I just picked up Deadspin editor Will Leitch's new book, and while it's been an entertaining read, I thought this sentence summed up Torremania better than I ever could.
Stoic New York man who is incredibly effective at convincing fans that the reason teams win baseball games is not because of $190-million-a-year players but, in fact, some old man sitting on his ass for three hours, chewing gum.
Over under on some crazed Dodger Talk caller wanting Torre's head is April 7th.