Graig Nettles Has Joe Torre’s Back…

(Zell's Pinstripe Blog)

Graig Nettles is backing Torre here, even though he has only read excerpts from the book. He believes that it “doesn’t seem to be anything scandalous.” He doesn’t think Torre has done anything wrong, and that he has every right to write a book.

Nettles co-authored Balls with Peter Golenbock back in 1984. Steinbrenner heard about it, and he thought it would take a negative hit on the team. He wound up on the San Diego Padres the following season.

This is interesting because this is coming from a guy who had a book released while he was still playing. I wonder what this book means for Torre. How much will it change his life in the coming years?

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“I think he has every right to write the book, and I know Joe well enough to know that he wouldn’t make any scandalous accusations of anybody. . . . I would bet a lot of money on the fact that Joe did it with some dignity.”

“All I’ve read is excerpts, so it’s really not fair to comment,” Nettles said in a phone interview. “But just from the excerpts, it doesn’t seem to be anything scandalous.

Nettles said he wrote a book “for the money and the fun of doing the book.”

“I know I didn’t tell any stories that I wasn’t supposed to tell. Joe, too. I haven’t read the book, but from what I’ve seen, he hasn’t told any stories or any hush-hush stories that shouldn’t be told.”

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Torre has enough money, so is he just doing it for the fun of wiriting a book?

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