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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure 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
Tenure
Dramatically
Yankees
Began
Baseball
Changed
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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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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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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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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As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
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I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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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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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
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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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