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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
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Joseph Paul Torre
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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
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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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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'
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