I try to think of myself as a person that does not enjoy the pain visited upon other people, but I confess that I enjoy the developing drama that Joe Torre's pen has begun. Certain controversial quotes that were released yesterday made great talk show fodder all day long. The New York Post questioned the integrity and loyalty of Torre. Torre questioned the loyalty of GM Brian Cashman. Apparently the Yankee clubhouse has questioned the genuineness of star infielder Alex Rodriguez, otherwise known as the best player in baseball. And everyone is now questioning the parenting skills of Bernie Williams?
One can question why Torre felt the need to embark on a public finger-pointing expedition against his former club. As the Post said, isn't it time for Torre to move on, as the Yankees did when Torre did not accept the team's one-year invitation to return as manager for 2008?
The brilliant MLB Home Plate on XM Radio (I don't know which show or host) stated that chants of "A-Fraud" would be heard all summer long in MLB cities visited by the Yankees.
Other books may follow, but the intriguing aspect of this one is that we likely will see how the Yankee clubhouse changed from the championship years under Torre (1996-2000) to the less than successful years (2001-present). How much of the blame will be laid at the feet of the glamorous A-Rod, supposedly portrayed by Torre as a jealous Derek Jeter wannabe?
The 2009 Yankees will survive this latest embarrassing episode, and Torre will probably survive his New York City book tour and his one day Hall of Fame induction with a Yankee cap.
A new stadium deserves a new soap opera, and the Yankees deserve a new controversy to kick around. Now, if we can only be assured that Mark Teixeira will get off to his usual slow start and that C. C. Sabathia will crash and burn early in postseason.
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