But you see, we have this book to sell …
Randball —
truth.jpg What if someone wrote a book about Joe Torre writing a book about Mark McGwire’s brother writing a book about sports bloggers writing books about … OK, that’s enough. It seems as though there have been a lot of “shocking, tell-all” books coming out lately. You can’t refresh a sports web site without finding another “exclusive excerpt.” Much of it, of course, is a shameless attempt to entice a reading public. That’s how these things work. We get it. The concept of books like this, though — particularly Joe Torre’s book on the Yankees — strikes us ...
Torre Discusses The Fallout From Book
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Jack Curry of the NY Times sat down with Joe Torre for his first interview since all this news of the book. Here's some of what Torre had to say... First about the implication that he felt betrayed by Brian Cashman: “I heard the word betrayed and I knew that it wasn’t part of the actual book,” Torre said in a telephone interview from Hawaii on Tuesday morning. “I can tell you this much: I know there’s stuff Brian and I disagreed on, and I had one perception and he had another, which, to me, there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re obviously two different people.”“As far as the betrayed thing, that’s the reason I called him,” ...
Torre talks with Curry, scheduled Friday with Larry King
N/A —
... Joe Torre phoned Jack Curry of the New York Times to talk about his forthcoming book, The Yankee Years and to clear up the status of his relationship with GM Brian Cashman. ...
Open Thread: Continuing the Torre story
River Avenue Blues —
... Finally, Jack Curry has some quotes from Torre on the book. The former Yanks’ skipper made it clear that he never used the word “betrayal,” despite every tabloid in the city saying so. He also had a comment on A-Rod: “I don’t think I said anything about A-Rod that I didn’t say already.” Yeah, that you ...
Joe Torre objects to word 'betrayed' re: Cashman
Sports stories from Newsday —
So Mr. Torre told to the Times from somewhere warm in the Pacific.
Torre Fears He's Going To Have To Answer For It
The Mets Police —
Joe Torre spoke to Jack Curry of The Times:
Knowing that my name is on it, I know I’m going to have to answer for it.
I don’t think I said anything about A-Rod that I didn’t say already.
I’m comfortable with what I contributed to the book, even though I’m probably going to get more credit or more blame than I deserve, whichever way you want to look at it. ...
Torre Fears He's Going To Have To Answer For It
The Mets Police —
Joe Torre spoke to Jack Curry of The Times:
Knowing that my name is on it, I know I’m going to have to answer for it.
I don’t think I said anything about A-Rod that I didn’t say already.
I’m comfortable with what I contributed to the book, even though I’m probably going to get more credit or more blame than I deserve, whichever way you want to look at it. ...
Torre, Mussina Speak on Book
YanksBlog.com —
Jack Curry of the Times spoke with Joe Torre on - what else - "The Yankee Years" . Mike Mussina, who is quoted in the book, spoke to the Post . Basically, he stressed that A-Rod is a great player and a hard worker and though it is possible he was called "A-Fraud," it would have been done in jest. Ron Blum of the AP shares excerpts relating to Kevin Brown, David Wells, Carl Pavano and Randy Johnson, while the Daily News has some excerpts where David Cone is quoted, talking about steroids in the Yankees clubhouse. In so many ...
Wednesday Wangdoodles
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... • Joe Torre talks about the book, Brian Cashman, and a certain ex-shortstop to Jack Curry of The New York Times: Torre has been taking a lot of heat. But you know, there's something to be said for expressing your true feelings. Even if a few feathers get ruffled along the way.• Remember ...
Here’s A-Rod…
LEEInks —
... The New York Times posted on its web site that Torre feels he hasn’t said anything about A-Rod now that he didn’t before. ...
Betrayal Beshmayal
YFSF —
... Joe Torre pulls an Emily Litella in the NYT: Nevermind! Meanwhile, our pal Al goes into the A-Rod issue in a nice piece over on ...
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