...had molded in him a head-first mentality - that they brought in a famous New Yorker to teach him some techniques. Yankees manager Joe Girardi showed Sanchez how to hook his right leg correctly while protecting the ball and letting his lower body...
...to the podium while Aaron steadied a chair for baseball's last .400 hitter, weakened by a series of strokes. Yankees manager Joe Torre admitted that tears came to his eyes as he watched the ceremonies. ''I was welling up a little bit...
The most valuable player of the 1999 World Series may have been Mariano Rivera, but the most valuable person was Yankees Manager Joe Torre. Without Rivera, as well as Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams, there would be no Yankees dynasty. They're...
...Among those featured Tuesday were Latin singer Ricky Martin, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, New York Yankees manager Joe Torre and daytime television star Susan Lucci. Ventura reiterated his belief that he could win the presidential...
...Bud Selig for failing a drug test on Jan. 19. ''How he's doing, that's our concern now,'' said New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, who planned to call Strawberry this weekend. ''There's not much I can offer him at this point in...
...Strawberry's suspension did not qualify as a surprise. None of the Yankees criticized Selig's ruling, which Yankees manager Joe Torre said brings ''a certain closure to right now.'' Torre said he probably will address Strawberry's...
...some number of years passed by, I think he will be looked at in the same type of category, no question.'' -- Yankee manager Joe Torre about Derek Jeter. ''It was like a pit bull on a chunk of filet mignon. Boston's forwards pounded...
...aren't power guys, so when you get two guys on one team do it, you know it's going to be some kind of record,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre said. The Yankees, who lost the first two games of the three-game series, ended Toronto's four-game...
...list. ''You're talking about Willie Mays, the guy who played for the Giants? And Mickey Mantle, with the Yankees?'' manager Tony La Russa said. ''Those two are two of the greatest players of all time. I think that makes this guy one...
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