What do former Yankees manager Joe Torre and new Mets general manager Sandy Alderson have in common? It certainly isn't good timing: while Torre took the reins of the Yankees at the start of their resuscitation as the best team in baseball, Alderson took over in the midst of the Madoff mess, and is suffering through it now. But according to reports, Torre will be named the new as MLB's executive vice president for baseball operations, the job Alderson held before getting cajoled into the accepting the Mets job.
Among other things, the new job puts Torre in charge of overseeing umpires and on-field discipline...and he'll earn $2 million a year! Torre, who is still beloved by NY fans, retired as manager of the LA Dodgers at the end of last season. He was replaced in the Dodgers by former Yankee Don Mattingly; meanwhile, we continue our never-ending, silent campaign to hand over the reins of the entire MLB to former Mets manager and Connecticut public servant Bobby Valentine.
