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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
Joe Torre
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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
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Joseph Paul Torre
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