DOWNTOWN — When he was in pinstripes and even in the year since he left the Bronx, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre has often argued that Alex Rodriguez is the best all-around player in the game, the best hitter in the game, the best in the game. Torre said he’s added a new name to the short list.

And the description he came up for this new name, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was reduced to three words. Well, one word, he said three times: “Scary. … Scary. … Scary.”

“I don’t think he has any holes pitching to him,” Torre said. “That’s frightening.”

In the second video snip from Torre’s talk with the media Monday during the All-Star workout day, the Dodgers’ manager talks about Pujols, what stands between the Cardinals’ MVP and an Triple Crown, getting to see his former Yankees’ charges and … well, Torre name drops a certain local Hall of Famer …

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