There are no secrets in the dugout. In a book published today with co-author Tom Verducci, Joe Torre revealed for the first time the machinations surrounding his leaving the Yankees. He did not want to leave but was maneuvered out of the job and was forced to accept the helm of the lowly Dodgers. What was not know at the time was that Caroline Kennedy had let it be know that she wanted to be manager of the Yankees and GM Brian Cashman actually considered it. Caroline said that although she had never actually been to a baseball game she had listened to them on the radio once or twice and had seen the movie Pride of the Yankees at least six times. Therefore she felt that she was eminently qualified as she was the daughter of a dead president and a society trollop and unlike most others in her family she had not drowned or raped anyone. Recently.
However all of her maneuvering went for naught as the Yankees settled on Joe Giradi. This did nothing to heal the wounds between the Kennedy's and the Torre families as they are now permanently estranged. Here is a photo of Caroline and Joe in happier times when they both spoke at the National Organization of Women's Biggest Pussy of the Year awards in 2003.
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Of course Joe was there to honor A-Rod who has won three American League MVP's but has been the Biggest Pussy of the year for eight consectutive years which is an all time record.
All that photo needs is Marge Schott.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.
Just one half of one New Jersey minute there knox.
To some of us Cincinnati Big Red Machine orphans, Marge was like a mother. Well, a step mother. A step mother with a pack-a-day nursery rhyme singing voice.
Still, we loved her in all the right ways because she never raped or drowned anyone's baby. Not even accidently on purpose.
Joe tells A-Rod that if he wants to fit in he has to get his own coffee. So A-Rod gets his own coffee, takes it to Joe and says, "See Joe? I got my own coffee." And Joe explains (in the book, not to A-Rod) that he meant get your own coffee figuratively not literally.
We're talking multi-millionaires here.
Where did I go wrong?!
P.S. I agree with Meade. Marge was alright.
Knox! That's scary because I was about to say the same thing.
Our local radio personalities Bob & Tom used to have a Marge Schott segment on their morning show. One of the pieces was the Marge Schott Summer Camp for kids.
Absolutely hysterical.
I think Marge was more of a Copenhagen girl than Skoal.
Hoosier, Great minds think alike, eh?
For some reason Helen Thomas and Marge Schott are forever linked in my brain. Although, I bet Marge Schott was a lot more fun. Heck, she's probably funner dead than Helen Thomas is alive.
Now, Meade, no disrespect intended. I grew up with Reds games on the radio or TV nonstop. Marge was a little rough around the edges, is all.
The really sad thing is, when was the last time Cincinnati had a good sports team? I guess I'll have to root for the "Dayton Dragons" when I move back to Ohio.
knox: The last time the Reds went wire to wire was, I'm sorry to say, 19 too-long years ago. Starring: Marge Schott, Lou Piniella, Jose Rijo, Paul O'Neill, Tom Browning, Hal Morris, Jack Armstrong, Barry Larkin, Mariano Duncan... and a cast of tens.
That was a team built primarily by Marge and Pete Rose who the rest of the world looks down their snooty noses at but who are locally much beloved, warts and all. Even Pete never raped or murdered anyone's baby.
When was the last time Cincinnati had a good sports team?
Right now:
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I recall that the Reds won the World Series, in a sweep, on Saturday, October 20, 1990. I recall specifically because it was my wedding day. Let's just say no one was really married until that &#*(%&*( game was over.
And, Meade, I love Charlie Hustle, Joe Morgan and the whole team.
Why does Helen Thomas always look like blood is dripping from her mouth? I know she's an Arab but is that really all there is to it?
Why does Helen Thomas always look like blood is dripping from her mouth?
LOL! So true.
Xavier Musketeers
OK, thanks. I've got to have something to cling to.
knox: ha ha ha. That's true. Better cling with both hands, kiddo.
Ruth Anne: what a sweep year that was. You, swept away into the joys of love and marriage while simultaneously the Reds tasted perfection by going the entire season from opening day to the final out of the swept World Series, in first place.
"Charlie Hustle, Joe Morgan"
Female fans are the most beautiful. Like many female fans her age, my dear mom was on a first name basis with Pete, Joe, Johnny, Davey, Tony, and the others as if she herself had given birth to the entire 1975 team.
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