Originally posted by Petertherock

Why do the Yankees suck you might wonder? This is an example of how the evil Steinbrenner treats his team...
This is how they treated one of the greatest players and broadcasters ever, Phil Rizzuto...

On the evening of the funeral of former teammate Mickey Mantle (August 15, 1995 in Dallas, Texas), the Yankees were set to play a road game against the Boston Red Sox. Rizzuto naturally assumed that he would be allowed to miss the game to attend the funeral with former teammates, but was scheduled to call the game. WPIX and/or the Yankees refused to let him go, citing that "someone needed to do the color commentary." Rizzuto eventually gave into emotion and abruptly left the booth in the middle of the telecast saying he could not go on. Rizzuto announced his retirement from announcing soon afterwards, which many attributed to the incident.

Then of course they treated one of the greatest managers of all time like crap. Joe Torre made the Yankees the winning team they once were. If it wasn't for Torre they wouldn't have had the last few WS titles they got. If they wanted to let him go that's fair, then just release him. There was no need to offer him the insulting contract they offered him which basically he would be paid like crap and not offered a second year unless he won the World Series. I hope the Yankees enjoy their time near the bottom of the standings because this new manager they have will never be close to what Torre was. He already was the cause of one of the losses against the Red Sox when he decided to pitch to Manny instead of walking him LOL! No other manager in baseball would have pitched to Manny in that situation.