Joe Torre’s sort-of memoir

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By Derek Weiler
January 29, 2009
12:20 PM

Filed under: Quillblog, book, books, CLA, evil, memoir, new york times, The New York Times, YA

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Yankee supporters, as well as baseball fans not in thrall to evil, are eagerly awaiting former manager Joe Torre’s upcoming tell-all book. The New York Times breaks down the unique nature of the project: Torre shares authorial credit with veteran baseball reporter Tom Verducci, but the book’s not an as-told-to. Torre is referred to in the third person throughout, and he had veto power only over his own direct quotes. (The Times piece also looks at similar collaborations both in and out of the sports world.)

Amusingly, the Yankees are reportedly considering a new contract clause “intended to ensure that future books about the Yankees are ‘positive in tone,’ and ‘do not breach the sanctity of our clubhouse.’” What, this never occurred to them after Ball Four?

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I’m sure the pinheads at MLSE are licking their lips in anticipation of copying the Yankees’ legal wet noodle. Oh, wait . . . Hap Day is dead and there are no other Torre-like candidates, so the condo twerps have nothing to worry about.

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