MIKE LUPICA – Joe Torre’s place in Yankee lore cannot be written off – NY Daily News
I am not a Mike Lupica fan, he is an obnoxious and petty blowhard, but I find myself pretty much in agreement with him on Joe Torre. The current Dodgers and former Yankees manager recently wrote a book with Tom Verducci called The Yankee Years. Some feel Torre aired too much dirty laundry in the book, but even if he did, his record in the Bronx speaks for itself. After Torre is done with the Dodgers, there should be a Joe Torre Day at the new Yankee Stadium where the team lets bygones be bygones and retire Torre’s #6. If Reggie Jackson and George Steinbrenner can bury the hatchet, so can Hal Steinbrenner and Torre.

While we are on the topic of retiring numbers, a few numbers ought to be retired as well #2 for Derek Jeter, #42 for Mariano Rivera and maybe even #46 for Andy Pettitte.

Lastly, I saw Verducci, a fellow alumnus, speak at Penn State after his first collaboration with Torre, Chasing the Dream in 1997 or so. I wish I had gotten a copy for him to sign.

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