Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 Yankees fan Ja Rule discusses the "Dankees" and Joe Torre on "FOX GameTime Live with Andrew Siciliano"
LOS ANGELES, October 23, 2007 - Ja Rule, best-selling rap/hip-hop artist and die-hard New York City sports fan, joined Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez on FOX Game Time Live recently and discussed the Yankees and General Manager Joe Torre. Below are highlights from the interview….
SICILIANO: "I know you're from Hollis Queens which would lead one to believe you're a Met fan, but I have a picture of you wearing a Yankee hat. Which is it?"
JA RULE: "I switched up as I got older. I was a Met fan during the Strawberry/Doc Gooden era, but then as I got older, the Yankees became my team."
SICILIANO: "What do you think of Joe Torre being pushed out?"
JA RULE: "I think that was kind of sour to push Joe out. You know, the Yankees are spoiled - I call them the Dankees. We've had so many great championship teams that we're spoiled. So, if we don't win, we're deemed unsuccessful and that's kind of a hard thing to swallow for Joe Torre because I mean four championships in twelve seasons - the Red Sox hadn't won a championship before the one they just won since 1918, you understand - so it's like, how could you look at this guy and say he's not a great coach, he hasn't done great things? I mean he's had 90 wins every season he's been the manager. He's a great coach, and I think they're making a mistake letting him go."
SICILIANO: "Who do you want in there now? Do you want an old guy like Don Mattingly? Do you like Tony LaRussa?"
JA RULE: "I like Don. Don is old-school and he's a true Yankee. He's a Yankee by blood, so I wouldn't be mad with Don. I wouldn't be mad with Joe Girardi either. It depends. I move for Don, though."
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