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Joe Torre and Mike Mussina in Get Smart 2: Dream Warriors

torre2.jpgMike, I wanted to clear the air about those book excerpts…
mussina.jpgZip it, stoolie. It was bad enough you bad mouthed Brian Cashman, but I can’t believe you betrayed the confidence of your players. That’s just weak.
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But Mike, like I told Brian, it’s a literary device…
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Maybe that crap works on Cashman, but I went STANFORD, ok?! I am a very educated man and I’m not going be fooled by any verbal trickery on your part involving literary devices. All of which I am quite familiar with, thank you very much.

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Joe Torre Has Nothing to Do With Joe Torre

torre2.jpgBrian, I wanted to call you and clear the air about those book excerpts that have been leaked. The co-writer and I, we employed a literary device called The Third Person. So you see, that’s not me talking in those excerpts; it’s Joe Torre.
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But you are Joe Torre.
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No, I’m me. Unless I’m someone other than me, in which case I would be you.
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Those are just pronouns, Joe. It doesn’t change the fact that you wrote some pretty awful things in your book.
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No, Tom Verducci explained this to me. He’s a writer and he knows all about this kinda stuff. I didn’t write those horrible things, Joe Torre did. Me, I’m just a palooka from Brooklyn who wanted to be a big league manager some day. I’m a good egg, see? But that Joe Torre fella, he’s a real dick. Between you and me, I wouldn’t trust the guy farther than I could throw him.

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