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Article: WORLD SERIES; SUBWAY SERIES NOTEBOOK; Torre is a great talker; Ranks Yanks with best ever.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 27, 2000
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NEW YORK - Joe Torre is rarely one to blow his own horn or thump his chest, but the New York Yankees manager said his team has earned the right to be considered among the greatest in history.
On the doorstop of winning his third straight World Series title and fourth in the last five years, Torre said prior to last night's game that the current Yankees deserve to be put in the same category as the Big Red Machine, the Swingin' A's, the Murderer's Row Yankees and the other top teams over time.
"I think we can hold up to any one of those great teams because of what we have accomplished," Torre said. "Nowadays, having to go through the three-out-of-five and ...