Donnie Baseball To Replace Torre As Dodgers Manager

Joe Torre announced today that he was retiring as manager of the struggling LA Dodgers. The team immediately named former Yankee and current hitting coach Don Mattingly as his replacement. Torre has managed the Dodgers since the 2008 season, and coached the Yankees to four World Series titles in 12 years as their head coach. Torre turned 70 in July and has a 2,318-1,990 regular-season record in 29 major league seasons as a manager. Mattingly was the bench coach with the Yankees in 2007, and hoped to replace Torre as manager, but lost out to Joe Girardi; instead, he followed Torre to LA, as his heir apparent. It's unclear currently whether Torre is retiring from managing entirely or not.

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By Ben Yakas in News on September 17, 2010 5:50 PM

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John L

I always thought that Mattingly was cursed, it seems that whenever he wore a Yankee uniform they couldn't win but as soon as he left either as a player or coach we were back in World Series. I never had anything against they guy, he was a great player, but he just can't win.

And as much as I respected and like Torre, I thought that Don Zimmer wasn't given enough credit. I use to watch him and Torre sit there and talk all game long and wondered how much input he provided and how much that contributed to the Yankees success. Then when Zimmer was forced out and Torre wasn't as successful by himself, I was convinced that we were giving Torre too much credit because it was obvious that Zimmer's input was a big part of the Yankeees' success. However Torre was definitely a class act and great for the Yankees, especially under George Steinbrenner's crazy reign.

ANGRYGOD11

Don Zimmer's greatest asset was his comments and opinions to Joe Torre. Torre would listen to everything he said and then do the exact opposite to ensure victory. Remember, Zimm was the genius who thought he could beat Pedro Martinez in a fight.