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Chicago is a pretty good town.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Chicago
Town
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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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Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.
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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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When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.
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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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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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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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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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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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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.
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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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