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Baseball Musings
January 16, 2007
Sheffield the Author

Gary Sheffield's autobiography is due out soon. Sheffield recounts his dealings with Bonds and BALCO, but there's not much new in that regard. It does shed some light on Sheffield's relationship with Joe Torre:

Sheffield called Manager Joe Torre "an enigma" and recalled how, in 2004, his first season in with the Yankees, he grew infuriated that Torre had said he wished the team had signed the slugger Vladimir Guerrero.

During a meeting in Torre's office before a May game in Baltimore, Sheffield told him: "I'm tired of hearing you talk about how much you love Guerrero. That disrespects me."

The next season, Sheffield recounted, he and Torre had an argument in St. Louis the day after Torre called him out during a team meeting for his uneven defensive play.

Sheffield said they quickly patched things up once Torre explained how he viewed him as a team leader and as someone who could handle the pressure.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:44 AM | Books | TrackBack (0)
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Poor Torre, its bad enough he had to treat the $262 Million man with kid gloves. He has to publically kiss player's backsides in order to make everything in the clubhouse kosher. I wonder if this had as much influence on Sheffield being traded as his admitting to depending on daily "greenies" and sub-par season after they were outlawed.

Posted by: Mike at January 16, 2007 08:55 AM

Is Bonds really more of an a-hole than THIS guy?

Posted by: Kent at January 16, 2007 09:43 AM

I don't see the big deal with that quote - I'm not surprised Sheffield would feel slighted if Torre told him (or others) that he would rather have had Vlad.

Posted by: Will at January 16, 2007 11:04 AM

Sheffeild is such a douchebag.

hell, you can disrepsect me for 1/3 of Sheffield's salary.

just shut the F*** up and play baseball.

Posted by: The Gov'Nah at January 16, 2007 11:04 AM

With all the great hitters on the Yankees last year, I got the sense that Sheffield was the most feared hitter in the lineup. Part of me is glad he is gone though, and last year - the Yankees showed that they could thrive offensively without him. The outfield defense will be better and the clubhouse will be less tense.

Posted by: Vic at January 16, 2007 01:03 PM

just look at the # of team's this guy has been on. the guy is done, he is in a pitcher's park now and will be parttime player in detroit. piece of crap, would rather have bonds than the sheff.

Posted by: buzz at January 16, 2007 11:57 PM
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