Opening Day

Cross-posted at THEB:

In honor of Opening Day, here's the classic Abbott & Costello routine "Who's On First."

Torre Quits as Yankee Manager

Who knew after all the hype, it'd be Torre who told "The Boss" to take a hike?

NEW YORK -- Joe Torre is out as manager of the New York Yankees, rejecting a substantial pay cut after the team failed to make it past the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year.

Torre turned down a $5 million, one-year contract Thursday - $2.5 million less than he made last season.

Rather than put up with the indignity of a salary slap coupled with a performance-based contract, the man who led the Yankees to playoff appearances in all 12 years he managed walked.

"A difficult day," general manager Brian Cashman said.

Bench coach Don Mattingly is the leading contender to replace Torre, who won four World Series championships with the Yanks but none since 2000. Yankees broadcaster Joe Girardi, the NL Manager of the Year with Florida in 2006, is another top contender. Tony La Russa and Bobby Valentine also could be considered.

What will be interesting to see is what happens with the rest of the dominoes in the Yankee roster. Will Mariano Rivera test the waters? Is Jorge Posada gone as well? What about Andy Pettite and Roger Clemens?

A-Rod...well he was leaving anyway.

But let's forget about that, and ask the question we all want to know: Has the Giuliani Campaign issued a statement on this news yet?

No Mention of Today's Dominating Performance?

Wow, I thought there would be a whole stream of blogs before the sixth was over!

Anyway how about that start to what promises to be an outstanding season for the Brewers. Yeah, fans are always optimistic after winning opening day.

However, it is not just homers thinking the Crew can go far this year:

No less an authority than ESPN's Peter Gammons, a baseball hall of famer, has tabbed the Brewers to finish first in the National League Central. But he is not the only one. All kinds of people who get paid to put their reputations on the line believe the Brewers are the team to beat — or perhaps just the least of six evils — in the Central.

(Source: Mike Woods in the Appleton Post Crescent.

Lets hope they can stay injury free, if they do it will be a great baseball year!

What a job Ben did today, hey?