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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Dodgers
Managing
Yankees
Wound
Wounds
Hated

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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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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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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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