So who is Joe Torre?

[hickman1937]

I watched this show tonight for the first time called Isaac on the Style channel and he was apparently a catcher for various baseball teams and now has a foundation called Safe at Home. Anyone know who he is?

[Parrcrow]

1. Manager of the New York Yankees

[hickman1937]

4. Now? n/t

[Serial Mom]

2. My favorite baseball player when I was 13!

On the Milwaukee Braves!

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Joseph Paul Torre

http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torrejo01.shtml

[hickman1937]

5. Thanks.

I don't know how to read stats but looks like his managerial career has been pretty good.

[DainBramaged]

6. His managerial career guarantees him a place in the Hall of Fame

Baseball that is. A quiet, thoughtful man who has tried to get the most out of his players.

[hickman1937]

7. And now he and his wife are working to help families.

http://www.joetorre.org/

There can be nothing more devastating to a child than abuse and violence at home. Home should be a sanctuary, a safe harbor from any storm. Yet, for many children, home is a place of danger and fear of an abusive adult.

Joe Torre knows that fear. He lived it as a child. Even in his formative years, Joe stayed away from home, fearful of his own father, who abused his mother. As Joe became a father himself, he realized that no child should have to live with that fear.

It is in that spirit, and in memory of his mother, Margaret, that the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation has been established. The Foundation's guiding principle is that every child has the right to be safe at home.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Current manager of the Yankees

[NJ Democrats]

9. Manager of the New York Yankees

4 WS Titles in 10 years! Go Yankees....
He was also an MVP winning player.

[terryg11]

10. didn't do smack with the cardinals

which really torqed me off until he showed his quiet strength in NY. great guy from all accounts, except maybe from Steinbrenner during three game or longer losing streaks.