Instead of questioning the period, they're going to question the player for the whole time, and I don't think that's fair. Because he was a heck of a player as a skinny kid. He hit a lot of home runs against me. I would walk him intentionally even then, so that kind of respect was earned at that point in time. Joe Torre
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![The thing about [Gary Sheffield] is, even if he's not 100% he's still intimidating. - Joe Torre Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIHRoaW5nIGFib3V0IFtHYXJ5IFNoZWZmaWVsZF0gaXMsIGV2ZW4gaWYgaGUncyBub3QgMTAwJSBoZSdzIHN0aWxsIGludGltaWRhdGluZy4g&author=ICBKb2UgVG9ycmUgICAg&num=2 "The thing about [Gary Sheffield] is, even if he's not 100% he's still intimidating. - Joe Torre Quotes")
![[Torre said he was frightened when he saw Sheffield on the outfield grass.] When I went out there and he was laying there, I thought it'd be worse, ... We'll see what it's like (today). When he got up, you could see he was laboring and the last thing I wanted to do was have him trot around the outfield. We have too many important games coming. - Joe Torre Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RvcnJlIHNhaWQgaGUgd2FzIGZyaWdodGVuZWQgd2hlbiBoZSBzYXcgU2hlZmZpZWxkIG9uIHRoZSBvdXRmaWVsZCBncmFzcy5dIFdoZW4gSSB3ZW50IG91dCB0aGVyZSBhbmQgaGUgd2FzIGxheWluZyB0aGVyZSwgSSB0aG91Z2h0IGl0J2QgYmUgd29yc2UsIC4uLiBXZSdsbCBzZWUgd2hhdCBpdCdzIGxpa2UgKHRvZGF5KS4gV2hlbiBoZSBnb3QgdXAsIHlvdSBjb3VsZCBzZWUgaGUgd2FzIGxhYm9yaW5nIGFuZCB0aGUgbGFzdCB0aGluZyBJIHdhbnRlZCB0byBkbyB3YXMgaGF2ZSBoaW0gdHJvdCBhcm91bmQgdGhlIG91dGZpZWxkLiBXZSBoYXZlIHRvbyBtYW55IGltcG9ydGFudCBnYW1lcyBjb21pbmcuIA==&author=ICBKb2UgVG9ycmUgICAg&num=12 "[Torre said he was frightened when he saw Sheffield on the outfield grass.] When I went out there and he was laying there, I thought it'd be worse, ... We'll see what it's like (today). When he got up, you could see he was laboring and the last thing I wanted to do was have him trot around the outfield. We have too many important games coming. - Joe Torre Quotes")
![And I had to pry that out of him with a crowbar. I was going to give [Gary Sheffield] tonight off, but I figured, since we've got the opportunity here, let's give Johnny a couple of days. - Joe Torre Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=QW5kIEkgaGFkIHRvIHByeSB0aGF0IG91dCBvZiBoaW0gd2l0aCBhIGNyb3diYXIuIEkgd2FzIGdvaW5nIHRvIGdpdmUgW0dhcnkgU2hlZmZpZWxkXSB0b25pZ2h0IG9mZiwgYnV0IEkgZmlndXJlZCwgc2luY2Ugd2UndmUgZ290IHRoZSBvcHBvcnR1bml0eSBoZXJlLCBsZXQncyBnaXZlIEpvaG5ueSBhIGNvdXBsZSBvZiBkYXlzLiA=&author=ICBKb2UgVG9ycmUgICAg&num=13 "And I had to pry that out of him with a crowbar. I was going to give [Gary Sheffield] tonight off, but I figured, since we've got the opportunity here, let's give Johnny a couple of days. - Joe Torre Quotes")
