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
That's about as scary as it gets. We're just happy the results are what they were.
That kid's not easy. He didn't have great command tonight, but that makes him even harder to hit off of. As a hitter, you like to zero in. When he's missing spots than making good pitches, it makes him tougher to hit.
That lacked respect last night. Winning and losing had nothing to do with it. I just thought it was time to acknowledge what he's done here.
It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.
It's nice to have the opportunity to win every year but it wears on you to know you have to win the World Series for it to be deemed a good year,
It's still apparent that it's there. He's throwing and doing all that stuff, but we're still trying to get past that feeling. It doesn't hurt, but he knows it's present.
It's still all about pitching, ... and being able to control the game.
It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.
It's not an easy decision, obviously. But Heredia shouldn't be on the mound for me if I don't have confidence to do something like that. It's not an easy decision to make, but it was one I felt I had to and then just live with the results.
Everybody's scratching their heads as to why we're cutting it so close. But it's not our decision.
The ball is going to stop. It's all about getting to it more than anything else.
It just looked like it was more effort for him in the seventh inning. I just felt in my heart and soul that was it for him.
It just kept coming back to the same thing: He has a great variety of speeds.
It just didn't look like he was able to command his stuff.