In Reply to: He seems to thrive there. posted by OldBruin on July 22, 2009 at 14:47:55
....don't fix it.
Torre is not afraid to break from the norm to do something he thinks will help his team.
He batted Juan Pierre 9th a few times when he was tearing it up because by moving the pitcher up to 8, it was like having three leadoff guys from the second time around onward.
9 spot
leadoff
2-spot
Manny.
So Manny's the 3-spot his first time up, and essentially the clean-up guy from then on.
Interesting strategy.....and shows Torre hasn't forgotten how to manage in the NL despite all his years with the Yankers.