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Maybe the Yankees will fire their manager
Posted on October 9, 2006 1:19 PM
No minor league Double A guy this time. George Steinbrenner wants Joe Torre fired, the tabloids say.
To help things along, one of his players is helping things along by sticking a knife in old Joe's back. Here's what Gary "I unsuspectingly used a steroid cream" Sheffield did to his manager...
Gary Sheffield told USA Today that Joe Torre's decision to bat Alex Rodriguez eighth in Game 4 ended up dooming the Yankees.Gary didn't bother mentioning how he "supported" Joe Torre in the series against the Tigers - .083 batting average, one hit, one RBI, four strikeouts and an error. I wonder if Sheffield needed someone to give him the Heimlich before he could toss Joe under the bus.
"We were worrying about all of that stuff, and we still had a game to play. If I'm on the other side, and all of a sudden they're putting Rodriguez eighth and putting me or Jason on the bench, you wonder what's going on. Those guys [the Tigers] were asking me about it. I think it boosted their morale. It gave them confidence they didn't have," Sheffield told the newspaper.
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