Yankees fans

Just heard Joe Torre turned down his offer to manage the Yanks. This is so sad!!! Joe Torre's era is over

OMG. It is goona be so weird to watch the Yankees without Torre

i was wrong..

TAMPA, Fla. -- Joe Torre turned down the New York Yankees' offer to return as manager on Thursday.

The Yankees offered Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and incentives that would have increased his salary to $8 million based on postseason performance. Under that offer, if Torre reached the World Series in 2008, an option for 2009 would have vested.

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Posted by angl2001

what?!?!?!?!? noooooooooo i am so sad!

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I know! This breaks my heart

Good for him....

Someone at work JUST said this as i was opening this up. OMG i am so surprised that he is the one who turned down their offer, i am so sad ...fh is gonna be happy bc he doesn't like torre

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Posted by Mizzdimple

Good for him....

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Thats what FH says and although I agree, Im still sad! They treated him wrong towards the end, made him wait it out, made him sweat, and then offer him his job back. It was rude and Im glad he said no.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Joe Torre turned down the New York Yankees' offer to return as manager on Thursday.


Tough Act to Follow

Whoever succeeds Joe Torre, when the likely Hall of Fame manager leaves the Yankees, will have some big shoes to fill. Among his accomplishments in New York:

• 1,173-767 record
• Four World Series titles
• 10 AL East titles (9 straight from 1998-2006)
• Two-time AL Manager of the Year (1996 and 1998)
• Reached postseason all 12 seasons

All-time managerial wins leaders Manager Wins
Connie Mack 3,776
John McGraw 2,840
Tony La Russa 2,375
Bobby Cox 2,255
Sparky Anderson 2,194
Bucky Harris 2,159
Joe McCarthy 2,126
Joe Torre 2,067

The Yankees offered Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and incentives that would have increased his salary to $8 million based on postseason performance. Under that offer, if Torre reached the World Series in 2008, an option for 2009 would have vested.

Torre traveled to Tampa from New York on Thursday with general manager Brian Cashman and chief operating officer Lonn Trost. The manager was at Legends Field for about an hour and then left for the airport.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, sons Hal and Hank and team president Randy Levine were also at the team's spring training complex. Torre's arrival was first reported by the New York Post.

'More meetings. We're working on it,' Levine said earlier Thursday.

With nothing to announce on Torre, Cashman and Trost returned to New York on Wednesday evening. At the time, they gave no indication they would return the next day -- accompanied by the manager.

'We hold Joe Torre in the highest regard and, obviously, that's why we're taking the time ... to determine what's best for us as we move forward and whether he's a part of that or not,' Cashman said Wednesday.

While the team's top officials met in Florida, some fans signed a petition Wednesday at a 'Save Joe Torre' rally near Times Square in New York.

Steinbrenner did not comment -- he hasn't discussed Torre's future publicly since he told The Record of Hackensack, N.J., on Oct. 6 that he didn't think he'd bring back Torre if the Yankees failed to advance to the AL Championship Series. Cleveland then eliminated New York in four games, the Yankees' third straight first-round exit.

The Yankees also have not yet reached out to Ray Schulte, the agent for bench coach Don Mattingly.

Cashman did indicate a subtle shift in the Yankees' power structure. Asked whether the 77-year-old owner will pick the manager, the general manager responded: 'The Boss owns the franchise, so obviously, the Boss, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner are obviously the ownership group that I answer to.'

Before Wednesday's afternoon meeting, there was a morning session that also included senior vice president of baseball operations Mark Newman, scouting director Damon Oppenheimer and special adviser Gene Michael.

Cashman said the Yankees are maintaining their position that they will not negotiate with Alex Rodriguez if he terminates his $252 million, 10-year contract.

Rodriguez, who has three seasons left on the deal, must decide by the 10th day following the World Series.

'I can reaffirm that, if Alex Rodriguez opts out of his contract, then we will not participate in his free agency,' Cashman said. 'That is accurate and that is definitive.'

Rodriguez met for three days this week in California with his agent, Scott Boras, to determine his strategy.

'He said he's comfortable playing in New York and enjoys it,' Boras said. 'However he has a right available to him that is solely in his discretion.'

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Posted by Mizzdimple

Good for him....

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Thats what FH says and although I agree, Im still sad! They treated him wrong towards the end, made him wait it out, made him sweat, and then offer him his job back. It was rude and Im glad he said no.

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exactly

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Posted by Mizzdimple

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Posted by Songstress1212

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Posted by Mizzdimple

Good for him....

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Thats what FH says and although I agree, Im still sad! They treated him wrong towards the end, made him wait it out, made him sweat, and then offer him his job back. It was rude and Im glad he said no.

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exactly

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you think they will make another offer?

really! i am shocked!

and sad too

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Posted by Espo22

i am glad though that hes leaving with dignity and not that he was fired

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my thoughts EXACTLY!

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Posted by Espo22

now who do you girls think will replace him? Theres been alot of talk about don mattingly replacing him which i think would be great, FH thinks Joe Gerardi would be a great replacement bc he really understands the game

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i heard mattingly say he wasn't ready to fill torre's shoes (yet). hm...

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Posted by Espo22

now who do you girls think will replace him? Theres been alot of talk about don mattingly replacing him which i think would be great, FH thinks Joe Gerardi would be a great replacement bc he really understands the game

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I heart Joe Gerardi

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Posted by Mizzdimple

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Posted by Espo22

now who do you girls think will replace him? Theres been alot of talk about don mattingly replacing him which i think would be great, FH thinks Joe Gerardi would be a great replacement bc he really understands the game

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I heart Joe Gerardi

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So do I!!!!

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Posted by Espo22

now who do you girls think will replace him? Theres been alot of talk about don mattingly replacing him which i think would be great, FH thinks Joe Gerardi would be a great replacement bc he really understands the game

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Donnie Baseball isn't ready yet, and he knows it. Girardi would be awesome, it would really stick it to the Marlins too if he kicked @ss.

FH & I are sooooooooooo sad