Hank: Torre, Dodgers, No Better Than Yanks & Don’t Deserve Post-Season
Via Mark Feinsand -
“The biggest problem is the divisional setup in major league baseball. I didn’t like it in the 1970s, and I hate it now,” Steinbrenner wrote. “Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement. But it isn’t fair. You see it this season, with plenty of people in the media pointing out that Joe Torre and the Dodgers are going to the playoffs while we’re not.
“This is by no means a knock on Torre – let me make that clear-but look at the division they’re in. If L.A. were in the AL East, it wouldn’t be in the playoff discussion. The AL East is never weak.”
“I’m happy for Joe, but you have to compare the divisions and the competition,” Steinbrenner wrote. “What if the Yankees finish the season with more wins than the Dodgers but the Dodgers make the playoffs? Does that make the Dodgers a better team? No.”
Steinbrenner also questioned the legitimacy of the Cardinals’ 2006 title, noting that their 83 regular-season victories were two less than the Phillies’ total, but because of the system, St. Louis reached the playoffs as NL Central champs while Philadelphia lost the wild card race to the Dodgers, who had 88 wins.
“People will say the Cardinals were the best team because they won the World Series,” Steinbrenner wrote. “Well, no, they weren’t. They just got hot at the right time. They didn’t even belong in the playoffs. And neither does a team from the N.L. West this season.”
Call me crazy, but, I’m guessing that Hank and Torre will not be exchanging X-mas cards this holiday season.
Hank Steinbrenner, Mr. Class
First, I’ll give Torre an insulting offer instead of having the courage of just not renewing his contract.
Then, I will not once mention his name in the festivities honoring the Stadium.
And finally, I will minimize his accomplishments with a dysfunctional Dodger team by unfavorably comparing Torre’s team to my own pathetic franchise.
Gotta say…
I would prefer to hear, now, from Hank, why he was not at the Stadium on 9/21…rather than hear him talk about this…
Maybe, just maybe, I too am starting to get tired of his act…
I would prefer to hear, now, from Hank, why he was not at the Stadium on 9/21…
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He wasn’t there?
Interesting..
nope he wasn’t, hal was tho
>> I would prefer to hear, now, from Hank, why he was not at the Stadium on 9/21…rather than hear him talk about this… >>
ESPN reports that he was at home watching the game with Pops…