***Picasner is not even waiting to read all the ESPN writers on this one. Mr. Torre has written a book, "The Yankee Years", in which he trashes everyone from George on down. According to excerpts in the NY Post, Torre had some pretty harsh things to say:
**"Teammates called A-Rod, A-Fraud." Yeah, we needed to know that.
**"A-Rod had an obsession with Jeter." And you didn't?
**"The Yanks were full of prima-donnas." Obviously including the manager.
**"Management didn't like his choice of players." But you got them & won with them didn't you? ...Oh wait, you didn't win.
**"Cashman 'sabotaged' him." Like getting you the players you wanted?
**"The front office didn't tell him everything." What, they didn't tell you about the company picnic?
What a fine example of a "player's manager"!! If a player said those things about torre (You don't deserve a capital T anymore), you can be sure there would be some fines levied. I suppose it's okay once you leave a team to bad mouth everybody. Yeah, the Yanks were horrible to you, joe. For years, you were baseball's highest paid manager by a long shot. Then they had the nerve to 'insult' you by offering only $5 million. At your last salary meeting, you claim that Brian Cashman never spoke up and said you wanted a 2-year deal, instead he sat there mute. Weren't you mute, too?
If I was negotiating my salary, I'd sure want to contribute.
No more respect from Picasner for you, joe. torre will never be mentioned by Picasner again.
***ADDITIONAL NOTE FROM PICASNER***
Lest you think this diatribe is limited to torre, let me make one more point. I would feel this way about anyone that would take advantage his position to write such an expose', especially when the people you trashed (& you) were still very much involved in the game. Divorces don't have to be so mean-spirited. Remember, you didn't have to stay and put up with all that 'mistreatment'; you could have left the spotlight (& the millions) and quit.
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