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Gammons on Torre: He’s gone after 2010 because Dodger ownership has made his life a ‘living hell’

And now with the McCourts separating…

ESPN’s Hall of Fame baseball analyst, a guest on Michael Kay’s 1050-AM ESPN sports talk show in New York, came up with a nice sound bite that should be recycled over the next few days and create some kind of backlash during the upcoming NLCS.

Kay asked Gammons if he agreed that Joe Torre would only stay on as the Dodgers’ manager through the 2010 season, when his contract ends.

“Yes, I do buy that,” said Gammons.

” ... I wouldn’t be surprised and I think ... I think ... a lot of things will probably come out here in the next few months but I think (Torre’s) life with the Dodgers is pretty much a living hell.”

Kay: “Really!?”

Gammons: “Oh, yeah.”

Kay: “So he thought he had it bad in New York and it’s worse there?”

Gammons: “Oh, yeah ... Oh, yeah. There’ll be a lot that comes out in time with Dodger ownership, but that is a mess, and I don’t think anyone wants to have to put up with it too long.”

Repoz Posted: October 14, 2009 at 10:47 PM | 26 comment(s)
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   1. Tripon  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:00 PM (#3352501)
This is ###### up.
   2. Tripon  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:04 PM (#3352506)
Rosenthal:

"They've already 'lawyered' up," the source said. "They're trashing each other terribly. It's going to be World War III."

At stake: The future of the Dodgers, a team valued at $722 million by Forbes magazine. Forbes calculates the value of a team based on its current stadium deal without deduction for debt.


http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10220248/Sources:-Dodgers-owner,-wife-heading-for-divorce The Dodgers are in so deep #### right now.
   3. aleskel  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:13 PM (#3352512)
John Moores is not impressed
   4. Swedish Chef  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:15 PM (#3352516)
Sources: Dodgers owner, wife heading for divorce

For the lazy who can't be bothered to copy and paste. And that would be the second NL West team in a year wrecked by a divorce. Don't marry in California!
   5. Dag Nabbit: King of the Canceled Class  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:15 PM (#3352517)
2010 is shaping up to be one of the greatest years for managerial retirements in history.
   6. Greg Goosen at 30  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:27 PM (#3352525)
Peter Gammons is never right with his predicted trades. So now he's going to be rightwith his predicted managerial changes?
   7. Dag Nabbit: King of the Canceled Class  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:38 PM (#3352529)
Let's see. . in 2010:

Cox says it's his last year

Piniella's contract is up and there's no sign he's coming back.

Now this.
   8. Ryan Jones  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:47 PM (#3352539)
Let's see. . in 2010:

Cox says it's his last year

Piniella's contract is up and there's no sign he's coming back.

Now this.


Don't forget the greatest of them all - Cito's deal is also up after 2010.
   9. akrasian  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:47 PM (#3352540)
Hasn't Torre ALWAYS said that he was going to retire after this contract?
   10. Strangers with Candy Maldonado (GS4RB)  Posted: October 14, 2009 at 11:49 PM (#3352541)
Yep.
   11. Tom Nawrocki  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 12:00 AM (#3352547)
Torre will be 70 at the end of the 2010 season.
   12. Harveys Wallbangers  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 12:11 AM (#3352553)
Young punk can't handle the strain.

Candy#ss......
   13. puck  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 12:14 AM (#3352556)
The divorce seems like bigger news. I hope this goes better than San Diego. Do Dodger fans still think poorly of the McCourt's ownership? I remember it starting off rough but I don't know how their tenure is thought of now. Maybe they'll be forced to sell and it will be better for the team.
   14. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 12:15 AM (#3352558)
Young punk can't handle the strain.

Candy#ss......

Unlike your father, John Henry, Torre is not a steel-drivin' man.
   15. NaOH  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 01:20 AM (#3352583)
Torre is already denying the report. Via Tim Brown: Being a Dodger isn’t a ‘living hell’
   16. Fred Ludacris (Crispix Attacks)  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 01:21 AM (#3352584)
Is it really a "living" hell if you have one foot in the grave?
   17. Ned Colletti makes me :(  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 01:49 AM (#3352593)
Gammons is just trying to make the Dodgers look bad. Idk why Gammons rips on the Dodgers so much. It's just what he does.
   18. Hang down your head, Tom Foley  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 02:55 AM (#3352602)
Torre: The McCourts "aren't Hitler and Molly Shannon"
   19. Halofan  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:50 AM (#3352613)
The McCourts are from Boston and notoriously leaned on the press there. Gammons has every colleague's back with every twist of the knife.
   20. BringBackTimTeufel  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 09:45 AM (#3352683)
Let's not forget Jerry Manuel topping off that foursome of managerial prowess ending after 2010.
   21. Dayton Moore is a Big Fat Idiot (AG#1F)  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM (#3352695)

Gammons is just trying to make the Dodgers look bad. Idk why Gammons rips on the Dodgers so much. It's just what he does.


Isn't he the one that ####### about A-Rod ruining the Red Sox moment by declaring free agency? So now Peter gets to piss on the Dodgers moment by reporting on Torre's situation?
   22. TerpNats  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:27 AM (#3352720)
The fairest solution: Award Dodger ownership to Vin Scully upon his retirement, and let him pick a new owner.
   23. Hang down your head, Tom Foley  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM (#3352724)
The fairest solution: Award Dodger ownership to Vin Scully upon his retirement, and let him pick a new owner.


He'd pick some cute kid in the stands, which would only lead to a shitty Disney movie.
   24. RB in NYC (Now with Time-Consuming New Job!)  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:51 AM (#3352764)
If nothing else, you have to love the link putting up a $20 bill as their picture of Gammo
   25. ess eff  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 11:15 AM (#3352785)
Living hell? What about the surfboard, the wheat-grass drink and the luxury convertible?
   26. phredbird  Posted: October 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM (#3352909)
from what i've read, frank is the outright owner and doesn't want to sell. of course that could be posturing from his camp. but i'd be surprised if he didn't have some sort of pre-nup in place that protects his team ownership from being in play in a divorce proceeding, if that's legal.

doesn't tony la russa have one more year on his contract in STL? or is he up now? can't remember.
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