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 have a lot of information to digest.
We had to weigh all the information, ... but we decided the defensive part of it carries the most weight, so we were sort of leaning that way.
Well, they're playing at home. They're the best club in baseball at home, so you don't think about them. You think about us.
We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field. Teams have to change all the time to try to stay up with things and try to improve.
We have to make sure he's pitching regularly. How far he goes isn't as important as how often he goes. However long it takes, in between, he'll be working toward keeping his condition where it is right now, because he's in good shape.
Tonight was very important, after the loss yesterday (6-5 to Toronto), to get the momentum back.
with the way our pitching has been hurt, it hasn't been a lot of fun. Otherwise, I feel no different at all.
We had them on the ropes early and couldn't put them away. That's our fault.
When a guy like that goes out there you feel you have the edge.
To win the division, where we had to fight from and who we had to beat, I know for me it was very satisfying.
Three games to go and we hold our future in our hands. We couldn't be going in under any better circumstances.
We did a lot of good things tonight. It was just a complete, clean ballgame for us, ... You're curious when you haven't faced a team that has a record like they do, to see how you match up to them. It makes you feel a little better about yourself.
We did a lot of talking, and all of this stuff is behind us,
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.