Joe Torre

When Joe Torre left the Yankees, and eventually signed with the Dodgers, the word on the street was that Torre was past his prime, and was he was just a NY icon due to the players he managed as opposed to his own managerial skills. Boy did Joe prove those people wrong. Not only are the...
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For those of you who have not read Joe Torre’s book, shame on you. Anyway, there is a chunk of the book devoted to Johnny Damon “losing his smile” (kinda like the WWE’s Shawn Michaels years ago) and giving up. A NY Post reporter asked Damon about it again, and this is what he said: “This...
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Here’s a quick list of players mentioned from Joe Torre and Tom Verducci’s The Yankee Years along with how they are portrayed by their peers, trainers, management, etc. (warning: spoilers)- Derek Jeter: A no-nonsense saint who does all the things right. Cross him, and he will cut you out of his life. Didn’t feel like...
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Part of the fallout of The Yankee Years was players and front office members coming out of the woodwork to either dispute the content in the book or say that Joe Torre violated confidentially. After reading the book, I can now give you a clear answer on if Joe Torre and Tom Verducci “crossed the...
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I’ll spare the details in this review post (in future posts, I’ll go into it), as this is just a review. Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci pretty much wrote the history of modern baseball in The Yankee Years. Although everyone- including myself- calls it “Joe’s book”, it truly is a joint effort to cover baseball from...
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And then it was revealed that the New York tabloids tricked the world again. Ironically, the national MEDIA and blogs always bash the New York Daily News and New York Post for being inaccurate, but for some reason, they always cover and spread the exact story the tabloids publish. Let’s take The Larry King Show...
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Carl Pavano joins the latest group of people who took exception to Joe Torre’s new book (to be released Feb .3). In the book, Torre writes that the players on his team hated Carl Pavano, and related a story where Pavano told his own mother in the stands to remove the...
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David Wells didn’t read Joe Torre’s new book yet, but he got on Michael Kay’s ESPN radio show and had these words for Joe: “I’d probably just knock him out.” Then he laughed. He continued: “I probably wouldn’t say anything. I’d probably laugh at him. It’s easy to say things when you leave.” “I wasn’t there trying to...
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I haven’t posted about the fallout of Joe Torre’s book because most of the gossip and speculation comes from the New York tabloids. But, since I’ve followed Joe Torre on this blog, I think I will address the insanity: 1) The New York MEDIA had gotten hold of some excerpts and starting making headlines. 2)...
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You may want to mark Feb. 3, 2009 on your calendar: that’s when former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre will TELL ALL. Torre will give inside scoops about how he felt betrayed by Yankees GM Brian Cashman during contract negotiations for not standing up with him at the end. He also goes into detail...
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