Posted January 25, 200916 yr LINK Joe Torre didn't need "incentives" to lead the New York Yankees, so he left.Torre's incentives to expose the salacious side of his former team is another story. According to two newspaper reports, Torre blasts the team he managed to four World Series titles in a book set to be released Feb. 3. Teammates frequently called Alex Rodriguez "A-Fraud," and the third baseman was obsessed over his rivalry with shortstop Derek Jeter, "The Yankee Years" reveals, according to the New York Daily News and New York Post. In the book written by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci and published by Doubleday, Torre also says Yankees general manager Brian Cashman "betrayed him on several fronts," the Daily News reports. It's in stark contrast to Torre's former stance, in which he said Cashman supported him throughout 2007 negotiations, which ultimately failed. And it goes beyond the widely reported 2007 meeting in which Cashman met with the Steinbrenners to discuss Torre's future with the team, a talk in which the GM was said to have stood pat as the drawbacks to extending Torre's tenure were discussed. In a later confrontation with Torre, Cashman confirmed he was quiet when the subject of offering Torre his desired two-year deal instead of one came up, the book says. Cashman wouldn't comment on the book when contacted Sunday by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. Cashman, who said he's in regular contact with Torre, told Olney he didn't know the context of the portrayal and didn't know if the reported comments were from Torre or Verducci. After completing a three-year, $19.2 million contract with the Yankees, Torre signed a three-year, $13 million contract to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers in Nov. 2007, the same month the book deal with Verducci was announced. His Dodgers deal came two weeks after having walked away from the Yankees when they offered a one-year contract worth $5 million plus $3 million in performance incentives he termed "an insult.'' "I don't think incentives are necessary," he said then. "I've been here a long time and I've never needed to be motivated. Plus, in my [previous] contract, I get a million-dollar bonus if we do win the World Series, so that's always been there." According to the Daily News, Torre is scheduled for the "Late Show With David Letterman" on Feb. 3, as well as a book signing that day at the Yogi Berra Museum in New Jersey.
January 25, 200916 yr I can't believe grown men behind A-Rods back called him A-Fraud seems immature, but awesome because who really likes the yankees?
January 25, 200916 yr I like ARod alwyas have and cant beleive guys on his own team call him A fraud.
January 25, 200916 yr I like ARod alwyas have and cant beleive guys on his own team call him A fraud. because he is overpaid, probably annoying and I can't think of a person who doesn't hate his stupid purple lips.
January 25, 200916 yr The article on ESPN claimed that Torre compared A-Rod's obsession with Jeter to that of a "single white woman." Awesome.
January 26, 200916 yr I've always been a big big fan of Joe, But i just lost all respect for him. He has always been known for his class around MLB but this is a black eye to a club that "MADE" him.... The Yankee's made him a god,everyone knows he not a master stradagist,he is rich and will continue being because of what he did with the Yankee's.Way to take the high road.Next time i see you i'm gonna spit in your face.
January 26, 200916 yr I've always been a big big fan of Joe, But i just lost all respect for him. He has always been known for his class around MLB but this is a black eye to a club that "MADE" him.... The Yankee's made him a god,everyone knows he not a master stradagist,he is rich and will continue being because of what he did with the Yankee's.Way to take the high road.Next time i see you i'm gonna spit in your face. way to harsh! As a Yankees fan I can see you being pissed, but spitting in his face?
January 26, 200916 yr I've always been a big big fan of Joe, But i just lost all respect for him. He has always been known for his class around MLB but this is a black eye to a club that "MADE" him.... The Yankee's made him a god,everyone knows he not a master stradagist,he is rich and will continue being because of what he did with the Yankee's.Way to take the high road.Next time i see you i'm gonna spit in your face. way to harsh! As a Yankees fan I can see you being pissed, but spitting in his face? I wouldnt really do...when i saw him i would just image it...
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