LA DODGERS JOE TORRE SIGNED AUTO YANKEE JERSEY STEINER
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Featured Athlete(s): JOE TORRE Collection: MAJESTIC REPLICA NEW YORK YANKEES WHITE HOME PINSTRIPE JERSEY Hand Autographed: IN PERMANENT BLUE INK! JOE TORRE During the 2006 season, Torre had to face numerous obstacles with the team. The largest hurdle was losing star players such as Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui with long term injuries, a problem that was alleviated by trading for Bobby Abreu and bringing up Melky Cabrera, who after a terrible 6 games in 2005, made an impressive mark in 2006. Pitching was once again another major issue for the team. Randy Johnson, who in his second season with the team, was still inconsistent in many of his starts. After helping the Yankees in the second half of the 2005 season Shawn Chacón and Aaron Small were both removed from the team, with Chacón being traded to the Pirates on July 31 and Small being sent back to the minors, and being designated for assignment but never going anyw, early in the season. Despite the problems Torre was able to guide the Yankees to another AL east title. His success as Yankee manager is generally credited as much as to his patience with owner George Steinbrenner as it is to his baseball knowledge; he is the longest-tenured Yankee manager during Steinbrenner's ownership of the team. Torre entered the final year of his contract in 2007. On June 7, 2007, Torre
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