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5190. wabbit - 10/11/2006 12:55:37 AM  Joe Torre will remain as manager of the New York Yankees, finally getting the word from owner George Steinbrenner after the team's surprise elimination from the playoffs last weekend.
Torre spoke with Steinbrenner on the telephone Tuesday, shortly before he walked into the interview room at Yankee Stadium and made the announcement.
"He gave me his support," Torre said. "I'm just pleased I'm able to stay on and do this."
Torre didn't go into detail about his conversations with Steinbrenner.
But Steinbrenner, in a statement issued through spokesman Howard Rubenstein, said he told Torre: "'You're back for the year. I expect a great deal from you and the entire team. I have high expectations, and I want to see enthusiasm, a fighting spirit and a team that works together. Responsibility is yours, Joe, and all of the Yankees.'..."
I'm sure Brian Cashman had some say in this, but I'm happy to see Torre return. He's a class act, imo.
5191. wabbit - 10/12/2006 2:24:30 AM  Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when Lidle's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said. No residents at the Belaire Condominiums at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River were injured.
Emergency responders found Lidle's passport in the street below, the officials said. Two bodies were found in the street. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner confirmed that Lidle was killed in the crash. The state-of-the-art single-engine airplane was a Cirrus SR-20 registered to Lidle, said Yankees manager Joe Torre.
The plane departed from Teterboro Airport in northern New Jersey at 2:29 p.m. Shortly after circling the Statue of Liberty and heading north near the 59th Street Bridge, air traffic control lost contact with pilot. There was a mayday from the pilot involving a problem with fuel before the aircraft crashed into the 50-story high-rise on Manhattan's East Side, the FAA reported.
Lidle was 4-3 for the Yankees, who acquired the right-handed pitcher in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30. He pitched 1 1/3 innings and gave up three runs in the Yankees' season-ending loss to Detroit in the American League Division Series on Saturday. Lidle, a nine-year veteran, was in the last year of his contract. Lidle was married in 1997 to Melanie Varela and has a 6-year-old son, Christopher Taylor Lidle. His twin brother, Kevin Lidle, played minor league baseball. The name of the flight instructor has not yet been released.
5192. wonkers2 - 10/13/2006 2:52:29 AM Jex, how about a little bet on the Oakland pussies? 5193. jexster - 10/13/2006 3:49:47 AM Just like a DEEETROITER..wants a bet up 2-0!
Now the poor A's get to go to Motown and get bored to death...if they don't get mugged first in the Failed State!
Crescent Sail Yacht Club 5194. jexster - 10/14/2006 4:46:07 PM Hey Wonk ...how about a little wager! 5195. wonkers2 - 10/14/2006 8:57:47 PM OK ten'll get you twenty. 5196. jexster - 10/15/2006 2:03:47 AM 
World Series on the Frozen Tundra
5197. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 10/15/2006 2:37:03 AM
DETROIT (AP) -- Magglio Ordonez lofted a high fly ball to left field and when it landed, a most amazing thing: the Detroit Tigers in the World Serie
Congrats wonker and every good wish in the series! 5198. jexster - 10/15/2006 4:27:07 AM Gotta be for DeeTroit!
I am for Macacans of all sorts and conditions and skin colors where ever they may be.
 5199. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 7:54:41 AM Jex, I assume your check for $10 is in the mail! 5200. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 7:55:37 AM Thanks, guys. Detroit is badly in need of a winner for a change. 5201. jexster - 10/15/2006 9:09:11 AM Try WonkerStein 5202. jexster - 10/15/2006 9:09:45 AM again...
It will take more than a bazeball game to revive the Failed State of Michigan 5203. arkymalarky - 10/15/2006 4:41:27 PM Congrats to Wonk and our other Detroit pals! 5204. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 5:31:26 PM tnx, arky! 5205. arkymalarky - 10/15/2006 5:34:12 PM Will you be able to go to any of the games? 5206. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 10:20:13 PM Nope. 5207. wonkers2 - 10/15/2006 10:20:37 PM It's too cold. And too expensive. 5208. jexster - 10/15/2006 11:14:16 PM And some are at night when COLD is the least of a white man's worry in DEEtroit 5209. wabbit - 10/16/2006 1:14:40 AM  James Blake defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2 Sunday to win the Stockholm Open for the second straight year. The second-seeded American became the first player since Thomas Enqvist in 1996 to defend his title at the Royal Tennis Hall. The 26-year-old Blake also improved his chances of reaching the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup next month in Shanghai, China. He is sixth in the standings with 410 points, with the top eight qualifying. It was the fifth ATP title of the season for Blake, tying him for second with Rafael Nadal. Only Roger Federer (nine) has won more.
American teenager Vania King rallied past Tamarine Tanasugarn 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to win the Bangkok Open and her first WTA title. King used aggressive groundstrokes and came back from a 2-4 deficit in the third set to win in her first final. She is the first 17-year-old from the United States to win a WTA title since Serena Williams won the U.S. Open in 1999.
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