Joe Torre Pitcher Quotations

They get men on base, they can run, ... And if you look at the formula, it's the same that Minnesota has used to win ballgames, and the Angels have used. They play good defense. Their outfielders overlap. If you're ever going to get them, it's going to be their pitching, and we haven't had success against their pitching. ... Are they in our heads? How can I say no, when you haven't had success against certain pitchers and you face them?

Pitchers scare me to begin with. I don't know how much work pitchers have done.

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

When he goes to the mound and says something to a pitcher, he's speaking from experience. He's telling the pitcher what he's supposed to feel like, because he's been out there in key situations. He has the ability to get that across.

Our pitchers are trying to keep the game close, basically.

It's nothing unusual that pitchers and catchers from time to time have issues. It's the emotion that goes along with playing this game.

He does things that drive hitters nuts. I've never seen a pitcher get so many ground balls back to the mound. That's all about movement.