More hooplah from New York. This time the accusation that Joe Torre felt insulted by the contract. Most normal people would accept a 1 year, $5 million contract to manage one of the most successful franchises in history, but not Joe Torre. All week I had to listen to the rambling oabout how great of a manager Joe Torre is and how his track record shows all of his accomplishments...blah, blah, blah. Being a baseball manager is probably one of the most overrrated jobs in sports. I feel that they are neccessary but they are given too much credit. I look at it this way, if Torre managed the Pittsburgh Pirates, would he give them more wins. Can he take a terrible team and make them respectable. Torre's success came managing the New York Yankees, the same Yankees that give him unlimited payroll, the same Yankees that gives him the players he wants or needs. I could manage the Yankees and come away with 4 World Series titles. There are some managers that I would say are good managers. Their teams usually overacheive, but can you honestly say that the Yankees ever played beyond their talent.
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