End of the Yankees Dynasty. . . At Least For Today

NY Yankees' manager Joe Torre will not be returning for another year as manager for the team. When they tried to offer him less money than he was currently making, he said "Next!" and turned down their offer. Well, sort of less money. More like more hoops to jump through to get the same money he earned this year plus $500,000 more, tied to playoff success which he and his players had not been able to deliver in the past few seasons.

No word on where he's going, but it looks like he's attracting interest from several teams. And they're also indicating that the other players may not return if their contracts so allow. That means A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez) could be testing the free agent waters, and might even be coming to a city near you.

Be afraid.


Either way, I'm sure the Yankees have enough money to buy themselves a better team in no time. I'm also sure that that day can't come soon enough for the TV execs faced with a Colorado Rockies-Cleveland Indians World Series. Since they may well be giving away advertising slots, maybe they'll let me run my own commercial -- advertising what, I haven't gotten that far yet. But it can't hurt to ask.