Baseball notes: Joe Torre, Magic Johnson still in running to purchase Dodgers NorthJersey.com At least one bidder, also speaking on condition of anonymity, was part of a group that had not received a notification from Blackstone Group . More than 12 groups submitted initial bids on Monday. Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson broke two bones in his …Read Full Story
Reporting from San Francisco — First, a name was absent from the lineup card. Then, there was a… Los Angeles Times · 3 hours ago
Alex Rodriguez buried the hatchet with Joe Torre
Joseph Paul Torre (born July 18, 1940) is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former Major League Baseball player. A nine-time All-Star, he played for the Milwaukee …
I love you more! No, no, I love you more! OK, maybe it wasn’t to that extreme, but the much ballyhooed meeting between Dodgers Manager Joe...Read Full Story
MLB Vice President of Baseball Operations Joe Torre sits down with CBS Sports’ James Brown, to discuss his career in Major League Baseball, and the moments and people that shaped him into the player, manager, and executive that he has become.
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You know how Casey Blake went all grand slammy last night in the Dodgers victory? Turns out Torre was wearing one of these amazing “In Beard We Trust” tee-shirts from The LFP .
From Tony Jackson’s game story :
“As Torre spoke, his jersey was unbuttoned far enough to reveal a blue T-shirt underneath, on which was an illustration of a large coin with a profile of third baseman Casey Blake and the words “In Beard We Trust” arching across the top. If Torre is...Read Full Story
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hedge Funds Care to Honor Joe Torre at 14th Annual “Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit,” the Hedge Fund Industry’s Premier Charity Gala
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If anyone knows what mistakes to avoid as an incoming team owner, it’s a former longtime employee of George Steinbrenner. McCourt may or may not have any interest in which candidate will be best for the future of the team, as his choice will likely be ...
Hedge fund head Steven Cohen and groups including Joe Torre and Magic Johnson have survived the first round of cuts in bidding for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dallas owner Mark Cuban, speaking after the Mavericks’ game Friday night, refused to say whether ...
About 10 groups, including one headed by hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors LLC in Stamford, Connecticut ... and a group led by cable investor Leo Hindery and New York financier Marc Utay. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark ...
Joe Torre has resigned his post with Major League Baseball in order to join a group trying to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Since February, Torre had been responsible for major league operations, on-the-field operations, on-the-field discipline and umpiring. MLB announced his resignation this morning.
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Joe Torre leaves his MLB job to join with a group trying to buy the Dodgers. NEW YORK -- Joe Torre resigned Wednesday as Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Joe Torre has quit his job with Major League Baseball to pursue ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the league announced on Wednesday. Torre was named executive vice president for baseball operations in February and took the lead for on-field discipline and umpiring, among other duties. "I am so appreciative of the chance (commissioner Bud Selig) gave me to see the game from a different perspective by working for Major League Baseball...
Kevin Roderick: As of Monday's soft deadline to float a non-binding bid to buy the Dodgers, the players include Magic Johnson, Peter O'Malley, Rick Caruso and Joe Torre, Mark Cuban, Steven Cohen, Stanley Gold and the family of the late Roy Disney plus others.
Joe Torre - history’s greatest monster. Anyway, you can read all about that. In the wake of the reports, I got this e-mail message: I am looking over the 3 part time years that Jorge split with Girardi. Joe must have been drunk. This friggin’ loyalty may have cost Posada the HOF. 1997 - Posada 188 AB, 101 OPS+ 1997 - Girardi 398 AB, 69 OPS+ 1998 - Posada 358 AB, 115 OPS+ 1998 - Girardi 254 AB, 85 OPS+ 1999 - Posada 379 AB, 91 OPS+ 1999...
A community portal about Joe Torre with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Joseph Paul Torre is the manager of the New York Yankees and a former Major League Baseball player in the National League for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Mets. He has also managed each of the teams for which he...more
A community portal about Joe Torre with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Joseph Paul Torre is the manager of the New York Yankees and a former Major League Baseball player in the National League for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Mets. He has also managed each of the teams for which he played in the National League. On May 7, 2006, Torre won his 1,000th game as Yankees manager, making him one of only four Yankees managers to do so.