Say It Ain't So Joe

The only question I have is, why?

Why now?  Why ever?  Did you need the money?  Did you find yourself lacking that hot, white New York spotlight?

What is the motivation for writing this book, especially now, only a year removed from your glorious run (and not-so-glorious ending) with the Yankees?

Torre can't need the dough, lord knows he does enough State Farm crap to pay for food for his family.  Coaching in LA isn't like New York, but it's close.  

As a Yankee fan and pseudo-journalist, I will say I'm legitimately intrigued by the contents of the book.  Johnny Damon a bad teammate?  Secret meetings with Carl Pavano and Randy Johnson?  It's certainly filled with intrigue.  As a future reader, the only worry I have is that, like so many Jim Carrey films, the book has already told me all the good parts in the preview.

What has to bother both fans of and those involved in the Yankees organization is that for years, Torre's big thing was the confidentiality of the locker room.  It was a safe space, and he never spoke bad about players.  Torre would go to bat for all of "his guys", no matter what.  Now, just a year later, he's out dishing dirt on seemingly all of them.

Which is the real Joe Torre?  The lovable one from his days with the Yankees, playing the role of the grandfatherly star/ego handler, or the seeming traitor behind "The Yankee Years".  Time will tell.