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
You want to separate the left-handers or not? I don't know. I have not thought about it.
You've already established who you are. You don't have to do anything differently.
And it's been work for him. I think I discovered over the years how hard it is to do what he does because he doesn't have the instincts a lot of these players have.
These guys have been playing their tails off. It's not going to be perfect every day. You're going to give something away. But even today, we had a chance to tie the game in the ninth inning.
These games, the fans get cheated. But you still have to look out for your own.
The day I stop expecting good things to happen when he's up in a situation like that is a day that I shouldn't be here. It's surprising when we don't score with the ability we have, but that happens.
The day I stop expecting good things from him in a situation like that is the day I shouldn't be here.
All of the reports point to the fact that he's fine, and he's been throwing. Hopefully, it stays that way.
The last two days now we've scored runs. We're gritty right now, and that's certainly important.
It's all about makeup.
It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
Chicago is a pretty good town.