Commentary
Want to go to Cooperstown? Manage the Yankees
Originally Published: October 18, 2007
By Rob Neyer | ESPN.com
So you're an enterprising young baseball manager with dreams of Cooperstown?
You could do a lot worse than managing the New York Yankees. Since the Yankees became baseball's No. 1 franchise in the early 1920s, there have been some clear patterns through the many decades.
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Joe Torre's 12-year tenure with the Yankees came to an end after he turned down a one-year, $5 million offer to return as their manager. Joe Girardi has agreed to a three-year contract to be Torre's successor.
News
• Dodgers' Little resigns; no word on Torre• Yankees hire Girardi to manage | Changes
• Mattingly still wants to manage
• Reports: Torre could head to Dodgers
• Report: Hank Steinbrenner fires back at Torre
• Torre: Pay cut, incentives doomed deal
• Torre turns down offer to return as skipper
• Shock, sadness greet Torre's departure
• Possible Torre successor hired to manage K.C.
Analysis
• Kreidler: Torre, A-Rod would sure help L.A.• Law: Girardi is perfect choice
• Neyer: Girardi was obvious choice
• Torre, A-Rod could help some team win
• Nelson: Torre changing his stripes
• Klapisch: Will FAs follow Torre out of Bronx?
• Neyer: Torre headed for Cooperstown
• Olney: Torre led pinstripes with class
• Olney: How it ended for Torre
• Olney: Torre survived a dozen seasons
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