Torre Hopes to Return for Official Closing Ceremony

According to USA Today, Joe Torre reiterated the sentiments we all thought he still held, seeming pretty resentful of the Yankees and how they treated him last offseason regarding his playoff incentive laced one year deal. Don Mattingly and Larry Bowa also did not have very nice words to say about the parting in the same article. However, this isn't what the main theme of this post is. Joe Torre mentioned that he would like to attend the Yankees November 9th official Yankee Stadium closing ceremony at the Stadium. He will be in town two days before that on the 7th for a 1998 Yankees reunion for his Safe at Home Foundation.

I would like to go, says Torre, who plans to get a couple of seats from the stadium. It would be nice to say good-bye.

I'll always think of '96 when we won our first one. I reminisce about 9/11. We didn't win the World Series that year (2001), but those games at Yankee Stadium were so memorable.

I came from a very special place. It's tough to compare Yankee Stadium to anything else. Hopefully, we can create some new memories here (In Los Angeles).

This would be a nice redeeming gesture by the Yankees, after being very distasteful and not even giving Torre a mention at the Yankees final game at the Stadium. Joe Torre was an integral part of one of the Yankees dynasties, and easily deserved a mention in the closing ceremony. However, he did not receive a mention in a tactless move in my opinion. Hopefully this time around the Yankees do the right thing.

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