Show Baseball News Joe Torre named Na- Na National National League Manager of the Year by The Associated Press Wednes- Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day couldn't help but note the twist his baseball for for- fortunes fortunes tunes have taken In just a year Its very satisfactory and kind of funny too go- go goIng going Ing from getting fired one year to Manager of the Year the next said the Atlanta Braves skipper who was dismissed last year by the New York Mets Torre who guided the Braves to a and their best finish since 1969 received 35 of 79 votes cast by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters In balloting released Wednesday The runner up was Frank Robinson of the San Francisco Giants who received 22 votes Whitey Herzog of the world cham cham- champion pion St Louis Cardinals was third with 19 The Braves finished the 1982 season with a r record cord of 89 73 overcoming a mid mid- midsummer summer slump In which they lost 19 of 21 games to win the National League West by one game over the Los Angeles Dodgers on the f final final day of the season |