Author Topic: Who will be the next Yankees' manager? (Read 4158 times)

Best years of his playing career.

Torre had been a solid defensive and good-hitting catcher up to then, for the Braves in Milwaukee and then Atlanta, and he sort of fit the stereotype of the late '50's - 1960's endomorphic Italian backstop. He was traded to St. Louis before 1969 (for Orlando Cepeda), and there began to move from behind the plate, playing 1B and 3B more and more (he arrived in STL during the time the Pre Co-ards were going through the transition from Tim McCarver to Ted Simmons behind the plate.) Whatever position he was playing that day, Torre just kept on hitting.

After 1970, he decided to revamp his physique (perhaps as an exclamation point to his move from catcher to infielder) and went on the water diet, a popular fad diet of the early 1970s. Torre lost 30 lbs. over the off-season and, svelte for the first time in his career, he went out and hit .363, to lead the majors (by a long shot). And won the NL MVP.

He played two more years in St. Loooey before winding it down with the Mets. Torre's recent success as a manager in the Bronx will obscure his playing career (probably already has), and some fans might not know he was an excellent player for a decade, an MVP and a 10-time All Star.

JimR · « **Reply #17 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:36:41 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on October 19, 2007, 02:21:40 pm

Best years of his playing career.

Torre had been a solid defensive and good-hitting catcher up to then, for the Braves in Milwaukee and then Atlanta, and he sort of fit the stereotype of the late '50's - 1960's endomorphic Italian backstop. He was traded to St. Louis before 1969 (for Orlando Cepeda), and there began to move from behind the plate, playing 1B and 3B more and more (he arrived in STL during the time the Pre Co-ards were going through the transition from Tim McCarver to Ted Simmons behind the plate.) Whatever position he was playing that day, Torre just kept on hitting.

After 1970, he decided to revamp his physique (perhaps as an exclamation point to his move from catcher to infielder) and went on the water diet, a popular fad diet of the early 1970s. Torre lost 30 lbs. over the off-season and, svelte for the first time in his career, he went out and hit .363, to lead the majors (by a long shot). And won the NL MVP.

He played two more years in St. Loooey before winding it down with the Mets. Torre's recent success as a manager in the Bronx will obscure his playing career (probably already has), and some fans might not know he was an excellent player for a decade, an MVP and a 10-time All Star.

and brother to Frank Torre who also was a good player.

Bill McLuggage · « **Reply #18 on:** October 19, 2007, 03:43:34 pm »

..and played himself in 'Analyze That' starring Robert DeNiro who was in 'Sleepers' with...Kevin Bacon.

Duman · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:37:56 pm »

Quote from: Duman on October 19, 2007, 05:34:46 am

Girardi

For once, I called it Of course assuming he accepts the offer.

kevwun · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2007, 03:14:58 pm »

The next manager of the Yankees will be the prosthetic ears worn by John Turturro in espn's The Bronx is Burning series.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2007, 03:18:41 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on October 19, 2007, 02:21:40 pm

Torre had been a solid defensive and good-hitting catcher up to then, for the Braves in Milwaukee and then Atlanta, and he sort of fit the stereotype of the late '50's - 1960's endomorphic Italian backstop.

My favorite all-time Torre line was from Ball Four. A player was trying describe his roomates ugly girlfriend when he said something like "Man she was ugly. She was like Joe Torre with tits."

Author Topic: Who will be the next Yankees' manager? (Read 4158 times)

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