Torre's "Yankee Years" Swings At Rodriguez, Cashman and the Yankees

Joe Torre, the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers takes some harsh swings at Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman and the Yankees in a book due out early next month.
The "Yankee Years" reveals that Alex Rodriguez was called "A-friend" by his teammates and that Alex developed an obsession with shortstop Derek Jeter. Torre, coached the Yankees from 1996 to 2007, says he was betrayed by Brian Cashman, the Yankees longtime General Manager.
Torre's book is co-authored by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci. It is due out on February 3, 2009 and is being published by Doubleday. The book is not a first-person account, but instead is written in a third-person narrative based on interviews with Yankees players, coaches and employees.
Torre, who was loved by the Yankees fans, took the Yankees to 4 World Series titles between 1996 and 2000. But in 2007 he was offered a one-year contract with a significant paycut after George Steinbrenner handed control of the team to his son Hank.
According to Verducci. "the book really needs to be read in context", "...Anybody who know Joe, especially during his time in New York, knows he's a very honest man and he is very honest in the pages of this book".
Joe Torre will go down in Yankee lore as one the most successful and the most popular Yankee manager in New York Yankee history.