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've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
Luis got a little too aggressive in sending Matsui, especially on the turf where you get the ball quickly. We dodged a bullet.
That's what the game is all about. We have 25 guys, 11 pitchers, and we need everybody to contribute.
The Tampa situation is difficult. Probably the thing that caused all of it was the fact that we were losing.
Probably three or four days, that would be my guess. The good news is that he didn't tear it.
He just didn't have the feel for pitching that he normally has. I think the red flag was up when he starts walking people and getting behind in a lot of counts.
These games, the fans get cheated. But you still have to look out for your own.
If we can just keep our minds on the game we're playing, ... that's the most important thing for us to do now, and hopefully we can continue to do that.
I thought Hernandez was pretty damn good, but Randy was certainly equal to the task. He was terrific; he just dominated.
That was ugly. We just gave too much away. It's one thing to have a team beat you, but it's another to help them.
I've talked to him all year about thinking small, and big things will happen. When you're fighting for a pennant, everybody here will remember that at-bat (on Saturday) rather than a two-run home run when you're up by six runs. I don't think he would have done that last year because he would have been trying to do something bigger.
This is very sad news, especially because Steve loved life so much. Although I only managed him for a short time, I will always remember his passion and his determination.
Right now we're just digesting all the information and hoping that everybody gets through all these games without a problem. We'll wait as long as we can.
He has a great deal of talent and makes a lot of money. I think there's a lot of jealousy out there.