>>ESPN is reporting tonight that Joe Torre will be the next Dodgers manager (Grady Little will be fired)
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>>And Don Mattingly (who said today that he doesn't want to return to NY) will also go to LA as a hitting coach.
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>I am surprised Torre is not taking a year off. He managed as well under Steinbrenner as anyone could have (in more than one sense of the word) but it has to have taken a toll. Why not take some time away and come back fresh with a new team? Maybe he considers the Dodgers one of those prime jobs that won't be available a year from now.

Or maybe he's just one of those guys who really loves what he does and doesn't see time away from it as constructive.

OTOH, maybe he's just a workaholic (unlike your's truly).