Dodgers owner Frank McCourt today told MLB Network that Joe Torre is prohibited from writing a book about his time with the Dodgers.
Torre and co-author Tom Verducci wrote “The Yankee Years” about Torre’s 12 seasons in New York. It came out last week.
McCourt told the “Hot Stove” program, “Well Joe is a well known figure in baseball and I think his transition to L.A. has been a great one. We had a very successful season last year. I think he is very comfortable there and we’re certainly very comfortable with him.
“The book was something that was in the works prior to the time that we made our deal with Joe. Having said that, in our contract with Joe there is a confidentiality provision that he can’t be writing a book about the Dodgers or our team, so that was very important to us. Not because of the book, it’s because we have that with all of our uniform personnel.” Torre told CNN’s Larry King that the Yankees approached him about a similar confidentiality agreement but that he always refused to agree to it.