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 still want to manage here, and I'm satisfied that George feels he still wants me to manage here, ... I had to not only hear it, but (also) hear the tone in which it was said.... I'm not asking him to change. I just wanted, for my own satisfaction, to find out if he still trusts me with his team.
It could've been the most important play of the game.
I think it will be more comfortable for him. I think that's been from Spring Training all the way through. It's been less hectic than last year.
I think more than anything, it's that he hasn't pitched.
I thought he was pretty sharp, considering he hasn't been out there in a week. He has a very calm demeanor out there, and you trust him so much from all these years of what he's done.
I thought Hernandez was pretty damn good, but Randy was certainly equal to the task. He was terrific; he just dominated.
I think (the steroid issue) works to his advantage if you consider that the player he was and the player he is right now are not that different. If people think he was that player because he was on steroids, well they know that's not the case now.
Well, they're playing at home. They're the best club in baseball at home, so you don't think about them. You think about us.
When you're down to 20 games left, it's hugely important. Knowing we still have control of things with the last three games against these guys, we just have to work very hard between now and then so those games will be significant.
When you're down to 20 games left, it's hugely important,
We had to weigh all the information, ... but we decided the defensive part of it carries the most weight, so we were sort of leaning that way.
We have a lot of information to digest.
We have to make sure he's pitching regularly. How far he goes isn't as important as how often he goes. However long it takes, in between, he'll be working toward keeping his condition where it is right now, because he's in good shape.
We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field. Teams have to change all the time to try to stay up with things and try to improve.