weblogs.newsday.com - 2/1/2009
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Chris Russo of Sirius XM was not impressed with how CNN and Larry King handled Joe Torre's first TV interview about the book "The Yankee Years."
Click below for my transcript of his vintage rant Saturday morning.
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"I was not able to sleep last night, so I saw this at ...
joshqpublic.com - 1/30/2009
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The man who lost a fight to some
kid from Yonkers is fighting Joe Torre. The man...
who broke his hand in a street fight in Ocean Beach is fighting Joe Torre.
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David Wells Hates Him Some Joe Torre
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 1/31/2009
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slidingintohome.blogspot.com —
From Mark Hale (Hat tip to Zell's Pinstripe
Blog ): In 1984, Graig Nettles co-authored "Balls" with...
Peter Golenbock - and it had an impact. "It got me traded," Nettles said yesterday. Joe Torre 's book, "The Yankee Years," has caused a stir this week, because of controversial things said ...
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Nettles Backs Torre
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 1/31/2009
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SI.com's Alex Belth spoke with Sports Illustrated senior
writer Tom Verducci this week about his new book,...
The Yankee Years , co-authored with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre . The book is published by Doubleday and will be officially released ...
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Tom Verducci on The Yankee Years, his new book with Joe ...
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Super Bowl Sunday Links
Fang's Bites —
On this unofficial holiday, let's do some linkage. Newsday's Neil Best transcribes Chris Russo's rant on the Joe Torre interview on CNN's Larry King Live. Kate O'Hare of Newsday says ABC is doing some guerilla marketing to get viewers to turn away from Bruce Springsteen's halftime show. Surprisingly, Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News is actually nice today. He says today should be a day to appreciate NBC's John Madden. The New York Post's Phil Mushnick feels TV should be not be asked to play referee. Howard Herman of ...
Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo: Joe Torre-Larry King interview 'a disgrace'
XM MLB Chat —
Neil Best Watchdog provides script of Mad Dog on Sirius XM Saturday morning. Russo will interview Torre on Wednesday at 4:45pm (XM 144, Sirius 123, last heard): ""I was not able to sleep last night, so I saw this at about 3:15. Let me tell you, Larry King's got to retire. Let's start with that. Larry King is lost, lost, lost. And CNN was so bad last night with its presentation with Torre,
it was a disgrace. "First off, they have two bars in operation here. They had a New York bar, and they had an ...
Chris Russo Rants About CNN Torre Interview
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
... Neil Best has been doing a great job with his transcripts the last few months. He has another great one on Sunday, as he gives you a chance to read what Chris Russo at Sirius had to say. ...
NYC’s No. 1 SF Giants Fan Unloads On 75 Year Old
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... “Larry King’s got to retire. Let’s start with that. Larry King is lost, lost, lost.” So began Chris Russo’s Saturday XM/Sirius broadcast, the morning after Joe Torre appeared on King’s CNN program. Newsday’s Neil Best, a far tougher man than I, bothered to transcribe the Mad Dog’s howling. ...
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Video: Torre in Studio at SIRIUS with Chris Russo
njfrogman.blogspot.com 2/5/2009 — Ah, ok. After hearing Joe Torre on the phone with Francesa the other day we just assumed the Russo / Torre interview was also on the phone. But Joe was in house.
Here is our live blog transcript of the interview and here is the Sirius Video of the interview:
Torre To Kay On Interview Opp: No Thanks
waswatching.com 2/6/2009 — Via Neil Best’s Watchdog :
…I spoke to his nephew, Michael Kay, the other day about Joe Torre doing interviews with Mike Francesa and Chris Russo during his book tour this week, but not with Kay on 1050 ESPN.
Kay said he requested a ...
Torre Needs Spotlight
yankstalk.com 1/29/2009 — Many Yankee fans over the last 12 years, see Joe Torre as the lovable old man, who cares so much about his players, and can do no wrong. People seem to forget that a guy making millions per year to do practically nothing, will always have an ego, no matter how much he attempts to hide ...
Joe Torre passes on Michael Kay during book tour
weblogs.newsday.com 2/5/2009 — Speaking of the actor Danny Aiello (see poster in picture below), I spoke to his nephew, Michael Kay, the other day about Joe Torre doing interviews with Mike Francesa and Chris Russo during his book tour this week, but not with Kay on 1050 ESPN.
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Is Joe Torre really the bad guy?
nyyankeesrumors.com 1/29/2009 — Like many Yankees fans, I am disgusted with the Joe Torre tell-all book situation. However, unlike many fans, my disgust stems not from the former Yankee skipper himself, but to that of the media and fan reaction alike.
Torre talks of tears
hardballtimes.com 1/28/2009 — The latest Torre stuff: Johnny Damon's lack of heart in 2007 brought players to tears or something :
Interesting stuff on Pages 394 and 395 about Johnny Damon's physical and emotional struggles early in the 2007 season, when a leg injury sapped him of his enthusiasm and he began to annoy ...
3 UP: TORRE, WIGGINTON, PEREZ
blogs.nypost.com 2/3/2009 — A quick 3 UP today because I am hosting the Sirius/XM baseball show this morning (and also tomorrow, Wednesday morning) from 7-10 a.m. on Sirius 210 or XM 175 if you care to listen: 1. Kobe Bryant scored a new...
Torre issues first comments on book | yankees.com: News
newyork.yankees.mlb.com 1/28/2009 — NEW YORK -- In his first public comments since excerpts from his book, "The Yankees Years," began to surface over the weekend, Joe Torre told The New York Times on Tuesday that he is prepared to answer for the contents of the final product. In the ...
Torre in his own words
yankees.lhblogs.com 2/4/2009 — Thanks to sports editor Susie Arth for helping me get that first update up as soon as Torre finished speaking to the media. I’ve now braved the (really, really swirling) snow and am in a Starbucks on Broadway where they appear to have internet ...
Carl Pavano Speaks Out —
Bleacher Report - MLB 2/1/2009
On Thursday, ESPN's Andrew Marchand (hat tip to River Ave. Blues ) reported that Carl Pavano released a statement. It was regarding Joe Torre's book. It said in Torre's book that "the players all hated [Pavano]." "It was no ...
Madden: Can Torre be trusted? —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 2/1/2009
It would be foolhardy to suggest Joe Torre has trashed his Yankee legacy with his new tell-all tome. At the same time, however, I think Torre has tarnished his legacy, at least so far as the one overriding tenet with which he defined himself: trust.
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