New York Yankees - New Joe, Old Joe

The Late York Yankees go into the 2008 MLB season without Director Joe Torre for the inaugural time since 1995. Joe Girardi, virgin Yankees Manager, has some chock-full cleats to fill.

Word comes from Yankees camp that things slid some under Joe Torre's end game. Practice not as crisp, details not as clear, results certainly not as before. Joe Torre was apt a decent however hardly overly-gracious from the Different York Yankees during the MLB off-season.

Torre, given a take it or leave it from the Yankees, left it, deciding instead to pride greener pastures and warmer weather in Los Angeles, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Door open, in walks Joe Girardi. Girardi, former Yankees Catcher, was a teammate of some of the contemporary Yankees players, including Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada. Girardi, forthwith the Yankees Manager, must lead after Torre's legendary run.

However, no Existence Series wins for Torre because 2000, leaves Girardi room to establish his own legacy. The budget to succeed is always show with the Latest York Yankees. It is not always up to the Manager, though, how successful the Yankees are. The configuration of the 2008 Contemporary York Yankees is far-reaching on offense, with quota of pitching questions.

Joe Girardi has no luxury when it comes to Yankee Ownership and its patience. First-year Yankees skipper-so what? Terry Francona won a Globe Series in his first year with the Boston Blooming Sox. Girardi knows he needs to produce immediately, and nothing less testament satisfy Yankees brass and fans, long accustomed to visits to the World Series.