Dead man walking
As soon as Robinson Cano grounded out to end the game and the series, you knew it’d be about 5 seconds before a NY sportswriter put the finishing touches on his “George Steinbrenner thinking about firing Torre” article. (By the way, do you think A-Rod was secretly praying that Cano would not get on base so he wouldn’t make the last out?) Indeed, a report came out just hours later in the NY Daily News that Torre would be fired and be replaced by Lou Pinella.
As of Monday, no news has been announced about the fate of Torre but Steinbrenner issued a statement saying that the season was a “sad failure” and sources have told the NY Post that George is leaning towards firing Torre. If Torre does get fired, we’ll have to agree with the guy from Freakonomics blog and Salon’s King Kaufman about how silly it would be.
In other news…
[ESPN]: Culpepper, Saban had heated argument Friday
[Soccernista]: Team’s fans beat the crap out of them at the airport (video)
[Mike Tyson’s World Tour]: Tyson explains his World Freakshow Tour
[Wizard of Odds]: Spurrier Throws Assistant Under the Bus
[Hockey Rants]: Michal Handzus Needs Your Help
[USA Today]: Steffi Graf pays $360,000 for Agassi’s rackets
