From the annals of self-effacement masquerading as self-aggrandizement

Apparently, at his press conference today, Joe Torre offered an anecdote (as related by a blogger watching the thing on TV):

About a text message , struggling actor nephew who texted him. He reads, "uncle joe, you may feel a desire to thank me for being such an inspiration to you. but it's not necessary."

Maybe that kid has a future after all.

Earlier (at the same link above), Deadspin offered their fantasy about how the press conference would go down:

He will be classy, measured, mature and totally no fun. We'd love to see him lose his mind, start railing about how Steinbrenner soils himself, how his kids are morons, how Brian Cashman once killed a hooker just to watch her die. We'd love to see him let go of all his frustrations after a decade of being jerked around and emerging, somehow, victorious as the most popular Yankees of them all.

He won't do this, of course, but it's fun to play pretend.