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
I think, ... I feel pretty good about where we are.
I think I'm going to have to make more of an effort to make calls on a regular basis if something's going to get me upset or angry or whatever,
I think he throws him out if he gets a clean release. That's the play. It just didn't work out.
I think he's going to be an outstanding manager when he decides to do that and the opportunity comes to him,
I think he's chomping at the bit at this point to do more than we're letting him do.
I still want to manage here, and I'm satisfied that George feels he still wants me to manage here, ... I had to not only hear it, but (also) hear the tone in which it was said.... I'm not asking him to change. I just wanted, for my own satisfaction, to find out if he still trusts me with his team.
It could've been the most important play of the game.
I think it will be more comfortable for him. I think that's been from Spring Training all the way through. It's been less hectic than last year.
I think more than anything, it's that he hasn't pitched.
I thought he was pretty sharp, considering he hasn't been out there in a week. He has a very calm demeanor out there, and you trust him so much from all these years of what he's done.
I thought Hernandez was pretty damn good, but Randy was certainly equal to the task. He was terrific; he just dominated.
I think this has helped our confidence in terms of scoring runs.
The only thing I wanted him to do was have a plan, ... To me, being in between is worse than being wrong, because when you're in between, you're never right. So that was basically the conversation.
The only thing I've said to him is: 'You've already established who you are. There's nothing for you to do that has to be any different from that. The way I judge people is not necessarily where they go eat dinner or where they build a house, it's just how they play between the lines. And the way he plays the game, it would be tough for him not to fit in anywhere.