Joe Torre: the Yankee Years

I've been reading Joe Torre's memoir about his years as a Yankee manager. It covers all the glory years of their four World Series titles - '96, '98,'99 and '00, as well as all the years after, especially that incredible 2001 Series right after 9.11. I recently bought the DVD, "Nine Innings from Ground Zero" by HBO, which covers that historic time. It's something every New Yorker should see. Listen, we really miss Joe here at The Farm. What a class act. Not to say our new Joe, Joey G, isn't class either. It's just there can only be one Joe manager, and he's no longer with us. What were they thinking when they let him get away to the Dodgers? --John Anderson

Joe Joe Joe

One other thing that we had to mention today - Joe Torre. Way to go Joe!!! Taking the lame LA Dodgers to the NCLS his first season as skipper....hey, Yankees, where is your messiah now? Man oh man...what were the Steinbrenners thinkin?

Well, Joe didn't get his Dodgers to the show in '08, but there is always next season, right Joe? We've been talking an awful lot about Joe Six-Pack, and now Joe Plumber, but in our minds there is only one Joe - Joe Torre.

Any chance in heaven above that we will ever see this again? Light your candles, everyone.

100 years later...and the goat curse continues

It's been 100 years now since the Cubs won a World Series. What a long time to wait. Sure, we were bummed that the Yankees aren't going to make the Show either, but we have memories of three straight World Series rings - 1998, 1999, 2000.

We overheard a guy in an Irish pub act astounded that the Cubs were down two games to none to the Dodgers. Where has he been living for the past century?

So Steve Bartman still has the curse on his back.




And the Billy Goat curse continues onward as well.



We are so happy for Joe. What a manager. To take LA Blue to the playoffs in just one season. What were the Yankees thinking when they let this classic Hall of Famer go?

Finally, what was Lou Piniella thinking that he could beat Joe and Manny?

"The last two games were probably the worst two games we've played all year." Cubbie timing, yet again.