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
He's got a legitimate swing; he's got no fear. He's very relaxed for a kid in his first spring.
May 6, I wasn't really concerned, because there was a long way to go. The only concern we had was playing up to our capabilities, because we felt the wins would come.
If we had tied it last night, I would have brought him in for the ninth inning, even though that's something I don't like to do. The need to get him in a game is important.
You're excited to play Opening Day, and you know that we're capable of doing all the things we saw tonight. It was great just to see it happen.
It was only a mistake because it's spring training.
Mike is very responsible, I think you all know that, so I'm not really concerned about the fact that he'll be ready to pitch.
From the looks of things, it just wasn't our day.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
Matsui, to me not playing, leaves a void in our lineup. When you play every day you get worn down and have to fight your way through things.
I don't want to go through this again. That wasn't the case the other day. Sandy Koufax tips his pitches. It didn't keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
I think there's going to be a lot of people interested. Even going back to Houston, going back in May, I don't think is going to be any big deal for him. It'll probably benefit him, the fact that he won't have to pitch the whole time.
But we understand what they did to us last time.
That lacked respect last night. Winning and losing had nothing to do with it. I just thought it was time to acknowledge what he's done here.
A flag goes up after three days in a row.