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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Years
World
Meant
Played
Series
Anything
Thing

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