More - Joe Torre Quotes

When you walk off the mound after pitching like that, you get cheered here. But he had pitched like that against the Red Sox.

Joe Torre

 

When you walk off the mound pitching like that against anybody, you're going to get an ovation. When it's against the Red Sox, that's something I don't think he'll ever forget.

Joe Torre

 

Everything was normal, so that's good. One thing you don't want to mess with now, even though there's nothing that's going to be long term here, you don't want him favoring something and wind up hurting his arm. So, you're just going to have to see how long it takes.

Joe Torre

 

When you set up your rotation and you have a guy like Randy Johnson, you certainly have a great deal of confidence. He just wasn't able to locate his pitches ... It just didn't get any easier for him.

Joe Torre

 

The thing about [Gary Sheffield] is, even if he's not 100% he's still intimidating.

Joe Torre

 

Knowing him as we do, I don't think he was goal-oriented there. He's too professional and too good at what he does.

Joe Torre

 

[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

 

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.

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I don't think he's competing for a job here. You want to wait around to see you've got healthy bodies and make your decision.

Joe Torre

 

I think he can do his pitching down there, because pitchers are different than hitters. Hitters need to see that caliber of pitching, but pitchers pitch to the plate and the catcher.

Joe Torre