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 just accept whatever comes down, because if you start getting lost there, you're going to wind up getting distracted and using it as an excuse, and this is no time for excuses.
My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.
When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
The only thing you hope doesn't happen is that we start and then stop. That would be a hardship we'd have to deal with.
The playoffs have been going on for us for awhile.
I don't remember being this disappointed because I wanted this very badly.
We understand that there will be certain games when one run will be huge. Even though we're capable of big things here, we have to diversify our attack a little bit.
This team has been pretty good about not carrying any baggage with it.
We just felt that Jason probably needed the most rest of all the guys.
We just feel that Embree may have a little more velocity.
to hear that they want me to do what I do.
With how hard he works, how many pitches he throws, what we see, we'll decide if Thursday is an option or not. He's anxious to get in a game.
With his experience and his ability, he could be a seventh-, eighth- or ninth-inning guy. He could be your closer on the days Mo has to have a day off.
We certainly need him in the lineup, whichever way he's better for us. Whichever way is easier for him, that's the way we'll have to go.