Turns out Yankees did Dodgers' Torre a favor

After giving them a dozen years of mostly meritorious service, Joe Torre thought they were suddenly doing him a great injustice. What's the word he used that fateful day? Insult. Yeah, that's it. Insult. The Yankees insulted their manager by placing conditions on his next contract, which led Torre to tell them where to shove those conditions and that contract and the job. But here today, we now know the Yankees, in hindsight, did not do him a disservice. No, "insult" should not be the word. "Favor" is the word. The Yankees made Joe Torre's managing career when they hired him from the unemployment line, and they restored his career when they sent him back. They did him a favor in 1996 and then again in 2007. He arrived to the Yankees at the right time and he left in the nick of time, because here in October, as baseball heats... [read full story]