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When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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