Sheffield's swipe at Torre strikes media nerve

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But even before his controversial interview with Andrea Kremer of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel hits the airwaves Tuesday (10 p.m. ET), some TV analysts are saying it's irresponsible of Sheffield to insinuate Torre's a racist with no real proof to back it up. The Detroit Tigers DH, who played in the Bronx from 2004-06, tells Kremer that Torre singled him out in team meetings, while ... [link]

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Why is Everyone Surprised by Gary Sheffield’s Commments?
Published 7/16/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Curiously rushing to Torre’s defense is former Yankee beat writer Buster Olney; Sheffield has ...

Never Ending Torre
Published 7/20/2007 by Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... Forty years since Joe Torre became the first baseball player and baseball card I could identify, he's still around — around like crazy. Gary Sheffield accused Joe Torre of unsportsmanlike behavior and all it does is tighten the halo over Joe Torre's head. It's a St. Joe Zone...cross at your own risk. Torre recently told his relentlessly worshipful biographers at the Daily News that this has been by far his ...

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