Joe Torre Quotes - Page 4

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• Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

  Joe Torre

  Sports, Baseball, Team

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• When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Brother, Teenager, Team

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• I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  Joe Torre

  Successful, Unique, Los Angeles

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• I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.

  Joe Torre

  People, Balls, Littles

  "Larry King LIve", nypost.com. February 1, 2009.

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• Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Negative, Statistics

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• As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

  Joe Torre

  Player, Yankees, League

  "Joe Torre Hired to Take Over Los Angeles Dodgers". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. November 01, 2007.

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• When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

  Joe Torre

  Dad, School, Home

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• Chicago is a pretty good town.

  Joe Torre

  Chicago, Towns

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• I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Yankees, Two

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• Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

  Joe Torre

  Pitcher, Tweak, Adjustment

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• I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Two, New York Yankees

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• Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, Yankees, Organization

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• A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

  Joe Torre

  Sacrifice, Yankees, Years

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• I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

  Joe Torre

  Kids, Yankees, Years

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• Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Needs, Boomers

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• When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

  Joe Torre

  Jobs, Yankees, Done

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• I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

  Joe Torre

  Doors, Mets, Closing

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• Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.

  Joe Torre

  Years, Numbers, Attention

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• He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

  Joe Torre

  Mean, Rehab

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• Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

  Joe Torre

  League, Different, Easy

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• St. Louis has always been special to me.

  Joe Torre

  Special, Special To Me

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• I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, People, Competition

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• I just don't like to dwell on stuff.

  Joe Torre

  Stuff

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• I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

  Joe Torre

  Hurt, Hands, Balls

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• Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

  Joe Torre

  Player, Proud, Kind

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