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
He cares. I'm not saying Barry doesn't care. But (Giambi) tried to keep an upbeat attitude, and it's not easy to do. He's been as open as he could be.
He comes with a lot of confidence and yet a lot of awareness on what needs to be done. He's going to emerge as one of the leaders to go along with the others we have in the lineup, because he's taken to being in New York with great ease.
He kept the ball off the fat of the bat really well. He lived up to his scouting report. But it comes down to being able to do what you want to do, and it looked like he was able to do that.
He just didn't have the feel for pitching that he normally has. I think the red flag was up when he starts walking people and getting behind in a lot of counts.
He knows how to pitch. It's good to have him and the Big Unit to carry us, especially when we have a couple of young guys following.
The only thing I wanted him to do was have a plan, ... To me, being in between is worse than being wrong, because when you're in between, you're never right. So that was basically the conversation.
The only thing I've said to him is: 'You've already established who you are. There's nothing for you to do that has to be any different from that. The way I judge people is not necessarily where they go eat dinner or where they build a house, it's just how they play between the lines. And the way he plays the game, it would be tough for him not to fit in anywhere.
I think Posada really was a key figure for us tonight in a lot of ways,
I think, ... I feel pretty good about where we are.
I think I'm going to have to make more of an effort to make calls on a regular basis if something's going to get me upset or angry or whatever,
I think he throws him out if he gets a clean release. That's the play. It just didn't work out.
I think he's going to be an outstanding manager when he decides to do that and the opportunity comes to him,
I think he's chomping at the bit at this point to do more than we're letting him do.
I think his last two outings are the best ones he's had all year. I don't know if he's getting stronger or just feeling better.