It’s official, Joe Torre is managing the Dodgers, and Don Mattingly will be joining him:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Torre grew up in Brooklyn rooting against the Dodgers. Now, a half-century after they moved west, he’s their manager.
Torre was hired by Los Angeles to succeed Grady Little on Thursday, taking the job two weeks after walking away from the New York Yankees.
The winningest manager in postseason history, Torre moved from one storied franchise to another, agreeing to a three-year, $13 million contract. He becomes the Dodgers’ eighth manager since they left his hometown, where he rooted for the rival New York Giants.
“As a kid growing up, you didn’t like them,” Torre said on WFAN radio in New York less than an hour before the hiring was announced. “As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because … you either loved them or you hated them
And you hated them back in the `80’s too when the beat the Yankees in the World Series. Though the Yankee fan in my would hate it, it would be sweet to see Torre take the Dodgers to the Series next year, and win.
If only to see the look on Big Stein’s face.
