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 just want to get home, ... Not many guys have had their families with them the entire time and we want to get back.
When a guy like that goes out there you feel you have the edge.
You get the guys up (to bat) enough, they're so good it's tough to get past them,
Lou isn't someone who is going to sit around and wait for time to march on. He's a very animated, passionate guy about what he does, and he takes a lot of pride in what he does. I give him a lot of credit after the bad first half that they had, to have the second half that they've had. That's all credited to his keeping their attention.
It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.
Walk a guy who knocked in 150 runs versus a guy who knocked in 140 runs. You can make that decision.
When you start talking about right-handed hitters for the Yankees who hit 40 home runs, there are only two of them. That's hard to believe, and the other guy is named DiMaggio. You know he's special.
You'd like to think you can stop the bleeding somewhere along the line. We never picked the right guy coming out of the bullpen.
Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.
He's played on the big stage, so I don't think we're sitting here like we have in so many past years, wondering how a guy is going to handle certain things about New York. I don't have any hesitation at all what to expect there.
He knows how to pitch. It's good to have him and the Big Unit to carry us, especially when we have a couple of young guys following.
He doesn't need a day off, Cairo needs a day to play. If you're going to do it, you may as well find a guy that's been tough on left-handers.
He'll tell us if he can't pitch, ... If Moose is right he's the guy you came here with and you certainly trust him.
Not one thing I did tonight (worked). I never picked the right guy out of the bullpen.