Filed under: Dodgers, YankeesNEW YORK (AP) -- Joe Torre walked into new Yankee Stadium for the first time, signed the clubhouse wall alongside other pinstriped greats and ended his estrangement from Brian Cashman with an embrace.
In death, George Steinbrenner had brought them back together.
Torre had not been to the Yankees' home since his bitter departure as manager after the 2007 season, the next-to-last season of old Yankee Stadium. After 12 seasons and four World Series titles, he walked away after he was offered only a one-year contract.
"Yeah, I was hurt," he said at a news conference Monday before the unveiling of Steinbrenner's monument. "And yet if you try to be rational about it, I think you had two parties not knowing how to say goodbye. And that's what it turned out to be -- the Yankees feeling I'd been here this long, didn't want me to manage, and how do you approach that?" Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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