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
We didn't use the word love, but it was pretty warm. It was something more than cordial.
I said to him, 'I need you today, big guy,' ... He didn't budge.
I saw a draft of this year's schedule halfway through last year, and you had to see this series right away. The schedule might have been preliminary. But I knew this series wasn't.
Opening day is very special. We've waited a long time for this. I left for spring training about two months ago.
Our pitchers are trying to keep the game close, basically.
I think the one thing that baseball has always tried to maintain was the integrity because our game, more than any other game, statistics are so important. I think that right now that is called into question, and it's a shame in Barry's case.
I thought we had real good quality at-bats tonight and we never stopped going after them. That was important for me.
I thought today was very significant for him. This the most pressure you could be asked to pitch under when everybody expects you to win, you get one run and pitch up to those standards.
I think we have to change. We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field.
I think a lot of it comes from playing and how bad you want to do something sometimes, ... and letting people know it's OK to be nervous at times, or it's OK to be excited.
It gets to the point where they just stopped thinking, went out there and reacted. It was sort of a playful determination that they had out there.
It has been coming down to pitching, and Randy pitched a big game and I thought Moose was terrific.
I think that's personality more than anything. (Hideki) Matsui is so different and he's got the language barrier, too.
Knowing the makeup of the individual, knowing the fact that somebody's not afraid to make a mistake and the intelligence, that makes confidence in him easy for me to have.