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 feel pretty good about ourselves. I think the pressure is all about getting to postseason.
We feel pretty good about ourselves, ... I think the pressure is all about getting to postseason.
You go up there and you try to reason with yourself and there's nothing that makes sense to even think about. They're all very capable.
You get the guys up (to bat) enough, they're so good it's tough to get past them,
You'd probably like to go with somebody else, but Ruben assured me four or five days ago that he's fine to play the outfield. I take his word for it.
To me, it's exciting, ... You go to the ballpark every day with a need to win. It's an everyday need.
To wind up in Cooperstown is surreal for me. To go into the Hall of Fame is one thing. When you think of all the other Yankees that are in here, it's pretty special. This is just a shrine. To visit it, much less be inducted, it's still sort of unbelievable to me.
We did a lot of talking, and all of this stuff is behind us,
We did a lot of good things tonight. It was just a complete, clean ballgame for us, ... You're curious when you haven't faced a team that has a record like they do, to see how you match up to them. It makes you feel a little better about yourself.
There's no question it's a matter of concern. But this is not something new with Mo. He's had this before and usually been able to work through it.
There's only one place to manage in my estimation, ... It's been the best time I've ever had, these 10 years.
Yesterday, we may have given away too much, defensively. Bubba probably gives us our best defense, so where it may cost you a little on the offensive side, you hope he can make up for it.
We're certainly interested, we know that. He could be someone that could fit in.
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.