Joe Torre, without question, has had a successful run for the past 12 years as the manager of the Yankees. His last 3 year contract worked out to a salary busting 7.5 million a year -- more than twice as much as any other baseball manager. After being knocked out of the first playoff round for the third time in three years, the Yankee organization offered him 5 million for one more year, plus another million as incentive for each round advanced in the playoffs. So Joe could have made 8 million next year if the yanks won the world championship. Joe not only turned it down, but called the offer an "insult." Was he being reasonable? He would still be, by far, the highest paid manager in baseball. Is he really woth so much more than everyone else? It's quite common for a player's salary to be reduced at the end of his career, why should it be any different for a manager?
2007-10-20
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