Joe Torre is set to release a new book, "The Yankee Years," which is already grabbing huge headlines in NYC and creating quite a buzz in the world of sports. In the text, Torre supposedly talks about A-Rod's odd fixation on Jeter and his problems in the clubhouse, where he was referred to as "A-Fraud" by some teammates, plus his disappointment in Brian Cashman at the end of his tenure as Yankee manager. He also says some of his players were prima donnas and -perhaps most shocking - how doctors had actually informed Yankee officials that he had cancer before he was informed himself. This is all over the New York papers and WFAN. The book will be released on Feb. 3
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All of the NYC press and radio people are in Florida getting ready to cover the Super Bowl, and all they are talking about is the Yankees. Can pitchers and catchers be too far off ... ?
There are reports in today's NY papers that Torre has already called Cashman to clear the air. Cashman says he and Torre are fine. However, some reps from the A-Rod camp are fuming.
The exerpt published in the paper where Torre suggests that A-Rod get his own coffee in the clubhouse is kind of funny.
Probably much ado about nothing. The book is 470 pages long. It is a third-person account, including many interviews, not strictly a first-person narrative. The NY Post probably snagged two or three paragraphs from 470 pages and has turned it into a big story. I'll wait until I read it to judge or comment in full. If it comes out on Feb. 3, I'll probably have read all of it within a week. - Mel
Probably 460 pages recalling his time as manager with fondness and praising his players, and 10 pages where he dishes a little dirt. Yet it's those 10 pages that will sell the book.
Sounds like most of the negative stuff is post-Championship teams. A-Rod a head case obsessed with Jeter? Already knew it. Teammates call him A Fraud because he doesn't live up to what he's paid? No surprise. Torre found out about cancer after George did? He went to the team doc. Go to a Workman's comp doc and see who they report to - it isn't you, it's your employer.
Nothing revelational here. I'm sure it will be a good read despite that.
- Rosey
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