source: http://0rz.tw/4d3bO NO WORD ON TORRE BUT MOVES MAY BE QUICK By GEORGE KING FLORIDA VACATION: Yankees brass will meet Tuesday in Tampa to decide the fates of Joe Torre (pictured), as well as those of Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte, amongOctober 13, 2007 -- The most aggressive organization in baseball is moving at the speed of sludge going uphill. And don't expect the action in the Yankees' universe to pick up until early next week, when George Steinbrenner gathers his inner circle in Tampa, Fla., to decide if Joe Torre stays or goes. However, when the meeting, scheduled for Tuesday at Legends Field, is over, the Yankees could move at the speed of Joba Chamberlain's fastball. "I think it could be that just about everything on the table now could be decided by the end of next week," Hank Steinbrenner said outside Legends Field early last night. Everything? Torre's situation could be sealed, but it's not likely the Yankees will know any more about Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte than they do today. Rodriguez, the likely AL MVP, has until 10 days after the World Series to opt out of the final three years of his contract and leave $91 million on the table to become a free agent. Posada and Rivera can file for free agency within 15 days of the final World Series game, and Pettitte has a player's option for $16 million. Hank Steinbrenner, asked yesterday about Torre's future, said, "We are going to decide." Club president Randy Levine said nothing has been decided going into the meeting. Last weekend, The Boss put Torre on notice that if the Yankees didn't defeat the Indians in the ALDS it likely would be the end for his manager of 12 years. The Yankees' season ended with a Game 4 loss, and Torre's future suffocated everything else. By Tuesday, Torre appeared to have no chance of returning. Now, with no announcement and George Steinbrenner moving further away from his edict, Torre's chances of coming back for a 13th season have improved. To what degree won't be known until the meeting is held. Sons Hank and Hal Steinbrenner will be on hand, as will Levine, senior VP/GM Brian Cashman, COO Lonn Trost, and VP/assistant GM Jean Afterman. Also included only because he is Steinbrenner's son-in-law will be senior VP Felix Lopez, whose knowledge of baseball can be fit into a thimble. At this point it's a guess which way Hank and Hal will vote on Torre. Asked how well he knew Torre, Hank said, "Not well. I have had conversations with him about horse racing." Though Torre's situation will be the main topic, it won't be the only one. There will be opinions on what to do about Rodriguez, Posada and Rivera. Whether Torre will be on hand is debatable. The word around Tampa the past few days was that Torre will be asked to attend. A member of the New York family said yesterday that's not likely. If Torre is asked back to manage, will he have to take a pay cut from the $7 million he earned this past season when he was in the final year of a three-year deal worth $19.2 million? If he returns, for how long? Torre confidants say he wants to manage the club in 2009, when the new Yankee Stadium opens. --

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