2008-12-19T18:16:49-05:00 Torre snubbed during Yankee Stadium closing 2008-09-22T23:47:54-04:00 240 2008-09-22T23:47:54-04:00 1 24 10 2008-10-08T02:11:52-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/424/880/thumb/all_america.gif 47 NY Wingdog Buffalo 425320 242 &quot;typical yanks&quot; huh Riggs? How bout them cowgirls when Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson took over the team in 1989 and they basically dismissed Tom landry as if he was trash. That was such a classless act by an organization that Landry help one of the most successful franchises in sports. How quickly we forget. 3000027 2008-09-24T09:34:33-04:00 4 FL NYCRocks Palm Bay 562132 240 Its not the players that have no class - it was the owners. Yankee haters have a lot to hate. Hate on idiots. Hate on. 2838293 2008-09-24T14:42:05-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 Its not the players that have no class - it was the owners. Yankee haters have a lot to hate. Hate on idiots. Hate on. 241 I almost agree with this statement. Except that I think taking steroids is fairly classless - for the ones that were. And then there's that whole &quot;Clemens-almost-decapitating-Piazza's-head&quot; thing - especially since he was protected by a DH. That was fairly classless. Haters and idiots are not synonymous, but I will hate on nonetheless. 2850407 2008-09-24T09:34:33-04:00 4 FL NYCRocks Palm Bay 562132 240 Its not the players that have no class - it was the owners. Yankee haters have a lot to hate. Hate on idiots. Hate on. 2838293 2008-09-23T21:15:22-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/467/27/thumb/jose-mourinho.gif 146 NY Be Champions 315 Dewitt 46967 239 The real reason Roger didn't come was because he was upset Suzy Waldmen couldn't scream &quot; Look look there's ROGER CLEMENS in the stall!!!&quot; 2834824 2008-09-23T20:41:55-04:00 1 NJ FERISJAG Caldwell 560981 238 I AM 31 YRS. OLD AND WAS LUCKEY ENOUGH TO GO TO MANY YANKEES GAMES IN MY TIME ( INCLUDING THE LAST GAME ), I LOVE THE YANKEES, BUT THIS SHOWED NO CLASS!!! WE ALL KNEW TORRE WAS NOT GOING TO BE THERE, BUT WE THOUGHT A TAPED MESSAGE OR AT LEAST A TRIBUTE BETWEEN INNINGS. IF THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO FROM GEORGE'S SONS WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 2834599 2008-09-23T19:34:17-04:00 1 NY Shazzy66 Tuckahoe 560803 237 I miss Joe Torre too, and although it would have been nice to see him at the last game at Yankee stadium, the fact remains that he is no longer part of the Yankee organization. Not to mention, he is coaching a new team now that is in the playoffs. What kind of loyalty would he have shown to come back to Yankee stadium while his new team is practicing for post season play? What if the Yankees did make it to the playoffs with a strong possibility of meeting the Dodgers in the WS? What would people have said then? Probably Dodgers fans would complain that his heart is still with the Yankees. Anyone who has ever been fired from a job or left a job on their own, knows that although you have strong feelings and ties to the people there, you really can never go back with the same enthusiasm. I saw Buck Showalter on the field as an announcer, but he wasn't mentioned either...where does the line get drawn? As far as I could tell, they only mentioned managers that had 'passed on'. They showed footage of Joe Torre while mentioning the past winners...I really found it interesting that there was ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION OR FOOTAGE SHOWN OF ROGER CLEMENS...I will end this on that note. 2834247 2008-09-23T17:48:57-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/112/78/thumb/MRivera.jpg 18993 NY AllStarz 11298 233 I can't win by being right? What planet are you from? I, again, have not said what you said I said, advantage, as in stole titles, vis a vis other teams. Ah what the hell, you don't have the proof that any of them did it anyway, even though we know alot did, just that you made false claims. We know they had roid users the same way we know that every WS champion for a long time had them. Later little dude, buck up, you have guts, and sometimes guts is enough, not here and now, but sometimes...Later. 2833586 2008-09-23T18:11:08-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 I can't win by being right? What planet are you from?I, again, have not said what you said I said, advantage, as in stole titles, vis a vis other teams. Ah what the hell, you don't have the proof that any of them did it anyway, even though we know alot did, just that you made false claims. We know they had roid users the same way we know that every WS champion for a long time had them.Later little dude, buck up, you have guts, and sometimes guts is enough, not here and now, but sometimes...Later. 236 Yes, I clarified. Again, if you wrote in complete sentences with normal punctuation, I would have caught the gist of your post. But go back to the two articles that I mentioned. It is clear that the Yankees had an illegal advantage in the 1997 World Series. Yeah, I do need to buck up. I can't get over the fact that I wasted my time trying to reason with a Yankee fan. Ick... 2833733 2008-09-23T18:00:49-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 234 You are not right. I gave you the proof about the Yankees in one article. Now here is something else I just tracked down. This is from the Atlanta Journal Constitution: &quot;Paul Byrd is believed to be the only player named in the report to have made purchases while a Brave. Byrd has admitted purchasing nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone andsyringes from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center in thirteen transactions between August 2002 and January2005 -- sent to his home in Georgia, to the spring training facility of the Atlanta Braves, where he was playing at the time, and in one instance to a New York hotel.&quot; Do you read that? The Mitchell Report lists NO Brave as being on steroids during the 1997 World Series. The only Brave that took steroids while a Brave was Paul Byrd - in 2002. So, for you thick-skulls, let's racap. The Yankees were 'roided up, the Braves were not. The Yankees won the series, and they should NOT have. They had an advantage. I'm sure they did the same thing with San Diego, but I don't have the gumption to look anything else up. No false claims, AllStarz. Guts - and the truth. Enjoy living in the slum. 2833652 2008-09-23T18:08:04-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 So, for you thick-skulls, let's racap. 235 Sorry, another error of mine. I, obviously, meant &quot;recap&quot;. 2833714 2008-09-23T18:00:49-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 234 You are not right. I gave you the proof about the Yankees in one article. Now here is something else I just tracked down. This is from the Atlanta Journal Constitution: &quot;Paul Byrd is believed to be the only player named in the report to have made purchases while a Brave. Byrd has admitted purchasing nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone andsyringes from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center in thirteen transactions between August 2002 and January2005 -- sent to his home in Georgia, to the spring training facility of the Atlanta Braves, where he was playing at the time, and in one instance to a New York hotel.&quot; Do you read that? The Mitchell Report lists NO Brave as being on steroids during the 1997 World Series. The only Brave that took steroids while a Brave was Paul Byrd - in 2002. So, for you thick-skulls, let's racap. The Yankees were 'roided up, the Braves were not. The Yankees won the series, and they should NOT have. They had an advantage. I'm sure they did the same thing with San Diego, but I don't have the gumption to look anything else up. No false claims, AllStarz. Guts - and the truth. Enjoy living in the slum. 2833652 2008-09-23T17:36:58-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/540/042/thumb/Small_Gorilla.jpg 2928 BigFletchDog 540482 229 Funny how, when you actually READ the Mitchell report, the two people at the center of it are one person in the Yankees organization and one person in the Mets organization. That's about all that needs to be said on the subject and you punk-**** losers in New York. 2833443 2008-09-23T17:48:57-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/112/78/thumb/MRivera.jpg 18993 NY AllStarz 11298 233 I can't win by being right? What planet are you from? I, again, have not said what you said I said, advantage, as in stole titles, vis a vis other teams. Ah what the hell, you don't have the proof that any of them did it anyway, even though we know alot did, just that you made false claims. We know they had roid users the same way we know that every WS champion for a long time had them. Later little dude, buck up, you have guts, and sometimes guts is enough, not here and now, but sometimes...Later. 2833586 240 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/torre.jpg" alt="Torre" width="298" height="224" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: right;">Joe Torre's Dodgers are in contention in the NL West.</div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: right;">AP</div> </div> <p><strong>Joe Torre</strong> was in Los Angeles Sunday night, some 3,000 miles away from dugout at Yankee Stadium that he had roamed for 12 years.</p> <p>In a perfect world he would have been there to see the final out in "The House That Ruth Built," sitting in the same spot he sat in 1996 as he watched <strong>Charlie Hayes</strong> catch the final out of the first of his four World Series wins.</p> <p>In a civilized world the Yankees would have at least mentioned Torre during Sunday&rsquo;s closing ceremonies. After all it was Torre who led them to the postseason the past 12 years before this.</p> <p>Then again, why should anyone expect civility from an organization that low-balled and embarrassed Torre on his way out the door last year after everything he had done for them?</p> <p>Does it really surprise anyone that Torre, with his 10 AL East titles,&nbsp;six AL pennants and&nbsp;four World Series championships, would purposely be left out of a ceremony honoring Yankees legends past and present by an organization that has long had a poor reputation for taking care of its own?</p> <p>Nearly a year removed from the last game he managed at Yankee Stadium, Torre simply smiles and shrugs off questions about his time in New York. He has more important things to worry about. Unlike the Yankees, he is still playing for something in September as he has his Dodgers in position to win the NL West, which would be only the third time the Dodgers have won the division in the past 20 years.</p> <p>"My 12 years there were so memorable that I don&rsquo;t need to be there to say goodbye," said Torre. "I have so many memories that have been such a huge part of my career."</p> <p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter that the Yankees failed to mention him one last time Sunday, all Torre has to do is look at the World Series rings he owns to refresh his memory on what his time in New York meant. Since he hardly wears those rings these days, it might just be easier to simply look at the text messages on his cell phone from his former players.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;"[<strong>Derek</strong>] <strong>Jeter</strong> texted me about surfing in my commercial and when we got <strong>Manny </strong>[Ramirez] he wanted to know if I was growing dreadlocks," said Torre, referencing his much-talked about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTA0MrXOlnc">State Farm commercials </a>where he&rsquo;s shown surfing, doing yoga and adjusting to life in Los Angeles. "[<strong>Jorge</strong>] <strong>Posada</strong> still wants to know about the California lifestyle."</p> 7061 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987