian, I hope you are reading ‘Reinke Faces Life’.
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