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Jeff Torborg: a baseball `lifer' still enamored by the game.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
THE WAY JEFF TORBORG SEES things, baseball is in the midst of a Golden Age, the likes of which it hasn't seen since Babe Ruth's hey-day or the emergence of young black stars following Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier.
A person might wonder about Torborg's enthusiasm, considering he managed a last-place Expos team last season, a club that averaged a little more than 7,600 fans per game and was one of the franchises being considered for contraction. But it was Torborg's deep-rooted love of baseball and optimism for its future that enabled him to accept such a challenge in the first place. A New Jersey native, he grew up a New York Giants fan, played ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Joel Bierig November 27, 1988 700+ words
...remain unclear even to him, Torborg wasn't free to answer opportunity...coaching staff. For years, Torborg had thought like a manager...family. After 1981, this New Jersey resident was prepared to leave...do the things he wants." Torborg, who turned 47 Saturday...
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- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) STEVE ADAMEK August 20, 1995 700+ words
...nice," one of the players Torborg managed said of him last week...a case could be made that Torborg, the right man for the wrong...call home, having sold their New Jersey digs not long ago. "I feel...Phil Regan. Other than that, Torborg's had some pitching coach...
- JEFF TORBORG PROFILE
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Joel Bierig November 27, 1988 700+ words
NAME: Jeffrey Allen Torborg AGE, HT., WT.: 47, 6...years) and Angels (three), Torborg hit an NCAA-record .537...publications and member of New Jersey Governor's Council on Physical...YANKEES: "Having grown up in New Jersey, I was proud to put the pinstripes...
- Torborg sees what might have been.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Massarotti, Tony July 16, 2001 700+ words
...Under different circumstances, Jeff Torborg might have been in the opposite dugout...interleague series at Olympic Stadium. Torborg, after all, was one of several candidates...Duquette opted to hire Jimy Williams, Torborg happily continued a broadcasting career...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Staff October 9, 1996 700+ words
...characters. It's a sorry lot. Jeff Torborg would be an exception and an exceptional...gendarmes banging on his hotel room door. Torborg is 55 years old and has been married to...with that itinerary. "It was hard," Torborg said yesterday. "Susie did everything...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dave van Dyck March 26, 1989 700+ words
SARASOTA, Fla When Jeff Torborg was named manager of the White Sox...young arms in this organization." Now Torborg has had a month of spring training...the reality of another season. What Torborg has discovered is that young arms are...
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- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 17, 2003 700+ words
...s an important distinction, and Jeff Torborg wants you to know that straightaway...fire him as Marlins manager today, and Torborg would be at peace. He could go back home...a vocation but it's an avocation," Torborg was saying Monday afternoon after the...
- Torborg knows Sox lacking versatility
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dave van Dyck March 27, 1989 700+ words
...not only will limit whom manager Jeff Torborg can play, but where he plays them, how...of spring training over in four days, Torborg still has important roster decisions...many outfielders and infielders to keep. Torborg's problem is that not many of his players...
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