Rules are made to be broken?

Answering my own questions from yesterday’s Joba thread, I found nothing that sounded like Torre complaining about the rules.  I did find this on Tyler Kepner’s blog back on August 19.

“I’m really not of a mind to bend them, because I don’t disagree with them,” he said. “Knowing that the plans are right now that he’s not going to be a reliever, he’s going to be a starter, and the most important thing is his well-being. Whether that’s overly cautious, if that’s the way it is, that’s the way it is. When you know going in, it’s not a guessing game.”

And as for Ian Kennedy not being called up, that Torre comment was an answer to a general question about September callups came the day before Mussina got bombed.

“[Ian] Kennedy won’t be one of them, I don’t think,” Torre said.

So it looks like maybe Joe’s knees are safe for now.