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Torre disses $5 million deal. What?!
Posted by Fired Fred on October 19, 2007 3:57 PM
No World Series titles since 2000.
Three straight first round playoff exits.
George Steinbrenner publicly saying Joe ain't coming back if the Yankees and their massive payroll are sidelined in the first round again.
Even with all this, the Boss's offspring still put a deal for $5 million on the table, with incentives that could push it to $8 million and an option year.
Joe went to Florida and asked for more. He didn't get it. How's he feel after making about $70 million off the Yankees just in the last twelve years? Yup, total disrespect...
"When I expressed my dissatisfaction with the length of contract ... I explained that and the incentives, which I took as an insult," Torre said. "If we hadn't started this run, being in five of the first six World Series, I don't know how to say that one is never enough, or two is never enough. You're constantly driving because you know that's the goal you've set for yourself.I'll put it like this, and Sachin, if you're reading this and not out mountain biking or kite surfing, please. Diss me. Insult me with a $5 million offer. I can be bought. Seven digits, pride takes a backseat, no, it gets in the trunk with orders to keep quiet or Bad Stuff will happen.
"The most important thing for me -- sure, money's a part of it, and five million dollars is a lot of money, and I'm not going to make that this year, so I'm not taking it for granted -- but if someone is reducing your salary, it tells you that they're not satisfied with the job you're doing. ... Two years would have opened the door for further discussion, but it just never happened."
I'm begging you. Ignore my pride. Write the check.
It was a pay cut designed to not re-hire him.
$5 mil is a lot of money but not what he made last year.
Posted on: October 20, 2007 8:53 AM