Finally, a major media outlet dares to question Joe Torre's record over the last decade. Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan is one of the few that doesn't mindlessly parrot the conventional wisdom, so it's not surprising that he authored the column - even if it is two years after many of us had been saying the same thing.

I'll still never understand why Torre didn't bunt against a gimpy Curt Schilling in the ALCS that gave the Red Sox their greatest victory and Yankees their greatest defeat. Until I hear otherwise, I'm still going to believe that Torre felt such hardball tactics would sully his "good-guy" reputation.