Joe Torre
Joe Torre
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torreis an American professional baseball executive, serving in the capacity of Major League Baseball'schief baseball officer since 2011. A former player, manager and television color commentator, Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, whom...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth18 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
The only thing you hope doesn't happen is that we start and then stop. That would be a hardship we'd have to deal with.
The playoffs have been going on for us for awhile.
Tonight was very important, after the loss yesterday (6-5 to Toronto), to get the momentum back.
There I made the decision to put Bubba in to cover more ground. Covering more ground cost us the game.
This team has been pretty good about not carrying any baggage with it.
We've been playing very aggressive baseball, very determined baseball. This game was as good as any game we've played this year in terms of winning this type of ballgame.
We've been light on the bench, and what Matt's presence will do is allow us to do some things we couldn't do before. It gives us more depth.
We can't rely on anybody else to do what we need to do.
We have confidence in our abilities. Now it's just up to us to play well.
Two teams that have meant a great deal in my life are the New York Yankees and Sloan-Kettering.
but (persevering) has been very important to them.
It's tough to explain. You can mention a lot of things, and I can't discount any of them.
It's nothing unusual that pitchers and catchers from time to time have issues. It's the emotion that goes along with playing this game.
The number of years he's pitched so effectively is ridiculous. It's still brand new for him. To me, that's all about what's important. I'm sure he's excited that it's still important. It's not a job for him. It's a profession, but there are other people who rely on him.