cnn.com - 1/31/2009
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Joe Torre speaks candidly with CNN's Larry King about his controversial new book, "The Yankee Years."
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 ...
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 1/31/2009
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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
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. Photo: Getty "I was not ...
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Chris Russo considered CNN's Joe Torre chat 'a disgrace'
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Measuring "Clutch" Hitting (with A-Rod Example)
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... figures should dispel that notion for at least two seasons. With A-Rod, it often seems that his failures are magnified and his contributions overlooked, which is the opposite of most players where a few big hits can overshadow scores of shortcomings. As a final note, these splits do not include postseason performance, which one may argue constitutes the ultimate "clutch" situation. In respect to A-Rod at least, that's another discussion entirely. EDIT: For additional fodder, here's a link to a partial transcript of Larry King's interview with Joe Torre. It includes some ...
Worst announcer in sports?
Pinstripe Alley —
... moments in modern sports [Jim Leyritz' homer, Tyree's Helmet Catch, etc.], he's lecturing us on the sad state of the NFL.
And amazingly, the Yankees have a plethora of their own awful announcers - John Sterling, Michael Kay and Suzyn Waldman could all be on this list. Why'd they get rid of Charlie Steiner in the first place? He was great.
- In your daily 'Yankee Years' update, Tom Verducci did an interview with Sports Illustrated, and Larry King interviewed Joe Torre.
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