A feeling of discomfort brought on by the use of the word “betrayal” by many sports pundits has Joe Torre on the defensive.
In this piece from yesterday’s NYTimes.com, the former Yankee manager seeks to right the wrong impressions that the publisher’s marketing department probably looooves. You can practically see them rubbing their hands with glee. Or maybe it’s Purel. I can’t see from here. More controversy means more sales, so as long as you can keep your product in the public eye. And ear, let’s not forget about sports talk radio. I wonder if they deliberately screen callers to get those in the anti-Torre camp on the air. I wonder how many of the people yelling about what a terrible thing this is — or not — have actually read the book?
Here’s another item from USA Today‘s “Game On” blog, wondering if the book will hurt Torre’s reputation.
I guess that all those who are coming out against Torre are disappointed that he wasn’t a good soldier and kept his mouth shut, as if he isn’t allowed to express an opinion. Where is it written (obviously not in his book) that you can’t say anything negative about a player? In fact, is he really saying anything a significant number of Yankee fans have already expressed? That Rodriguez is very concerned with his image, perhaps more than his contributions to the team? How hypocritical is that?
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