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| 19th October, 2007 - 8:49 am | New York Post - As usual, the big-hearted Johnny Damon was concerned about others when he heard Joe Torre and the Yankees parted ways yesterday.
“He has meant a lot to Yankee fans and certainly to the group of guys who have been around forever," Damon said of Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada. “He has been the only manager they have ever had. It's definitely going to be different for them."
“We didn't get the job done for him," Damon said. “I don't know what they offered him but he had to make a decision and unfortunately he isn't there anymore."
As for Posada and Rivera, they indicated during the season that who the manager is would play a part in their decision to return or leave.
“Let's see who they put in there," Posada said in August when asked if Torre wasn't back would he split, too. [READ] |
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