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* Say it ain't so, Joe: Joe Torre considers ESPN a four-letter word. After an April loss to the Red Sox--and there were many--he was asked by ESPN reporter Bob Holtzman if Alex Rodriguez was pressing or lacking in confidence. Torre pointed to the microphone logo and snarled, "ESPN. Yes, that's a question you would ask."
Hardly a Bob Knight tirade or Roy Williams rebuking Bonnie Bernstein, but quite an outburst from a guy who has long been considered media-friendly. Will Torre freeze out The Worldwide Leader (as Michael Jordan once did Sports Illustrated ...