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