Every citizen in the United States is entitled to free speech, meaning they reserve the right to express themselves, and their opinions—right, wrong, it doesn't matter.
Yet, in sports, speaking one's mind isn't necessarily well-received. There are many who don't take kindly to teammates/managers/coaches writing tell-all books revealing sometimes the dark secrets behind locker room doors. Sports' teams become like a family and to put family secrets in print is considered to be somewhat disloyal.
There are others who feel that the fans have the right to know everything. The fans put out the money for tickets, etc, and help pay the players' salaries. Therefore, they should know the whole truth about their team.
Next week, Joe Torre's book, The Yankee Years , which was co-written by SI's Tom Verducci, is already causing trouble and it hasn't even hit the shelves yet.
Apparently, Torre, who got the job managing the Dodgers in 2008 after 12 years with the Yankees, ripped A-Rod, Brian ...
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MUSSINA SAYS TORRE TOME WON'T HURT
nypost.com 1/28/2009 — As the season nears closer, Mike Mussina sounds very confident that A-Fraud-gate won't hurt Alex Rodriguez too badly. In a phone interview yesterday, Mussina - the Yankees' retired 20-game winner - said he didn't believe the revelation in Joe...
Open Thread: Continuing the Torre story
riveraveblues.com 1/28/2009 — What I love about the nightly open thread is that we can write about basically anything. If you find it boring, irrelevant, or overdone, you can just skip over the post and dive into the comments. If you want to use the post as a jumping off point ...
A-Rod’s Latest Lie
nybaseballdigest.com 1/28/2009 — via Wallace Matthews at the Final Score
So was it safe to assume A-Rod was relieved at the relative mildness of Torre’s criticism?
“No, not relieved, surprised,” the source said. “Relieved would imply that he gives a ...
Source: Criticism in book not upsetting A-Rod
newsday.com 1/28/2009 — Alex Rodriguez has yet to comment publicly on the
allegations of his unpopularity in the Yankees clubhouse made in the soon-to-be released book "The Yankee Years," co-authored by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci.
Torre's truth, New York style - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 1/28/2009 — So let’s get this straight. Joe Torre talks about the most fascinating baseball team of the last quarter century, the one he helped build. He tells the good and the bad. He’s honest, or at least as honest as a spurned man can be. And now, so many of ...
The New York Yankees Will Never be Done —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/28/2009
Many people are trashing Alex Rodriguez and I am getting sick of it.
The main thing is that the Yankees are never done, to a Red Sox fan the Yankees could win just about 2,300 World Series Titles and it will not be enough. Especially Alex ...
Say It Ain't So Joe: Torre Book Fallout —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/28/2009
Brian Cashman would like an explanation, and Alex Rodriguez has yet to comment on a book that is set to release February 3, 2009.
Two New York newspapers are reporting that Joe Torre rips Alex Rodriguez and George Steinbrenner in the book, and that ...
Eh Tu, Joe Torre? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/28/2009
My old man used to have a saying—“Don’t be stupid, ya moron.” Strikingly obtuse, yet somewhat eloquent in it’s own simplicity. The motto is actually a stroke of genius that should be etched along side E Plurbius Unum ...
