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

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