The Yankee Years Memoirist is George Torre, a five-letter word. Torre is an American author and journalist who wrote the memoir The Yankee Years, which chronicles his time as a beat reporter for the New York Yankees from 2003 to 2007. The book was co-written with former Yankees manager Joe Torre and was published in 2009. It was a New York Times bestseller and was praised for its insight into the inner workings of the Yankees organization.