Keep Your Friends Close But Keep Your Enemies Closer

We wont find out the future of Joe Torre until sometime next week. Rumors abound as to who could, would or should take over if the axe falls. There is talk of Donny Baseball taking over the helm. I support that idea but not yet, he needs more experience. But in the meantime it seems everyone in baseball has Joe Torre's back, even in the most unlikely of places. By that I mean David Ortiz, Terry Francona, and pretty much the rest of the Red Sox roster.

It is strange for me to be grateful for a comment by a red sox player, its kind of like when Darth Vader suddenly had a change of heart and threw the Emperor down that chute. But in my opinion Ortiz hits the nail on the head when he says:

"Every organization is like a human body. It has a head that if you mess with it, it just goes down," said Ortiz, "Joe Torre is the head of that organization. He's one of the best managers in baseball. You've got to have a good head to keep the body together like that."

"Even if they got knocked out, you've got to give him credit for that," Ortiz said. "You've definitely got to give the man respect. If he doesn't go back to the Yankees, they're going to feel that next year somewhere. This guy knows what he's doing."

Francona had this to say:

"I have a lot of respect for how Joe does things," Francona said. "It's one of those things where I've talked to Joe a lot actually this year, before series and after series - never out on the field because people don't want to see that.

"We've spoken quite a few times. Just about the chaos of our series, you know, how it's tough on everybody. I have a lot of respect for Joe."

So everyone in baseball seems to think Torre has done a good job, even the Yankees arch enemies. What's wrong with this picture?

In other news Mr. Clemens isn't sure about his plans for next year yet. Mrs. Clemens isn't so up in the air. If she has anything to say about it he'll be throwing ribs on the grill next year instead of fast balls from the mound. I mean honestly Roger, I know that you have a fierce competitive spirit, but you by no means earned your 18 million this year. We brought you in to win big games for us and what did we get? A 6-6 record and three innings pitched in the ALDS. What team in their right mind would waste more money on you? Sit back, relax, crack open a beer and wait for the call from Cooperstown. If you get bored I'm sure that there are plenty of opportunities in sports broadcasting, or even working as a pitching coach. But the time has come to know when to say when.

*Something is screwed up with the post today so sorry if it is a bit hard to read.