Johnny Damon reacts to Joe Torre's casual knife

Johnny Damon told a NY Post reporter that Joe Torre's characterization of him in his smash-hit NY Times best seller was insulting and motivates him to show Torre up this year. For example:

• NY Post, Kernan: "Torre wrote of one "old guard" Yankee telling the manager of Damon,

• "Let's get rid of him.""...

This piece is a perfect example of Bob Klapisch's description of the Torre money-maker as 'casually insulting:'

• From Bob Klapisch column, 1/29/09, NorthJersey.com on the Torre book:

"Each one of these depictions reveals a casual, insulting quality to Torre’s personality that seems almost incomprehensible."...

• It's not just that it's a clubhouse tell-all, it's the indifferent tone that accompanies his knife. From NY Post column by Kevin Kernan, "Damon Targets Torre over Book," 6/10/09

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