Because the truth is, if you laid the resumes of the five leading candidates for the job – Don Mattingly, Joe Girardi, Tony La Russa, Bobby Valentine and Torre – on a table and removed the names, one would jump out at you. The one with the 12 straight playoff appearances, 10 division titles and four world championships over the past 12 seasons. That would be Torre’s. And if that’s not good enough to keep his job, what ever will be?
- For those talking about paying attention to the election next year after it starts, the New Hampshire primary is moving towards December.
- It’s a small world item of the day: Barack Obama and Dick Cheney related.
- The relationship between climate change and world peace from Slate magazine.
- And of course, in odd news: an Australian man fell 9 stories in his underpants; suffers possible broken leg and cuts.