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We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.
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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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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.
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Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
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Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's a very tough man, very tough agent.
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I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
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Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.
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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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That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.
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I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
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You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'
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I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.
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It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.
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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.
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After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.
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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
Joe Torre