Comments on: People are reaching out to Joe Torre to join groups bidding on the Dodgers http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/people-are-reaching-out-to-joe-torre-to-join-groups-bidding-on-dodgers/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/people-are-reaching-out-to-joe-torre-to-join-groups-bidding-on-dodgers/comment-page-1/#comment-226494 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:42:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99177#comment-226494 Ryan was a little different than just a figurehead owner, in my opinion. He worked his way up, so to speak, by owning a AA team first and learning about a lot of what goes into ownership.

]]> By: Chipmaker http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/people-are-reaching-out-to-joe-torre-to-join-groups-bidding-on-dodgers/comment-page-1/#comment-226464 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:19:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99177#comment-226464 And after doing the executive/figurehead bit for a few years, he could run for Preznit!

Oh, wait, that’s been done. No new ground to break.

]]> By: sdelmonte http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/people-are-reaching-out-to-joe-torre-to-join-groups-bidding-on-dodgers/comment-page-1/#comment-226392 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:51:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99177#comment-226392 It does seem to be a small trend now for former players to be involved at the ownership level, though so far the trend seems to be superstars like Nolan Ryan, MJ, Gretzky and Mario. But I think it’s long overdue.

]]> By: cup0pizza http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/people-are-reaching-out-to-joe-torre-to-join-groups-bidding-on-dodgers/comment-page-1/#comment-226390 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:28:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99177#comment-226390 Torre already wasted enough time of the Dodgers sleeping /picking his nose incessantly in the dugout for a few seasons. Would prefer the overrated old man to stay away from Chavez Ravine.

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