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

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.”

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1. Tripon Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:00 AM (#3352501)

This is ###### up.

2. Tripon Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:04 AM (#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 15, 2009 at 03:13 AM (#3352512)

John Moores is not impressed

4. Swedish Chef Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:15 AM (#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 apealing [sic] his own check swing Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:15 AM (#3352517)

2010 is shaping up to be one of the greatest years for managerial retirements in history.

6. Greg Goosen at 30 Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:27 AM (#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 apealing [sic] his own check swing Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:38 AM (#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. RJ in TO Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:47 AM (#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 15, 2009 at 03:47 AM (#3352540)

Hasn't Torre ALWAYS said that he was going to retire after this contract?

10. Earvin 'Gold Stars' Johnson Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:49 AM (#3352541)

Yep.

11. Tom Nawrocki Posted: October 15, 2009 at 04:00 AM (#3352547)

Torre will be 70 at the end of the 2010 season.

12. Harveys Wallbangers

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 04:11 AM (#3352553)

Young punk can't handle the strain.

Candy#ss......

13. puck Posted: October 15, 2009 at 04:14 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 04:15 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 05:20 AM (#3352583)

Torre is already denying the report. Via Tim Brown: Being a Dodger isn’t a ‘living hell’

16. Crispix Attacks Posted: October 15, 2009 at 05:21 AM (#3352584)

Is it really a "living" hell if you have one foot in the grave?

17. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: October 15, 2009 at 05:49 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 06:55 AM (#3352602)

Torre: The McCourts "aren't Hitler and Molly Shannon"

19. Halofan Posted: October 15, 2009 at 07:50 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 01:45 PM (#3352683)

Let's not forget Jerry Manuel topping off that foursome of managerial prowess ending after 2010.

21. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: October 15, 2009 at 02:00 PM (#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 02:27 PM (#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 02:29 PM (#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 New iPhone!) Posted: October 15, 2009 at 02:51 PM (#3352764)

If nothing else, you have to love the link putting up a $20 bill as their picture of Gammo

25. esseff Posted: October 15, 2009 at 03:15 PM (#3352785)

Living hell? What about the surfboard, the wheat-grass drink and the luxury convertible?

26. phredbird

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 04:37 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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