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

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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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I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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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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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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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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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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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I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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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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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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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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