“Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way” follows Joe Torre, a baseball legend who, despite a storied career, never reached the World Series. Now managing the struggling New York Yankees, he battles skepticism and personal hardships. With players considered past their prime and family health issues, Joe aims to defy the odds and kickstart a new chapter of success.
While leading the Yankees, Joe Torre confronts his own challenges, from mourning one brother’s loss to finding a heart donor for another. This film portrays his resilience, both on the field as he transforms a team deemed hopeless, and in his personal life as he perseveres through adversity.
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way | October 17, 1997 (United States)
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Director: Sturla GunnarssonWriter: Philip RosenbergStars: Paul Sorvino, Robert Loggia, Barbara WilliamsSummary: Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees. And he finds himself having players like Dwight Gooden, Wade Boggs and Daryl Strawberry who are considered has beens. And players like David Cone who are ill. But nevertheless thinks he can win with them. At the same he deals with the loss of one brother and another brother battling the same condition that killed his brother.
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