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Joe Torre carries Olympic Torch
Joe
Torre, manager of the New York Yankee baseball team carried the Torino
2006 Olympic torch in Florence, Italy. Torre carried the torch 400
yards to the foot of the Ponte Vecchio as part of “American Day”.
Torre received the torch from Brandon Routh, a native of Iowa and star of the soon to be released “Superman Returns” movie. Torre’s segment of the 2006 Olympic torch relay ended at the foot of the Ponte Vecchio bridge.
Cheers of “we love you Joe” were shouted along his route. “It was dynamite,” Torre said. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, but it was really great.”
Torre’s mother was born in the village of Patina near Naples. It was the first time he’d been to Italy in 20 years.
The torch relay began in Rome last week and ends at the opening ceremony in Turin on Feb. 10.
“There is a great deal of spirit that goes along with participating in the Olympics, no matter what minor role you might play,” Torre said.
Posted by Jackie on December 21, 2005
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