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