Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way is a 1997 television film chronicling Joe Torre's first year as manager of the New York Yankees when they won the World Series in 1996. It stars Paul Sorvino as Joe Torre. The film aired on October 17, 1997, on Showtime.[1]
Plot[]
During the 1996 baseball season, Joe Torre, manager of the New York Yankees, not only needs to concentrate on his team, but also the needs of his brother Frank, who is in need of a heart transplant, facing the same condition that already took the life of their other brother.
Cast[]
- Paul Sorvino as Joe Torre
- Robert Loggia as Frank Torre
- Isaiah Washington as Dwight Gooden
- Dean McDermott as David Cone
- Gailard Sartain as Don Zimmer
- Barbara Williams as Ali Torre
References[]
- ^ TV Guide October 16 - 22 1997.
Categories:
- 1997 films
- 1997 television films
- 1990s biographical films
- 1990s sports films
- American baseball films
- American films
- Biographical films about sportspeople
- Sports films based on actual events
- English-language films
- Films about the New York Yankees
- Showtime (TV network) films
- Cultural depictions of baseball players
- Cultural depictions of American men
- American television film stubs
- Biographical film stubs