Joe Torre
Athlete
1940-07-18
Books by Joe Torre
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The Yankee Years
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Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners
12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success
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Quotes by Joe Torre
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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.
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When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.
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By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
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I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
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Spring Training is a fun time for me.
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In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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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.
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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human.
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First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?
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Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.
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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.
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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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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.
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