Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
Quotes about torre (15 Quotes)
For Torre to have the confidence in me to get out of critical spots, that's big.
Nothing was guaranteed the roster was set, and even if I chose to stay, there's no guarantee of me making this team. I understand that completely. Joe Torre knows what I can do, and every person in this camp knows what I can do. I'm not a young kid who is going to be a surprise. They know.
No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006.
We had the same thing in baseball when we wanted to 'mike' the managers. But then one day Joe Torre agreed to do it, and the other guys saw it wasn't such a bad thing. It's a process.
I really don't have the answers. You just have to stay with it and grind it out. Ask Yankees manager Joe Torre, and he didn't know the answer, either.
Whether the ball hit him or not, he interfered with Erstad trying to catch the ball, ... I don't think they can see that from the dugout. In fact, I think the only people who can see it are us standing on the line and the first baseman trying to catch the ball. So when I told (Joe Torre) what happened, he was upset, naturally, because it took them out of the inning, but he didn't argue the rule.
Jeter said that he could have played in the opener of the four-game series, but that Manager Joe Torre decided to rest him. I was available to play yesterday, ... He wanted me to have the day off.
Manager Joe Torre has been trying to get me a day off for a while now, but we're trying to fight to get back in it, so I don't want to be sitting down, ... I've tried to stay in there as much as possible, despite how I feel. I just play through it. It might have been a blessing to sit out a game, but now it's out of the way and I can go forward.
If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.
George Steinbrenner owns this club, has a big investment in it, and he cares passionately about it. That is sometimes reflected in his comments. But Joe Torre gets paid to make these decisions. Some work out and some don't.
Should that shield Torre from criticism and, ultimately, from the Boss' harsh standards Of course not. Torre said it himself that long-ago day If there comes a time when the boss isn't happy with me, ... I'm sure I'll know it. It is his team after all.
There are a lot of slow people in baseball, ... I don't think that's going to be too much of a problem. If manager Joe Torre feels like it's hurting the ballclub, he'll make the right decision.
I'm a baseball man you can't stay away from the game, ... It's a privilege and honor to be part of the staff with the New York Yankees. Working for Joe Torre and everybody in the Yankees organization should be an honor for anybody in baseball.
Torre is an excellent manager, and he's done a fantastic job for the 10 years he's been there. I have the utmost respect for him. The Yankees have a great manager in place for many years.