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'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
I just don't like to dwell on stuff.
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
You know we're capable. It's always talking about the thumpers and all of the big things we can do.
Who knows where that inning would have gone?
We need him to be a horse for us.
We need to fight our way into the post-season.
We needed him to fill a spot for us, and he did, but he's given us much more than we could have anticipated.