(CNN) -- Los Angeles Dodgers baseball manager Joe Torre's new book about his old club has been burning up best-seller lists even before it hits stores. Joe Torre speaks candidly with CNN's Larry King about his controversial new book, "The Yankee Years." In "The Yankee Years," Torre candidly details his life as the former skipper of the team he led to four World Series titles. In the book, Torre slams some of his old players such as Alex Rodriguez and longtime Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. In his first TV interview, Torre talked with CNN's Larry King about the controversial tell-all book. The following is an edited version of the interview.
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Former Yankee skipper Joe Torre defends comments made in new book
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Torre criticizes Alex Rodriguez, George Steinbrenner in "The Yankee Years"
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Torre says he never saw steroid use in clubhouse
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
King:  All right, here's some of what you say in the book about @placeholder (Rodriguez) "When Alex came over, it became strained in the clubhouse.
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
King:  All right, here's some of what you say in the book about Alex (@placeholder) "When Alex came over, it became strained in the clubhouse.
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
King:  All right, here's some of what you say in the book about Alex (Rodriguez) "When @placeholder came over, it became strained in the clubhouse.
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
And when he first came over, I mean you can't put an @placeholder into a clubhouse and not think it's going to change, just based on, you know, who he is, his ability and what he's done in the past.
Yankees
Yankee
King: You say you never got trust from the @placeholder front office, not even when you were winning.
George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner
The thing that I kept telling @placeholder -- I want to make him proud of what we are doing, and for a long period of time, we did do that.