Taking the Low Road

Taking the Low Road
By Daniel Rothman

Joe Torre was always a well-respected man. Known for taking the high road in a profession full of egomaniacs, Torre was rewarded for his honest nature with unimagined success. As the manager of the New York Yanks from 1996-2007, Torre made 12 consecutive playoff appearances won 6 pennants, and 4 World Series’. Despite all this success, Torre never let it go to his head, and always was even-tempered and fair. That is, until now. Torre’s new book, The Yankee Years, is a tell-all rip job of the Yankee franchise. He takes cheap shots at everybody from the management to the players. Torre didn’t end his tenure on the best of terms, with the Yankees refusing to give him more than a one-year contract, but that is no excuse for doing something so unmoral. This will deservedly ruin his legacy and his revered status among New York sports fans. His greatest managerial trait was his ability to control his star-studded rosters, and do it in a classy way. So much for that. “He should have been fired, and should be fired from his current job for saying this stuff.” Said Tim Yu ’12. Torre has broken the time-honored baseball code of not revealing what happens in the clubhouse. The sun has officially set on one of baseball’s last great men.

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