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
At the time, it didn't look like it was important, but it turned out to be.
Very satisfying. Coming back in a place where we haven't been comfortable playing in this year and at this time of year, it shows you what kind of players we have.
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.
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.
Things like that happen. That's why baseball is so unpredictable. You don't play it by the clock. You can't freeze the ball. You have to get every single out, and every single one of those outs, especially the last five or six, are very tough to get.
The Yankees want to get Brian done, ... I'd be disappointed if Brian left.
The whole thing is confidence. (Wednesday) night's hit added to his confidence.