Reports: Torre takes swings at Yankees in new book

[cboy4]

RACISM!! ... let's see if Forkboy flies off the handle and once again overreacts to yet an obvious extrapolation in the sports forum. :eyes:




NEW YORK (AP) -- Joe Torre takes some harsh swings at Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees in a book due out early next month, according to New York newspaper reports.

"The Yankee Years" reveals that Rodriguez was called "A-Fraud" by his teammates and the star slugger developed an obsession with shortstop Derek Jeter, the New York Post and the Daily News reported Sunday.

Torre, who managed the Yankees from 1996-2007 before taking over the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, also says he was betrayed by Cashman, New York's longtime general manager, the Daily News reported on its Web site.

Torre had a hot-and-cold relationship with Yankees ownership, including George Steinbrenner, but Cashman was thought to be a consistent ally.

At the annual New York baseball writers' dinner Sunday night, Cashman told reporters that Torre called him earlier in the day.

"I woke up today and saw the newspapers and I was surprised. My first reaction is to wait to hear or see what's in the book," Cashman was quoted as saying on Newsday's Web site, adding that he was "comfortable" with his relationship with Torre. "I'm glad Joe gave me a call from Hawaii. It certainly made me feel better about what I was reading today."

The book, co-authored by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, is due out Feb. 3 and is being published by Doubleday. It is not a first-person account but instead a third-person narrative by Verducci based on dozens of interviews.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/01/25/torre.book.ap/index.htmlws with Yankees players and employees, ESPN.com reported, citing an unidentified source.

[trumad]

1. "extrapolation"?

Come on--- you had to wake your poor Mom up for that word?

[madinmaryland]

4. Nice post, Forkboy!

:hide:

[MaineDem]

2. Racism?

Oh please! :eyes:

[joeybee12]

3. A-Fraud is good, but A-Hole still is more appropriate...

...let the bitching begin!

[Forkboy]

5. I don't know what you take to be so stupid, but it works.

Leave it to you to do anything you can to cover your own race-card playing ass. What a douche.

[Iggo]

6. A latino, a mixed race guy, a white guy, an italian, and a jew...

...walk into an SI.com story.

Other than my labeling them, where's the racism?