Joe Torre on "Live with Reeg and Kelly"
Joe Torre, just on "Live," and I wish to heck I had a clip to show you, but honestly, nothing much here that he hasn't said in the various media interviews.
Re the "A- Fraud" biz that got so much play, he said: "It bothered me [the suggestions he was violating some sort of club house omerta]. Am I saying people aren't going to take exception" to some of the things he said in the book? "But in my code, that didn't violate any kind of activity in the club house. I put a lot of time into this book, to make it honest as I could without making it sensational. I wanted people to be informed by the book, not necessarily shocked."
He said the "A-Fraud" term was well-known to everyone, including A-Fraud...err, A-Rod. "He thought he had to be something different than what he really was - he was trying to be this guy that fit in. He tried too hard and I think he still tries too hard. He came over after all the World Series and in this town, you have got to be playing in October and that's the only thing that's going to get you over the hump."