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Joe Torre took his triumphant first bow as manager of the Dodgers yesterday, but as anyone who sees this picture can tell you, he was mostly just there to channel Enrico Palazzo.
We don't think Torre quite looks right in a Dodgers uniform; after years of Tommy Lasorda in that thing, sheesh, the guy almost looks too skinny. (Must be all the tea.) He's got a three-year deal, and we hope he spends every day of those three years hanging out with Vin Scully. They kind of deserve each other. They're both on the current Mt. Rushmore of baseball, they've both seen far better days and they both are kind of humored by everyone because of all they've accomplished in the past. Oh, and Joe? Block Lasorda's phone number. Seriously.
Torre Gets A Sunny Welcome [New York Times]
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"...and Little Steven Van Zandt as Joe Torre."
"When I was with the Cardinals...I once sucked a cock...THIS BIG."
He looks thin, too much Slim Fast?
Do the kids nowadays know who Enrico Palazzo is without a link? Sad really...
But Lasorda knows where to pick up the quality trim!
All the tea and Subway sandwiches
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Mattingly in anything other than Yankee pinstripes HURTS.
Enrico! Palazzo! Enrico! Palazzo! Enrico! Palazzo! Enrico! Palazzo!
Joe, don't block Lasorda's number if you're into two chicks going at it. He knows people who can make that kind of thing happen.
Just keep Nordberg out of LA.
Of course he looks thinner. He just pulled Steinbrenner out of his ass a couple weeks ago.
@TheStarterWife: Meh. As beloved as Donnie Baseball is, the Yankees never won a thing with him in pinstripes...
And is it me, or does he look like that 'pig face doctor' from that old Twilight Zone episode?
@Sandy Magic Jackson: for the kids that need a link for Enrico P.
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@MitchKayak: @Dr. Michael Mancini: Both of these statements are doubtful when you consider the real reason Kirk Gibson walks with a limp.
Invisible Giant Sandwhich
@Arriaga_II:
However, he will still walk to the mound as though he has to take a ginormous dump.
There's a commenter floating around here whose uncle was the actor who was Enrico Pallazzo.
@Chad Sexington: That hippie Mattingly will have to shave his burns if he wants to coach the Yanks.
@Arriaga_II: Hmmm, a little I suppose.
I always thought the head Kanamit on the "To Serve Man" episode looked like Johnny Knoxville in the face.
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"Hey, it's...!"
Oh never mind.
We don't think Torre quite looks right in a Dodgers uniform
Because he never wore anything other than a Yankee uniform. Never. Nope, never never .
He only signed with the Dodgers on the condition that they don't stick him with A-Rod again.
If posts could be flagged, that crack on Scully merits one. Jerk!
Jimmy Swaggert coaches the Dodgers?
@Chad Sexington: The hearts of mustache lovers do not count?
We don't think Torre quite looks right in a Dodgers uniform
Oh, baseball and your quiant old-men-stuffed-into-uniforms tradition.
Torre agreed to both manage and play the role of Ronan Tynan
@Shea Guevara: I think the Braves version once threatened to take my thumbs.
How long before he is arrested for snorting coke off Lindsay Lohans meat curtians in an old theater. That is when you have truly arrived in Hollywood.
Seeing as Monday Night Raw was in L.A. last night, I think Torre's just preparing for an epic DX crotch chop in this picture. 'Cause, after all, if you ain't down with Brad Penny, I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA!
@ArkansasFred: He bears more than a passing resemblance to Luca Brasi. Or a shaved gorilla.
"He greeted old Dodgers like Don Newcombe and Ron Cey"
...and Steve Garvey's illegitimate children.
@Shea Guevara: That last one kind of looks like a tanner version of Manolo from "Scarface"...
@TheStarterWife: "The hearts of mustache lovers do not count?"
Not as much as mustache ride lovers.
@Arriaga_II: +100
"Vincerooooooooo...vinceeeeeeeeeeerrrooooooooo!"
@Innings Eater: It's the Cardinal Fanatic Will saying that. Anyone but Jack Buck -- or, apparently, Joe Buck; family thing -- is an inferior broadcaster who should have hung it up years ago.
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