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[excel]

Sour grapes? Naaaaaaaaa. Haven't seen the MLB rules.

I do know though what intent is.

And when George made his announcement about Joe losing his job based on perfromance he knew EXACTLY what the media would do with it.

Seems to me common sense would rule here what the intentions were. Breaking the rule? Probably not.

Getting to the end result the rule was put into place for? You bet!


Mel? He's a pitching coach not head coach.
Quite frankly only ones that care much are Mariner fans and it didn't distract from any playoff games so not sure why you would list him. No effect took place.

[jarsch501]

What were the Yankees suppose to do, wait till the end of October, a month after the season has ended, to give Torre any sort of contract or not?

Dusty Baker was hired by the Reds on the 13th, a game day. La Russa signed a contract extension on the 22nd, a non game day. Torre rejected the Yankees contract in Tampa Bay on the 18th(1 game) and held a news conference the next day when no games were on. In fact, I don't believe Steinbrenner or the Yankees made any sort of announcement about it at all. The media was following every step of the situation and there is nothing the Yankees could have done to stop it.

I don't care for the Yankees and am a Red Sox fan and I don't think the Yankees did anything wrong. Of course they want to find a coach as quickly as possible, just as every other club does too! It was all Boras doing getting the news out about Arod.

What are people complaining about anyways?