It was not Joe Torre's fault. Randy Levine must blush.

(Newsday back cover, 8/19/08). By his actions to oust Torre, Randy Levine succeeded in proving the opposite of what he postulated.

• Joe Torre got a lot more out of this flimsy group of Yankees than anyone believed. And a lot more than most thought the new 'General Joe' would.

Of interest: Suzyn Waldman just interviewed Alex Rodriguez on her Yankee radio pregame show. Unprompted and for no apparent reason, Alex mentioned Joe Torre's name twice in the interview, making general reference to what Torre might say if the team was having trouble getting timely hits. This is not a good sign for Torre's replacement, whom I root for just as much.

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