Joseph Paul Torre (twitter: @joetorre)

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 212 lb.

Born: July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: James Madison HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1960 (Age 20)   vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals/Mets 1960-1977

Final Game: June 17, 1977 (Age 36)   vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Frank Torre
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• 1/9 MLB Injury News: Rockies' SS Troy Tulowitzki All The Way Back:  When I last reported on Troy Tulowitzki (December 13), the two-time All Star had declared himself 98% ready to play. ...
• 1/4 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 WBC Team USA projections Version 2.2: It’s time for another round of WBC projections for Team USA! Like last time, players who have been absolutely super-confirmed...
• 1/2 Tomahawk Take: Braves All-Decade Teams: The 1960′s: We now head back to the 60′s for today’s all-decade team, a time when the Braves spent more time in Milwaukee than...

• 12/31 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 WBC Team USA projections Version 2.2: It’s time for another round of WBC projections for Team USA! Like last time, players who have been absolutely super-confirmed...
• 12/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Matsui Calls it Quits: After a productive ten-year career in the big leagues that followed ten seasons of professional baseball in Japan, Hideki...
• 12/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees Belt-Tightening, Part I—A Cranky Fanbase Grows Crankier: To gauge the short-term, “what have you done for me lately,” nature of sports fandom, you need only look at the absurd demands...
• 12/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 12/19 Mets360.com: : 1989 TOPPS/LJN RANDY MYERS On this date in 1989, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel was in its second week at...
• 12/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 12/17 161st and River: The 12 Yanks of Christmas: Christmas is just 8 days away, so I thought it’d be fun to get into the spirit, Yankee style.  I give you “The 12...
• 12/12 MLB Injury News: Mariano Rivera Unwraps Christmas Gift to the Yankees: Vows to be Ready Opening Day:  Mariano Rivera was at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, ostensibly to parti**** in the New York Yankees annual holiday food drive. ...
• 12/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE CURTAIN FALLS ON ACT ONE: Sometimes things happen in life that makes you think. Sometimes alittle too much. Sometimes all the writing in the world...

• 11/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Marvin Miller—A Man Of Vision And Guts: Marvin Miller’s death at 95 has spurred public expressions of appreciation and recognition of all he did for baseball, baseball...
• 11/26 161st and River: Interviews | Scott Brosius: During the modern Yankee dynasty of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Scott Brosius was an indispensable cog in the Yankee machine....
• 11/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Should the September active 40-man be limited?MLB is considering making equal numbers and potentially fewer players available in September games. Good idea or bad?...
• 11/24 Mets360.com: Orel Hershiser and Bob Gibson: Opposite ends of the autograph spectrum: During Thanksgiving I got an early Christmas present when my sister gave me this autographed ball of Orel Hershiser. My sister...
• 11/19 60ft6in.com: Instant Replay Revised: Joe Torre was recently quoted saying this about instant replay: “The thing is our game is a little unique. There’s...
• 11/19 Call to the Pen: Blue Jays Seek Edge in Manager, None Edgier than Ozzie Guillen: The only team left in baseball without a manager is the one team that has been most active during the Hot Stove season. According...
• 11/19 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Vernon named as manager of the new franchise: November 19 1936 Dubbed “the pitcher who got an 11 year tryout” by Bucky Harris, southpaw Bobby Burke is sent to the...
• 11/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Blue Jays Managerial Search and the ESPN Disease: Jim Riggleman isn’t a bad idea as manager for the Blue Jays, but he hasn’t heard from them. You’d never know that unless...
• 11/16 MLB Injury News: Derek Jeter's Ankle Injury Could Mean the End is Near: The NY Daily News reported on Thursday that Derek Jeter, Yankee Captain, is on schedule to return from his broken ankle, suffered...
• 11/15 Lasorda's Lair: Ramon Troncoso Has Left The Building: One of the longest tenured Dodgers in the organization has left the building. Try not to get too broken up about it. The news...
• 11/14 Lasorda's Lair: The 2013 Dodgers Coaching Staff: The Dodgers announced their coaching lineup for the 2013 season today. There wasn’t many huge changes other than a couple...
• 11/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Yankees Offseason Notes: Red Sox interested in Kuroda, Martinez, GIBBY Awards, Roster Rules, Pitcher Protection?: Good evening everyone. With the GM Meetings happening in California there has been news coming from the Yankees organization all...
• 11/5 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: November 5 1914 The law prohibiting Sunday baseball in Washington remains intact when the Court of Appeals upholds the ban. 1940...
• 11/4 Mets360.com: What would you tell Joan Payson in 1975?: My Facebook friend Mike Emeigh had an interesting post over at BTF the other day where he asked: Wind back the calendar to 1975....

• 10/31 Bronx Baseball Daily: Girardi called A-Rod to discuss benching, future: Inadvertently or not, the Yankees humiliated Alex Rodriguez when they pinch hit for him and benched him in the playoffs and...
• 10/29 That Ball's Outta Here: Giants World Series Win Means They’re Kind of a Dynasty, Maybe: OK, great. The team with the stupid beards won another World Series. Let’s all punch ourselves in the face. Yes, the Giants...
• 10/27 Bronx Baseball Daily: Girardi tried to spare A-Rod’s feelings during ALCS: When Yankees manager Joe Girardi pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez in the ALDS with Raul Ibanez the P.A. announcer, as is typical,...
• 10/23 That Ball's Outta Here: Cards On The Table: All Brothers Are Not Created Equal: If Alex Rodriguez had a brother, the Phillies would have signed him. If Barry Bonds had a brother, the Phillies would have signed...
• 10/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees By The Mailbox: Will the Yankees mail it in or will they put up a fight? They know first-hand and on the wrong end that being down 3 games to...
• 10/8 PaulLebowitz.com: Terry Francona Chooses the Indians—Why?: Terry Francona could conceivably have had his choice of jobs as the baseball managerial wheel spins. But, shockingly (to me at...

• 9/2 The Captain's Blog: Girardi’s Steady Handy Guides Yanks Down Stretch; Manager Proved Mettle in 2008: Mariano Rivera. Andy Pettitte. Alex Rodriguez. CC Sabathia. Mark Teixeira. That litany, which would normally read like a roll...

• 8/12 Rising Apple: This Day in Mets History: 1977 – Felix Millan’s MLB Career Slammed To The Ground By Pittsburgh’s Ed Ott: On This Date:  August 12, 1977 The Pittsburgh Pirates were perennial contenders in 1977 with sluggers such as Dave Parker, Willie...
• 8/2 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 1963 – Mets Split Twin Bill with Braves at the County: The 1963 New York Mets are an…uh…improved team? New York has certainly taken this new National League presence to...

• 6/27 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Jed Lowrie, Jorge Soler, Cardinals Draft: It was on this day in 1973 that Cardinals infielder Joe Torre hit for the cycle in a 15-4 rout of the Pirates at Three Rivers...
• 6/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: JOE TORRE TO MANAGE TEAM USA AT 2013 WBC: USA Baseball announced today that Joe Torre has been named manager of Team USA for the 2013 World Baseball Classic...

• 5/24 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: Let’s move back to 1962 and start off with the New York Mets. This is going to be pretty interesting, I think. Before you...
• 5/16 Mets360.com: Citi Field to host the 2013 All-Star game: After much talk, many rumors and speculation, the 2013 All-Star game will officially be at Citi Field.  Alongside Mr. Met, Mayor...
• 5/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Soriano Should Replace Rivera: Mariano Rivera was likely lost to the Yankees for the season after tearing his knee—NY Times Story. A decision will have...
• 5/3 NY Baseball Digest: Is the Yanks-Orioles Rivalry Back?: After beating the Yankees last night, the Orioles are now 16-9 and a game behind Tampa in the AL East. The team that most pundits...

• 4/30 High Heat Stats: The greatest Detroit Tiger: Brandon Inge ?!?!?!?!?: Brandon Inge was released by the Tigers and is poised to join the Oakland Athletics. For a while, it looked as if Inge would spend...
• 4/21 PaulLebowitz.com: After The Fenway Party, There Was a Game: I didn’t see it, but by all accounts the Red Sox did a great job with their celebration of Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary....
• 4/20 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1960s: This team is so stacked that I had to leave out Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Al Kaline, Roberto Clemente, Carl Yastrzemski,...
• 4/20 NY Baseball Digest: Bobby V Not the Only Manager that Needs a Good Weekend: It’s Bobby Valentine vs. Joe Girardi this weekend. We all know that Valentine needs a big weekend, but the manager opposite...
• 4/6 NY Baseball Digest: Yankees 2012: Raising the Bar Even Higher Than Normal: How good are the 2012 Yankees? On paper they appear to be a 100-win ball club and the favorite to win the American League pennant....

• 3/30 El Maquino: > DID MAGIC & CO. JUST MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE?: Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead has been heard high above Los Angeles today since the early morning hours as one of the city’s...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Axford, Mets, Indians, Damon, Red Sox: On this day in 1969, the Braves traded infielder Joe Torre to the Cardinals for Orlando Cepeda.  Here's a look at what's happening...
• 3/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: All-Time Cardinals Tourney – Round One – Musial Region: Let’s make with the voting and the advancing of teams! Below is the first round of the Musial Region in the All-Time Cardinals...
• 3/6 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks- Red Sox Won’t Be the Same Again: When it was announced that Bobby Valentine would be the new manager of the Red Sox, I wrote how this would “**** up”...

• 2/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Aftermath of A.J. Burnett: It’s indicative of the Yankees that they thought A.J. Burnett, Javier Vazquez, Kyle Farnsworth and others would be transformed...
• 2/13 PaulLebowitz.com: What Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us: Everyone’s jumping on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon. Hey, even I’m doing it and I don’t know anything about basketball and can’t...
• 2/8 NY Baseball Digest: Second Super Bowl Doesn’t Put Manning in Jeter’s Class: This is a response to Mike Silva’s piece on Saturday in which he raves about New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, and how...
• 2/7 PaulLebowitz.com: The YES Network and Its Reporting Sham: The failure of the YES Network to acknowledge the Brian Cashman-stalker story as anything of note should prove with finality that...
• 2/3 Mets360.com: Terry Collins on hot seat as year two is pivotal for Mets managers: If fans picked the team’s manager, it is highly unlikely that Terry Collins would have gotten the job last season. But if you...

• 1/30 Baseball Musings: Washington Extended: The Rangers gave Ron Washington a contract extension through the 2014 season: Ron Washington has the third longest tenure of any...
• 1/25 My Pinstripes: Jorge Rides Off Into The Sunset: Tuesday morning, Jorge Posada said goodbye to the New York Yankees organization. A "family" that he had been a part of for 17...
• 1/25 NY Baseball Digest: Did the Yankees Front Office Build Kim Jones’ Profile?: Over at Sports Media Watchdog, I broke down the news regarding Kim Jones departure from the YES Network. It appears that Newsday’s...
• 1/24 NY Baseball Digest: Posada Was No Thurman Munson: Jorge Posada officially announced his retirement at Yankee Stadium. “Hopefully you won’t miss me that much,”...
• 1/12 High Heat Stats: WAAS Experiment #1: Adjusted WAAS: In a long exchange on the original WAAS post, reader Robert proposed adjusting the WAAS method to account for partial seasons.Basic...
• 1/6 The Daily Catch: Joe Torre Owner: This article is courtesy of our friends at Call to the Pen Written by: Lew Freedman Joe Torre has been an All-Star player and...
• 1/4 Baseball Musings: Torre! Torre! Torre!: Joe Torre resigned his position with Major League Baseball to pursue ownership of the Dodgers: Torre was appointed MLB’s...

• 12/12 High Heat Stats: Win Probability Added (Jose Bautista posts an all-time great season): Here's a look at Win Probability Added (WPA) leaders in 2011. Turns out we saw a little bit of history. Rk Player WPA ...
• 12/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Pujols Departure Makes Like Easier for Matheny: No manager—especially one who’s brand new and has never done it before—wants to have to come to an agreement...

• 11/30 NY Baseball Digest: Bobby V Should Revive Stale Rivalry: The Red Sox and Yankees have been called the “best rivalry in sports,” but it hasn’t been that way in a long time. As a...
• 11/18 Baseball Musings: My Funny Valentine: With the Red Sox suddenly looking at Bobby Valentine as their next manager, Joel Sherman draws a parallel with the Yankees of...
• 11/9 High Heat Stats: Wilson Ramos kidnapped: In an incredibly scary development, Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his home country of Venezuela. Not...
• 11/3 WasWatching: Matty Alou: Matty Alou passed away. Via Big League Stew - There’s great sadness in the house of one of baseball’s greatest families...
• 11/3 Mets360.com: Ranking the nine players & mangers in Mets history: Counting interim managers, the Mets have had 20 different skippers in their 50 seasons. Nine of those also played for the Mets...
• 11/2 NY Baseball Digest: Could We See La Russa Return as the Yankees Manager?: Tony La Russa said his days of managing are over when he announced his retirement on Monday. I don’t want to call La...
• 11/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Replacing LaRussa: Let’s take a look at some of the potential replacements (from my own addled head) for the retired Tony LaRussa as manager...

• 10/27 MetsToday.com: Spilled Milk Part One: What-If Trades In Met History: First off a little brown-nosing–Joe’s article on what if the Mets hadn’t made certain moves was very entertaining and...
• 10/26 B-R Blog: Best season by a 29-year-old catcher (**** Mike Napoli!): Mike Napoli has just posted the best season by a 29-year-old catcher, as ranked by OPS+. CLick through for the details. Rk Player...
• 10/17 NY Baseball Digest: Bobby Valentine, Executive Producer, But What’s Next?: Big league manager on two continents, ESPN broadcaster, civil servant in Stamford, CT and now executive producer is a term you...
• 10/14 NY Baseball Digest: Top 5 Managers in Baseball, Mega-Contracts, Breaking Points: The playoffs have brought about much debate about managers and their impact. Every night you hear complaints on Twitter about...
• 10/13 PaulLebowitz.com: The Red Sox Come Apart: How long ago it seems that Eric Ortiz of NESN wrote that ridiculous piece suggesting that the 2011 Red Sox were going to challenge...
• 10/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Paul Konerko As Player-Manager Could Not Have Worked: Before hiring Robin Ventura, White Sox GM Kenny Williams said he considered Paul Konerko as player-manager—Chicago Tribune...
• 10/11 B-R Blog: Keeps gettin’ better: Paul Konerko as player/manager: This from ESPN.com: White Sox GM considered Paul Konerko as player/manager before hiring Robin Ventura I wonder if he tried to...
• 10/9 El Maquino: BREWERS DROP THE HAMMER IN NLCS GAME ONE: > The Cards dropped Game One on their toes, getting tossed around by Milwaukee for most of the game with the exception of...
• 10/8 NY Baseball Digest: 2011 Cardinals Might Be Tony LaRussa’s Best Job Ever: Tony LaRussa might be the Alex Rodriguez of managers in the sense he is polarizing and everyone seems to have an opinion of him....
• 10/5 PaulLebowitz.com: This Is Not A Review Of Moneyball: I went to see Moneyball yesterday. This is not a recommendation nor is it a condemnation of the film, merely facts as I see them...
• 10/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Francona-Red Sox Parting Is Mutual And Amicable…For Now: The Terry Francona-Red Sox divorce didn’t take the road of the humiliating cuss-fest of Jimmy Johnson-Jerry Jones with the...

• 9/27 NY Baseball Digest: $16.5 Million Dollar Man, Girardi is Moneyball Mgr, Bunting, 70s Baseball, Catching ****: A.J. Burnett very well may have a great shot to pitch Game 3 of the ALDS. Joel Sherman laid out the Yanks strategy in a recent...
• 9/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Donnie Baseball’s Crisis Control: We’ll never know what would’ve happened had Don Mattingly gotten the job to manage the Yankees after the 2007 season....
• 9/17 NY Baseball Digest: Don Mattingly and NL Mgr of the Year, Reyes Negotiation Strategy, Rule V: I was extremely skeptical of Don Mattingly taking over as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The former Yankees star didn’t...
• 9/15 NY Baseball Digest: What Is Your Favorite Old Ballpark? Honoring Torre, Wright’s Crossroad and Friendly Neighborhood: Last night the SNY booth was discussing old ballparks and it gave me the idea to reach out to my Twitter and Facebook followers...
• 9/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Enough With The Mets And The Hats And The MLB And The Selig And The Torre: Mets manager Terry Collins is right. The whole Mets/hat issue from 9/11 needs to go away. Bud Selig’s “embarrassment”...
• 9/12 NY Baseball Digest: Morning Digest: Mets and MLB Drop the Ball on First Responder Tribute: There was no Mike Piazza to homer off Steve Karsay last night. Even if there were, I doubt yesterday’s Mets- Cubs game could...
• 9/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Bud Selig As The Lobotomized Roger Goodell: While the idea of the Mets wearing hats from the NYPD and FDNY was symbolic and small in the grand scheme of remembrances of the...
• 9/9 NY Baseball Digest: David Robertson: Best Setup Season in Yankees History?: Joel Sherman discussed the importance of David Robertson in a column in yesterday’s New York Post. Robertson is having a...
• 9/3 NY Baseball Digest: If Cashman Bolts, Would Billy Beane in NY Make Sense?: Most people in baseball believe that Brian Cashman will return to the Yankees after this season. He has a great relationship with...

• 8/25 NY Baseball Digest: Girardi Will Perish If He Doesn’t Embrace the NY Media: The firestorm of Saturday’s Joe Girardi/A.J. Burnett/Jack Curry confrontation has been put on the backburner. It will take...
• 8/24 NY Baseball Digest: Martin Yanks MVP, Best Mgr Job in NYY History, **** Twittergate, Golden Age of Philadelphia Sports: Yesterday, I talked about Curtis Granderson being my favorite for the AL MVP. But if you read Jeff Bradley’s column...
• 8/22 NY Baseball Digest: Joe Girardi: Jeff Torborg With a Talented Team: The 1992 Mets were a talented team on paper, but a combination of injuries, underperforming stars, and lack of leadership from...
• 8/21 NY Baseball Digest: Morning Digest: Classic Media Meltdown Edition: The New York media has gone soft. As someone who starting watching sports in the first days of WFAN, the era of the Worst Team...
• 8/18 i70baseball.com: Is Fernando Salas A Closer ?: Fernando Salas has just blown his fourth save for the Cardinals. How does that compare among the other closers in St. Louis ?...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Weaver Suspended, Guillen Not?: So let me get this straight…. Throwing at a batter’s head (see Jered Weaver) will get you suspended. Understood. But...
• 8/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Girardi And Cashman’s Underappreciated Skills: What would you have said in March if you were told that the 2011 Yankees would get nothing positive from Rafael Soriano, Phil...

• 7/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Classic Yankees: Joe Torre: Soon, we should see the #6 retired. Joe Torre is right up there with Miller Huggins, Joe McCarthy (neither of whom wore a...
• 7/12 NY Baseball Digest: Why Jeter’s Postseason Totals Aren’t Just a Random Sample: The new thought process from the statistically inclined is the postseason is a “random sample size” and nothing can...
• 7/12 My Pinstripes: What The Opposition Had to Say About DJ 3K: As you read these comments, a lot of them from the top players in the game, you know that it's mainly scrubs and jealous players...
• 7/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Fired For Following The Mandate: Sometimes there are explanations for failure. Sometimes there aren’t. And occasionally the failure is perceived in practice,...

• 6/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Jim Riggleman Shouldn’t Have Quit…: …he should’ve waited for the Nationals to fire him. When the news first broke that Riggleman had resigned, it was...
• 6/21 The Captain's Blog: Dynasty Debate: Comparing Torre’s Yankees and Sparky’s Big Red Machine: Aside from Murders Row, no other baseball team nickname has been as evocative and, perhaps intimidating, as the Big Red Machine...
• 6/17 B-R Blog: Three Tigers at .300 BA/.500 SLG: Through June 16, there were 16 qualifying hitters [see note at end of post] with a .300+ BA and .500+ slugging average. The Tigers...
• 6/15 NY Baseball Digest: Are Yankees Fans Tired of the Nineties?: It’s always hard to take the temperature of an entire fan base. The internet is a great tool to accomplish this; however it’s...
• 6/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Joba Ruination Is Now Complete: Noble and misguided, the Joba Rules surrounding the use of one-time Yankees phenom Joba Chamberlain demolished what was once...
• 6/6 B-R Blog: Just how bad is Albert Pujols’ season?: Albert Pujols is having a subpar season by his own amazing standards. (OK, I wrote this post minutes before Pujols' second straight...
• 6/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 6.4.2011: Gabriel writes RE Buster Posey and Scott Cousins: What people don’t really see is that Posey did not suffer a concussion nor...
• 6/4 NY Baseball Digest: New York Becoming the Place for Athletes to Avoid: This city is rotten. At least that is what it appears athletes outside the Big Apple believe. Yesterday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

• 5/26 NY Baseball Digest: Mariano Rivera: A Modern Day Babe Ruth: Mariano Rivera made his debut on May 23rd, 1995. Since then, so much has happened to the Yankees, the world, and the game of baseball....
• 5/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Paul Splittorff’s Yankees Connection Never To Be Broken: Former Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff died today after a battle with cancer—KansasCity.com Story. I vaguely remember Splittorff...
• 5/21 NY Baseball Digest: ’97 Subway Series Still the Best: Hours after I did my annual “the Subway Series has jumped the shark” rant, R.A. **** Justin Turner, and the Mets bullpen...
• 5/20 NY Baseball Digest: Time to Address the Jump the Shark Series: Last May I wrote the following: I just don’t have the same juice for the Subway Series the last few years like when it first...
• 5/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 5.17.2011: Patrick writes RE the Yankees: In fairness to Joe Torre (and those are not easy words for me to type) Rodriguez had been about...
• 5/16 NY Baseball Digest: Jeter Now About Legacy Not Captaincy: “If I thought he did something wrong, I’d be the first to tell him,”- Derek Jeter on Jorge Posada. The Jorge...
• 5/16 PaulLebowitz.com: Baseball Euthanasia: Jorge Posada‘s apology notwithstanding, as long as he fails to hit he’ll be an issue in the Yankees clubhouse. Much...
• 5/9 NY Baseball Digest: MLB Fraternizing and Pat Riley: This blurb on Sunday by ESPN’s Buster Olney (subscription required) caught my attention: Before every game, position players...
• 5/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 7.7.2011: Rather than take random shots at me and drastically alter the context and tone of what I’ve written based on convenience...
• 5/6 NY Baseball Digest: Does Girardi Have it Harder Than Anyone in History?: .bbpBox66237477031116800 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/198659308/60475_128797323836835_120342454682322_143514_644122_n.jpg)...
• 5/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 5.1.2011: Nicole writes RE my review of the Joe DiMaggio book—link: Paul – bravo! That is one of the best book reviews I’ve read...

• 4/26 Bay City Ball: Dodgers’ present murky, future bright – Broxton’s mostly the former: Things aren’t going all that swell in Hollywood right now, not after Old Bud (Selig) decided to summon his infinite powers and...
• 4/25 PaulLebowitz.com: The Jeter Book: I’m not getting into a detailed analysis of something I haven’t read, but you have to understand that the new book...
• 4/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Emergency Powers—Selective And Despotic: Anytime you have a decision made based on the good of the community and delivered by unquestioned decree, you should question...
• 4/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong: Given the current events, it’s ironic that the title of this posting and its creation emanates from spin doctoring. A hit...
• 4/14 The Captain's Blog: Lobbing Hand Grenades: Feliciano’s Arm Goes Limp, but Cashman Continues to Throw His Words Around: Pedro Feliciano didn’t make this much news when he was almost literally pitching every day for the Mets, but in his short tenure...
• 4/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Challenge, Catastrophe Or Both?: In yesterday’s NY Daily News, Bill Madden wrote about Tony La Russa and the spate of injuries that could derail the Cardinals...
• 4/1 The Captain's Blog: Remembering Forgettable Opening Day Performances: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By going 0-5 with...

• 3/24 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: Joe Torre: 1977 TOPPS JOE TORRE People like to attach themselves to greatness by claiming to be at epic sporting events. I don’t know if...
• 3/19 NY Baseball Digest: My Perspective on Joe Torre: The perception of Joe Torre by Yankees fans is one of the more interesting dynamics we have seen in this town. You have two camps...
• 3/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Joe Torre Planning to Attend Yankees Old-Timers’ Day: Via Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News: “I may be letting the cat out of the bag,” former Yankees...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Yankees Dynasty of the 1990s and the 2010 A’s: In Buster Olney’s very good book The Last Night of the Yankees Dynasty (which as an aside is a fantastic read as it uses...
• 3/18 The Captain's Blog: Yanks, Torre to Reunite on Old Timer’s Day; Could Further Honors Be on the Agenda?: The 1990s Dynasty has its manager back. Following a three-year estrangement, the Yankees and Joe Torre officially buried the hatchet....
• 3/11 B-R Blog: 2+ Opening Day HRs Twice: Since 1920, how many players have hit 2+ homers in their team's first game of a season more than once? It's a small group - Rk...
• 3/8 The Captain's Blog: Crying Game: Tears Have Always Been a Part of Baseball: Who says there’s no crying in baseball? Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s suggestion that a couple of his players were...
• 3/8 Baseball Musings: Ng Advances: Kim Ng, long to be the most likely person to be the first female general manager in baseball, moves up to the commissioner’s...

• 2/27 Baseball Musings: Torre and Robinson: Murray Chass rips Bud Selig over the hiring of Joe Torre while passing over Frank Robinson. Chass also claims that Selig is not...
• 2/25 NY Baseball Digest: Learning from 1996: The Yankees run of excellence is going on its fifteenth year. So much has happened since then it feels like that first championship...
• 2/21 Braves Journal: Scotts Linebrink and Proctor: Two ragarmed righthanders in their thirties. Linebrink was a second-round pick of the Giants way back in ’97 who flopped...
• 2/11 PAAPFLY: Cubs fans can dream: Sorry, Cardinals fans, this is going to be painful.Jason Rosenberg of It’s About the Money (IIATMS) recently had his day as...
• 2/2 NY Baseball Digest: Brandon Tierney’s New York Dream Team: Here is a fun baseball discussion on this horrible winter day. Brandon Tierney of ESPN Radio puts together a New York “Dream...

• 1/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Blind And Blockheaded: Carl Pavano agreed to a 2-year, $16.5 million deal to remain with the Twins yesterday. But that’s not the story regarding...
• 1/20 NY Baseball Digest: It’s Only “Fun” If you Win: The big story here locally is the Jets quest to return to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1969. Rex Ryan has become the...
• 1/17 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest Birthdays: Don Zimmer | Baseball Digest: If you look up the word “character” in the dictionary, there’s a good chance you’ll see a picture of Don Zimmer next to...
• 1/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankeeist Interview with former Yankee catcher John Ellis: I’m extremely honored to present the first player interview in Yankeeist history, as former Bomber backstop John Ellis was generous...

• 12/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Herzog Identity: For better or worse, baseball managers in St. Louis will probably be compared to Whitey Herzog for a long time to come.  Many...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: Oberkfell moves up to Mets’ bench coach: The new bench coach for the New York Mets will be Ken Oberkfell, a 16-year MLB veteran and 16-year minor league manager, the past...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: Remembering the 1977 Jon Matlack 4-Way Deal: If you ask most fans to name a four-team deal, the one that jumps to mind is the 2004 deal among the Red Sox, Twins, Cubs and...
• 12/8 NY Baseball Digest: Listen: Day 3 of the Winter Meetings @ 7pm: We have more Cliff Lee talk as the Yankees have finally made an offer. I also talk about the unfair treatment of the Mets offseason...
• 12/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Sometimes They're Poisoned: Or maybe they just don't grow as expected: Josh McDaniels was fired as head coach of the Denver Broncos yesterday----ESPN...

• 11/27 NY Baseball Digest: Looking Back: Albert Belle Was Nearly a Yankee: There was some reminiscing going on at River Avenue Blues this holiday weekend as they remembered how close Bernie Williams was...
• 11/26 NY Baseball Digest: Fan Loyalty Different in Era of Free Agency: One of the biggest surprises out of the Derek Jeter/Yankees contract feud is the response by the fans. It appears more than just...
• 11/26 PaulLebowitz.com: The Two Terrys: The Francona-Collins parallel: On the surface, you'd never think there was any common denominators between Red Sox manager...
• 11/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Containment Of Damage: An underlying atmosphere of grumping: The reaction to yesterday's posting regarding Derek Jeter vs the Yankees elicited a...
• 11/23 NY Baseball Digest: Collins Must Partner in Order to Achieve Results: Terry Collins made a great first impression at today’s press conference. He talked about passion, fundamentals, and communication....
• 11/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Semantics: Mets to hire Terry Collins as manager: Adam Rubin of ESPN New York is reporting that the New York Mets are set to hire Terry...
• 11/18 NY Baseball Digest: Learning on the Job?: Lastly, there are more than a few people in baseball watching this play out who feel the Mets might be trying to wiggle two moves...
• 11/16 The Captain's Blog: Leading by Example: Picking an All-Time Team of All Star Managers: After losing out to Mike Quade in his bid to become manager of the Chicago Cubs, Hall of Famer and team icon Ryne Sandberg has...
• 11/16 NY Baseball Digest: Is DePodesta a Lead Voice in the Managerial Search?: .bbpBox3878401056186368 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1289339734/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px...
• 11/16 NY Baseball Digest: Former Big Leaguer on Playing for Terry Collins: With reports that Terry Collins is the favorite to become the next Mets manager, I decided to reach out to someone I know who...
• 11/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 11.7.2010: Some predictions are easy: Amid all the speculation as to new Mets GM Sandy Alderson's interviews and possible choice as manager,...
• 11/3 B-R Blog: Sparky Anderson: Sad news on ESPN.com today reporting that Sparky Anderson is in ho**** care due to complications from dementia. I wasn't aware...

• 10/19 B-R Blog: POLL: Willie Stargell and the Hall of Fame: Willie Stargell is already in the Hall of Fame, but that doesn't mean we can't debate his credentials. Stargell played his entire...

• 9/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Expertise In The Form Of Hilarity: Analysts----so much like us: Where would be be without experts? Self-anointed or credible, they provide a consistent wealth...
• 9/20 PaulLebowitz.com: The Greatest GM In The History Of The World, Ever--Ever!!!: And these guys ain't it: In John Madden's first book (Hey, Wait a Minute) he spoke about the cushy job enjoyed by some backup...
• 9/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 9.19.2010: Joe Torre steps down, but not out: You have to give Joe Torre credit for knowing which way the wind's about to blow. ...
• 9/18 PaulLebowitz.com: An Impossible Standard: He's a baseball player, not a symbol of all that is Holy: I find the criticism of Derek Jeter for his acting job on Wednesday...
• 9/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Torre Story: Joe Torre will not go out this way: Deftly deflecting the speculation as to his future by cryptically stating that his decision...

• 8/25 PaulLebowitz.com: The "Great Manager": Re**** take a beating----and possibly so do their paychecks: With Lou Piniella resigning as Cubs manager after failing in...
• 8/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Lou Piniella's Managerial Epitaph: An evenhanded look at Lou Piniella's managerial career: Was Lou Piniella a good manager? A great manager? A mediocre manager?...
• 8/20 PaulLebowitz.com: House Of Lies, World Of Agendas: Wasting money and time as a means to an end: Yesterday, Roger Clemens was indicted on charges of lying to Congress when...
• 8/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Crisis Meets Opportunity: Talk is no substitute for action: Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez tore ligaments in his thumb while punching his father-in-law...
• 8/16 PaulLebowitz.com: This Should Go Over Well With The Veterans: A bad sign: Like Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs when Clarice Starling was told, "access to Lecter is strictly...
• 8/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 8.15.2010: Charming, grandfatherly and merciless: Dodgers manager Joe Torre is holding off on announcing his decision as to whether...

• 7/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 7.18.2010: How much money is Jayson Werth's behavior costing him? On the surface, you'd think that when he's making the rounds as a free...

• 6/26 B-R Blog: Oh, To Be Young(?) In The 1960’s: Using Play Index, I was just looking at the best young batters in baseball during the 1960's - Rk Player OPS+ PA From To Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm 1 Frank...
• 6/25 The Captain's Blog: Who’s Sorry Now? Yankees, Torre Reunite for First Time Since Acrimonious Parting: For the first time since the last game of the 2007 ALDS, Joe Torre will be in uniform for a Yankees game. Of course, Torre will...
• 6/21 Baseball Press: Roto Renaissance Men (Week 11): Grab your sunglasses for the Laser Show. (AP) Renaissance Man [ren' i-sans' man] n - a man who knows a lot about many...

• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/4 B-R Blog: Consecutive 3-Hit Games at Catcher: Much has been made of Wilson Ramos's start to his career. However, Ramos is also the first catcher this season to string together...