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Torre's Status With Yankees Uncertain
From: The New York Times
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 10, 2006
Filed at 3:23 a.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boss has left town, leaving the New York Yankees with
their manager still in place -- for now.
George Steinbrenner is still mulling the future of Yankees skipper Joe Torre
but his players are sticking with their embattled manager.
''He gave us every opportunity,'' reliever Ron Villone said Monday, when a
few more players came to Yankee Stadium to clean out their lockers. ''He put
us on the field at the right times. I mean we came through in a lot of
different ways. We had some injuries.
''He put the right lineups out there for us to jell and do the right things
to win enough games to make it to the playoffs. You can't point the finger at
him. You can only point it at us,'' he said.
Steinbrenner left New York and returned to Tampa, Fla., on Monday, spokesman
Howard Rubenstein said. Rubenstein said he was not able to speak with
Steinbrenner to relay questions on the future of Torre.
It was unclear whether Steinbrenner and Torre have spoken since the Yankees
were eliminated, but the pair apparently did not meet before the Boss left
town.
Since talking over as manager after the 1995 season, Torre has managed the
Yankees to nine consecutive AL East titles and 11 straight playoff
appearances.
But he may become the fall guy after the Yankees bowed out of the playoffs in
the AL division series Saturday night for the second straight year. The Daily
News reported Sunday that Steinbrenner was ready to fire him and insert old
favorite Lou Piniella as skipper.
''We've always been friendly,'' Piniella said in Oakland, Calif., at a
workout before the AL championship series, which he will broadcast for Fox.
''No, we haven't talked at all about that. In fact I haven't seen Mr.
Steinbrenner in 10 months. Talk to my agent about these things.
''Look, I don't want to get into that subject. It's not right. I respect the
situation too much for me to comment on anything else,'' Piniella added.
There was no sign of Torre at Yankee Stadium, and the team's media-relations
staff was unsure when he would give his annual summation -- which last year
was delayed until after Torre and Steinbrenner met in Tampa. Captain Derek
Jeter and Alex Rodriguez also have not come to the ballpark to clean out
their lockers.
Jaret Wright, who lasted only 2 2-3 innings in the final game of the Yankees'
first-round loss to the Tigers, said the defeat wasn't Torre's fault.
''I mean he didn't get any at-bats,'' Wright said. ''He didn't throw any
pitches. We did that and we wish it could've turned out better for him, for
us and for the fans but it didn't and you go from there.''
Wright packed up his locker while avoiding the mess of cardboard boxes filled
with baseballs, bats and athletic apparel strewn across the floor. Miguel
Cairo threw a pair of shoes from his locker into a nearby garbage can, then
thought better and fished them out.
Cairo could hardly imagine a new skipper sitting in the office at Yankee
Stadium.
''He's still the manager,'' he said. ''I don't know what you guys are talking
about. He's the manager. He's going to be the manager until something happens
different but he's still the manager.''
The 66-year-old Torre led the Yankees to an AL-best 97-65 record this season.
His 11-year managerial stint is the longest uninterrupted period for the club
since Casey Stengel was in the dugout for 12 straight seasons from 1949-1960.
The Brooklyn-born skipper has won four World Series championships with New
York, but the last title came in 2000 -- a virtual eternity for the demanding
Steinbrenner.
''He's a class act,'' Villone said of Torre. ''He knows what he's doing. He's
a great manager.''
Villone pitched for Piniella during his first year in the big leagues when
''Sweet Lou'' led the Mariners in 1995.
''He wants to win,'' Villone said. ''He lets his emotions ride right out in
front of everybody so that's good. He doesn't hold anything back. But I think
he's willing to listen to anybody, too.''
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum and AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in
Oakland, Calif., contributed to this report.
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