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 feel better about him this year than I did last year. Knowing that he never felt like everything was there, just with what he's volunteering this year and the way he's moving around, I sense he's feeling a lot better about himself, physically.
I don't want to go through this again. That wasn't the case the other day. Sandy Koufax tips his pitches. It didn't keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
He's not overpowering, so he needs to locate a lot better than he did last night and than he's done lately, ... But you know he's not going to wilt from the pressure, which is a plus. He just needs to be a little more consistent.
He's not going to let it get into his head. He's going to try to find a way to change what's been going on.
He's got a microphone in front of his face all the time. Do I like the remarks? No. But I'm not going to worry about getting on the phone every time someone says something.
He's got a legitimate swing; he's got no fear. He's very relaxed for a kid in his first spring.
I don't like living in a negative society. It doesn't help my job with all the negative stuff going around.
I don't like it. When you make the deals I guess between networks and baseball, it's all about revenue.
There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.
I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.
That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.
When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.
'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.
When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.