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Braves fire Torr
Associated Press
ATLANTA ? Joe Torre was fired Moridav as manaser of
the Atlanta Braves after a three-year stint in which he steered
the team to one Divisional Championship and a pair of
second-place finishes.
The Braves made no immediate announcement concerning
Torre's replacement, but were believed to be leaning heavily
toward Eddie Haas, who has held various jobs in the Atlanta
organization for 10 years.
"He just felt we had reached a point and sort of stagnated
there," Torre said of owner Ted Turner, who told the
manager of his dismissal during a 25-minute meeting in the offices
at the Turner Broadcasting Co.
"HE FEELS they are capable of winning, and I have to
agree with him," Torre said.
Torre, 44, said he had no immediate plans, but listed
managing as the No. 1 priority in his life and broadcasting as
the second.
"He has offered to have me stay on in the organization and
he wants to talk about that, but I'm going to wait until after
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the World Series," Torre said. "There's no immediate need
lor me to nna employment.
Turner-signed Torre to a two-year contract extension last
July 2 worth an estimated $425,000.
AFTER HIS meeting with Torre, Turner immediately went
into wht was expected to be a lengthy meeting with some of the
Braves' front office personnel, including General Manager
John Mullen and Paul Snyder, assistant vice president for
baseball operations.
Torre said his meeting with Turner was friendly.
"He was uncomfortable," Torre said. "I sort of had myself
conditioned to go in and expect what I got because if he had
said to me I was staying on and we were going to go one more
year, obviously it's a lot easier to get happy than it is to try to
buoy youself up expecting the best."
The Atlanta job was Torre's second as a manager. He
managed the New York Mets for five years and had a 286-420
record before being fired at the end of the 1981 season.
TURNER THEN handpicked Torre for the Atlanta job,
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"Probably the worst thing that happened to me was winning
the first year we were here because you got people's
mouths watering for what's next, and we really never got to
that next plateau," Torre said at a news conference after his
firing.
Torre safd he had felt for two or three weeks that he would
not be retained, and had said on Sunday he w^s 90 percent certain
he was gone, he was so sure of his impending departure
that he called a team meeting Saturday to tell his players goodbye,
and began packing his personal belongings in his office.
Torre said he forsees a bright future for the Braves, perhaps
going into 1985 as the NL West favorite if Turner is able to
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"THAT'S THE most disappointing of all," Torre said. "It
takes time to put something together. Next year I think I could
have gone to spring training . . .with the feel we were going to
win this thing."
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