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Raissman: Michael Kay rips Joe Torre, but not on YES Network

Why was Michael Kay treading lightly on Alex Rodriguez and jolly-stomping Joe Torre? That is the question a caller to Kay’s ESPN-1050 Tuesday soiree asked.

The inquiry agitated Mr. Kay.

“There are things about Joe Torre, if I wanted to come out and say, would show how cold and calculated he really is,” Kay fumed. “... Joe Torre is for Joe Torre. ... The graveyard of Yankees coaches is loaded with bones of coaches Joe Torre did nothing about.”

And your Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation was actually a blown call…..so there!

Thanks to Alex B.

Repoz Posted: November 02, 2007 at 11:59 AM | 32 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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1. The Essex Snead Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:11 PM (#2603230)

Yeah, what REALLY happened to Don Zimmer?

2. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:17 PM (#2603238)

The graveyard of Yankees coaches

Cool. Is this near the monuments?

3. Big Train Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:23 PM (#2603246)

I think he is talking about Jose Cardinal, right?

4. The Essex Snead Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:27 PM (#2603249)

Maybe MK is blaming Joe for what happened to Billy Martin.

5. bond1 Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:32 PM (#2603258)

I don't know about the coaches but Torre is reunited with Proctor and can further work on his arm.

6. Belfry Bob Posted: November 02, 2007 at 12:40 PM (#2603269)

...so says Lee Mazzilli.

7. schuey Posted: November 02, 2007 at 01:26 PM (#2603340)

Michael Kay is as tough on Joe Girardi as Mike Lupica is on his golfing buddy Wilpon's team.

8. aleskel

Posted: November 02, 2007 at 01:32 PM (#2603346)

--"And they didn't even ask Girardi about his rather strange encounter with respected Marlins broadcaster (and former Yankees radio voice) Tommy Hutton in the Marlins players' lounge?"--

this is a new one to me. Anybody know this story and want to fill in the details?

9. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: November 02, 2007 at 01:45 PM (#2603368)

Wow, doesn't take long to get tossed under the bus in Yankeeland eh?

10. bunyon Posted: November 02, 2007 at 02:05 PM (#2603391)

I think as a manager of the Yankees there is always a bus about 10 feet behind you. It may move slowly, never gaining on you for years and years, but as soon as you fall out of favor, it immediately accelerates.

11. Doris from Rego Park Posted: November 02, 2007 at 02:20 PM (#2603410)

respected Marlins broadcaster

Does such a thing exist?

12. jonm Posted: November 02, 2007 at 02:22 PM (#2603413)

--"And they didn't even ask Girardi about his rather strange encounter with respected Marlins broadcaster (and former Yankees radio voice) Tommy Hutton in the Marlins players' lounge?"--

It took awhile but a Google search found that apparently Girardi did not want team broadcasters eating from the same spread as the players. This led to conflict with Hutton. Now, there's an issue that the fans want to know about.

It always amazes me how the media telegraphs its interests to the fans and how some fans actually take those messages seriously. How a manager gets along with the media is probably about the 100th most important issue for me concerning a prospective manager. If anything a manager has to have a big enough ego not to take the media too seriously. That quality differs from whether a manager is a "buddy" to them.

13. Best Dressed Chicken in Town Posted: November 02, 2007 at 02:37 PM (#2603451)

I don't think Michael Kay wants to get involved a battle of skeletons in closets.

14. frannyzoo Posted: November 02, 2007 at 02:49 PM (#2603477)

I'm not hip to this Raissman guy. It took ten solid seconds of staring at his byline photo to determine if that "moustache" was Sharpie or real.

As for Michael Kay, I'm hip to him. He'd (insert degrading act) for (insert fleeting, morally vacuous tangible or intangible good) anytime, anywhere.

15. The Essex Snead Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:03 PM (#2603499)

He'd (insert degrading act) for (insert fleeting, morally vacuous tangible or intangible good) anytime, anywhere.

Clog for used condoms?

16. Moneyball can't buy you love (Joey B.) Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:08 PM (#2603513)

Wow, doesn't take long to get tossed under the bus in Yankeeland eh?

A bigger bunch of spoiled, childish ingrates you won't find anywhere in the world than in Yankeeland.

17. McCoy Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:10 PM (#2603516)

A bigger bunch of spoiled, childish ingrates you won't find anywhere in the world than in Yankeeland.

except for all of NYC. Unless you are saying all New Yorkers are Yankee fans. In which case you are right.

18. PepTech Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:14 PM (#2603525)

“There are things about ~~Joe Torre~~ Alex Rodriguez, if I wanted to come out and say, would show how cold and calculated he really is,” Kay fumed. “… ~~Joe Torre~~ Alex Rodriguez is for ~~Joe Torre~~ Alex Rodriguez.

Yawn.

19. HowardMegdal

Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:19 PM (#2603537)

How a manager gets along with the media is probably about the 100th most important issue for me concerning a prospective manager.

How dare you! We are the voice of the people.

20. aleskel

Posted: November 02, 2007 at 03:26 PM (#2603547)

A bigger bunch of spoiled, childish ingrates you won't find anywhere in the world than in Yankeeland.

except for all of NYC.

yeesh, I've heard a lot of people ##### about New Yorkers, but now we're "spoiled, childish ingrates" too? Guiliani doesn't speak for all of us.

21. CrosbyBird Posted: November 02, 2007 at 04:25 PM (#2603625)

I'm not hip to this Raissman guy. It took ten solid seconds of staring at his byline photo to determine if that "moustache" was Sharpie or real.

That is some ridiculous facial hair. He looks like the strongman from a 1930s circus.

22. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: November 02, 2007 at 04:30 PM (#2603633)

We are the voice of the people.

What's scary and depressing is that is by and large the absolute truth.

23. Lassus: Posted: November 02, 2007 at 04:43 PM (#2603651)

Wait, we figured out the Joe Girardi thing, but does anyone have ANY IDEA what Kay is talking about?

24. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: November 02, 2007 at 04:53 PM (#2603667)

Jolly stomping = piling on [pretty much]

25. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 02, 2007 at 05:45 PM (#2603739)

Wait, we figured out the Joe Girardi thing, but does anyone have ANY IDEA what Kay is talking about?

Kay knows that Joe Torre was the one pumping carbon monoxide into his home, but he can't legally prove it. The only clue the assassin left behind was a five-pound eyebrow hair.

26. Dr Love Posted: November 02, 2007 at 06:26 PM (#2603807)

When I was a kid, I loved making Bob Raissman on those toys where you dragged magnetic facial hair onto a face. Now that I think about it, I would probably still get a kick out of it.

27. Mark Donelson Posted: November 02, 2007 at 06:36 PM (#2603829)

When I was a kid, I loved making Bob Raissman on those toys where you dragged magnetic facial hair onto a face.

Now wait, I thought we'd established that Kevin Youkilis was Wooly Willy. You're just confusing things by bringing Raissman into the equation.

Or can you make Raissman out of Kevin Youkilis? Hmm...

28. Belfry Bob Posted: November 02, 2007 at 07:56 PM (#2603943)

"...The graveyard of Yankees coaches is loaded with bones of coaches Joe Torre did nothing about.”

Um, shouldn't someone notify the authorities? Last I heard, the perp was skipping town for the West Coast.

29. Repoz

Posted: November 02, 2007 at 08:08 PM (#2603956)

Um, shouldn't someone notify the authorities? Last I heard, the perp was skipping town for the West Coast.

Have no fear...I believe he's on the FBI's "10 Most Vaunted List"

30. jwb Posted: November 03, 2007 at 12:51 AM (#2604148)

I'm not hip to this Raissman guy. It took ten solid seconds of staring at his byline photo to determine if that "moustache" was Sharpie or real.

That is some ridiculous facial hair. He looks like the strongman from a 1930s circus.

I was thinking Daniel Day-Lewis from "Gangs of New York."

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