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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.

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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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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.
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Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.
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You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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.
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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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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.
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After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
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You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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