Skip to main content

Yankees Ready To Rumble With Joe Torre & Dodgers

For the last two plus years we have waited for this match-up.

When schedules came out each of the last two Novembers we looked around, hoping to see the L.A. Dodgers making a trip to the Bronx to play the Yankees, if for no other reason than to see Joe Torre return to his old stomping grounds.

Well, the reunion will finally take place, some 3,000 miles away from 161st Street in the Bronx, in L.A.

Joe Torre will finally coach against the New York Yankees.

A lot has been made about Torre's rude departure from the Yankees following a crushing playoff series lose to the Indians in 2007, which was followed by Hal and Hank Stienbrenner refusing to give him the proper extension.

So Torre went off to L.A. From the moment when he donned a Dodgers cap, it looked strange, and the Yankee brass looked foolish in 2008, when Torre led the Dodgers, with arch-rival Manny Ramirez at his side to the NLCS, while the Bronx Bombers missed the playoffs.

Last season, the pain of losing Torre was all forgotten, when the Yankees won the World Series in dominating style over the Phillies. Torre's Dodgers? They lost to the Phillies in the NLCS, the series prior for the second straight year.

Now they finally collide. There will be plenty of emotion from Torre, and his ex-players, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and even current manager Joe Girardi who all played for Torre during their dominant years in the late 1990's. Then of course there is A-Rod, who's lack of admiration for Torre was never lost between them.

Right now the Yankees are in first place in the AL East, while the Dodgers have struggled to fend off San Diego and San Francisco in the western division of the NL.

Dodgers/Yankees has always had a great history, dating back to the days when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn, and fought with the Yankees for World Series titles in the 1950's, then again in the late 1970's, when the Dodgers were Hollywood's team.

Chalk this up as another great chapter in baseballs lost, and, best rivalry.
  • Game one: 10:15 ET on YES Network
  • Game two: 7:10 ET on FOX
  • Game three: 8:00 ET on ESPN

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jets, Dolphins and Patriots Playoff Breakdown

Here are the formuli that could get the Jets into and out of the playoff party this season: 1) If the Jets win against Seattle and Miami, they win the AFC East based on a better conference record (8-4) than the New England Patriots, even if New England wins out as well. 2) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins win out and finish at 11-5, the Jets would be 10-6, or 9-7, and probably out of the playoffs. Both New England and Miami would make the playoffs, with the Dolphins as a divison winner and the Patriots as a wild card. The Patriots make the postseason if Baltimore loses one of its final two games. 3) If the Patriots win out and the Dolphins and Jets split, then the Patriots win the AFC East. The Jets will have to hope that they beat Miami to win that tie-breaker and, further, hope that they have a better conference record than the Baltimore Ravens in order to clinch the sixth seed. 4) If the Patriots and Ravens win out and the Dolphins and Jets split their final two games, then ...
8 comments
Read more

Francisco Lindor Remains Red Hot as Mets Top Phillies

 Francisco Lindor remains the hottest player in Queens right now.  The Mets shortstop blasted two more home runs, including a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning, Monday night to help propel the Mets to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia.   Lindor who typically struggles in the month of April is putting together a heck of a month. Monday's two hit effort was the 10th game in the last 11 where Lindor has recorded a hit. In fact in the month of April alone this year, Lindor was hitting at .311 coming into Monday's action.  On the year, Lindor is batting .284 with five homers and 13 RBI.  Lindor's efforts proved to be prophetic, as the Phillies Alec Bohm crushed a three-run bomb off Edwin Diaz in the top of the ninth to cut the Mets lead to a single run. Fortunately for New York, Diaz was able to shut the door with strikeouts of Trea Turner and Bryce Harper.  New York (16-7) has now won five in a row.  
Post a Comment
Read more

Mets Keep Rolling into Phillies Series

 The New York Mets are feeling pretty good about things right now!  The Amazin's swept a four game series from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, winning 7-4 Sunday afternoon. It was the first time since 1986 that the Amazin's had swept such a series from St. Louis. We all know what happened later that season.    Well, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, because the 2025 version now faces a very stiff challenge. The Mets will face their arch rivals the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday with only two games separating the two teams in the NL East.  The Mets took out Philly in the NLDS last October, so this figures to be a heck of showdown. The Mets begin a month long stretch against teams that are likely postseason contenders like the Phillies, D-Backs, Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers.  If the Mets (15-7) are this good, we will know for sure in a month.
Post a Comment
Read more