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It's Liza Manelli time in NYC. I just got back from Yosemite (another post on another day) and checked ESPN.com. Not only did the Yankees lose, thereby making their season a complete failure in the eyes of their heartless, bloodthirsy fan base, but they are apparently thinking about firing Joe Torre in favor of...


wait for it...



no...



why?...



Lou Pinella. This would make my year. God bless baseball.
(Late Edit: It is not only because I think Mike Lupica breathes the rarified air of sports hackdom normally only accessed by Chris Berman and Skip Bayless that I post this link, but because it is written from a purportedly reasonable viewpoint.)