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Joe Torre's surprising Mets know closest thing to 60-game sprint
Inside, away from the deafening roar of his players, the manager of the Mets tried to play it off as just another baseball game. That’s what managers do after all...
Yankees family fondly remembers their 'gentle giant'
Bob Watson and Joe Torre were teammates on the 1973 NL All-Star team and Watson played for Torre for three years in Atlanta. But it was in The Bronx where...
Hank Steinbrenner was The Boss-like Yanks heir who faded away
Even as Hank Steinbrenner continued to channel his father and unload on the Red Sox or small market teams or Joe Torre, it was becoming more obvious as the 2008...
‘We’re dead’: The ominous ALCS meeting that foretold Astros cheating doom
Joe Torre reportedly warned the Astros and Red Sox what was going to happen if they were in fact cheating. By then, it was already too late. Torre met with...
Ex-Met replaces Joe Torre as MLB's disciplinarian
ORLANDO, Fla. — Major League Baseball will have a new disciplinarian. Hall of Famer Joe Torre, who has headed baseball operations at the commissioner’s office since 2011, is shifting to...
Core Four weighs in on Derek Jeter's Hall of Fame election
Derek Jeter's fellow Core Four members sent their congratulations to baseball's newest Hall of Famer in statements on the Yankees Twitter account on Tuesday. Jeter entered the National Baseball Hall...
Nationals star calls out Joe Torre during World Series controversy
A hot mic made Tuesday night’s chaos at the World Series an even more heated situation. During the controversial 10-minute delay in the seventh inning of Game 6, Fox microphones...
'I never got over it': Yankees won't easily forget this pain
Their kids need to be dropped off and picked up. The soft greens at Pelican Hill added to the Southern California climate are a seductive exacta. The banged-up bodies eventually...
Where Mickey Callaway fits in Mets' all-time managers ranking
The Mets are hiring again, so it’s a timely thing to see where the New Guy can find himself in one man’s list of all-time (non-interim) Mets managers: 1. Gil...
MLB's sad reason for rejecting Mets 9/11 hats
Pete Alonso may keep fighting the good fight, but MLB does not sound inclined to change its stance. Joe Torre, its chief baseball officer, said he doesn’t foresee MLB changing...
Joe Torre's biggest pet peeve with Yankees, MLB ejections
There never has been more information available when it comes to arguments with umpires, players and managers — and Joe Torre isn’t thrilled with that fact in his role as...
Derek Jeter's unanimous Hall of Fame quest gains steam
If Mariano Rivera’s unanimous election to the Hall of Fame opened the floodgates, it’s only logical Derek Jeter would be next. The legendary Yankee shortstop, up for election next year,...
Mariano Rivera won't be a stranger in Cooperstown
Nothing can match the scene at Cooperstown’s lovely Otesaga Resort Hotel on Hall of Fame weekend, as legends golf, dine and swap stories on the veranda before heading to their...
Joe Girardi was this close to managing the Dodgers
Joe Girardi’s managing career was moments away from taking a drastic turn. Former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti joined Jon Heyman and Rob Bradford on the “Big Time Baseball” podcast...
Note to Daniel Jones: These NY stars were once unpopular, too
Daniel Jones wasn’t a widely popular pick by the Giants with the sixth overall selection in the NFL draft, but local history shows the Duke quarterback has a chance to...
The worst of Mariano Rivera revealed his absolute greatness
What if Buck Showalter had known? That is how I began my book, “Birth of a Dynasty,” published more than a decade ago. I wondered what would have happened had...
Stottlemyre rose above Yankees noise to become an inspiration
Time has covered up the level of chaos that reigned over the Yankees from March 10 to May 18 of 1999. It hardly felt like the midpoint of a dynasty....
What Joe Torre didn't say could explain Steinbrenner Hall snub
LAS VEGAS — Joe Torre spoke like a man who had seen the light. Or if you’re someone who believes George Steinbrenner belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the...
Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte on Hall of Fame ballot
Joe Torre has made no secret that without Mariano Rivera, he may not have made it into the Hall of Fame. “You can’t freeze the ball, so you’ve got to...
The Yankees history Mets could repeat in surprising GM search
LOS ANGELES -- It was a mess. The former GM, Gene Michael, was helping to pick his successor (sound familiar to Omar Minaya and John Ricco?). Legitimate candidates for the...