Joe Torre told Larry King on Friday night that he's shocked by the uproar his new book has caused. "It was a great 12 years in New York," Torre told The Associated Press. "Sometimes you win four World Series the first five years, people think it's a piece of cake," Torre added. "I was just letting people know what goes into the decision-making, and I think I did that without violating any confidences." Torre said some of what's been said about the book has been taken out of context. "A little information comes out and you've got to deal with five pages or whatever it was in a 500-page book," he said. "I'm sort of used to it. You don't like people to get the wrong idea, and I certainly feel good about the way the book turned out."