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 kept the ball off the fat of the bat really well. He lived up to his scouting report. But it comes down to being able to do what you want to do, and it looked like he was able to do that.
I'm assuming he'll be able to start on his day. I don't think anything was a problem today.
It just didn't look like he was able to command his stuff.
It'll be partly who can handle the bullpen and partly who can be out of the mix and get it back quick once he gets back in the mix.
I don't like living in a negative society. It doesn't help my job with all the negative stuff going around.
Small we knew from Spring Training, but Chacon, I didn't even know the name, ... To get him here and see how consistent he's been in key situations, it's been great.
I haven't taken his pulse lately; it barely moves. But he pitched well for us last year, and sometimes a little bit of a language barrier is an advantage. You're not having to answer a lot of questions and converse with a lot of people. It sort of insulates you. I have no doubt he'll be able to handle it.
My guess is he'll pitch. You don't get yourself in shape to do what he's going to do now and then go home.
At the time, it didn't look like it was important, but it turned out to be.
There was more public stuff this year than the other years.
Sometimes you don't recognize the voice, ... and you look around and it's Robbie.
I talked to him this morning. Just after they stretched, I just went over and he was fine.
It just seems like he's stepping in a lot of potholes right now.
That's the first thing I thought was, Oh my God! It's just crazy, it really is.