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
I want him to be who he is, ... because every one of these games is big.
I want him to be, ... I'll leave it at that.
It was a decision I felt I had to make. Certainly, it wasn't popular, and the last thing I wanted to do was go get him. He left a couple pitches up . . .
It took me three times to get a 'hello' out of him the other day. But he certainly has a great deal of poise for a young pitcher.
They certainly had their way with us this year. They have risen to the occasion.
They asked me what were my thoughts, and I said I had no problem, ... I know him, he's a good guy, and he obviously is very good at what he does, because of his track record in Atlanta.
It's been two months since most of us have been home. We're ready.
It'll be partly who can handle the bullpen and partly who can be out of the mix and get it back quick once he gets back in the mix.
It looked like Randy was saying, 'Yeah, changing of the guard, but I'm not done yet.
It looked like he had a pretty good jump on the ball. It just kept going.
It looked like he had an easy time, so it doesn't surprise me. He looked very fluid, he didn't force anything and he threw a lot of strikes. He was competitive, and that was the question I had.
It just seems like he's stepping in a lot of potholes right now.
I told him already that it's June. I think he felt relaxed hearing that.
What we need is length out of our starting pitchers. Moose probably needs another start or two before he gets there. El Duque is still developing arm strength. The one thing we've always stressed here during our success is the role of the starting pitchers. That's where it all begins for us.