By TYLER KEPNER Published: October 30, 2007 Joe Torre and Don Mattingly parted ways with the Yankees this month, but they may stay together in a major league dugout next season. Two major league officials said yesterday that the Los Angeles Dodgers planned to fire Grady Little as their manager and replace him with Torre, who would make Mattingly a coach on his staff. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity. Mattingly joined Torre’s staff as a hitting coach in 2004 and was promoted to bench coach last season. After Torre turned down the Yankees’ one-year contract offer to return as manager, Mattingly pursued the job. He found out yesterday that he had lost out to Joe Girardi. Yet with another opportunity seeming more and more real, Mattingly was not devastated. “He was in great spirits,” said one of the officials, who spoke with Mattingly after the Yankees had decided on Girardi. “For what happened, he was in great spirits. He’s confident. He knows he’s good. He knows he’ll manage in the big leagues someday.” The Dodgers, who were disappointed with their 82-80 finish under Little, had singled out Girardi as a possible replacement. Now they are focusing on Torre, 67, who said after leaving the Yankees that he was not ready to retire. Mattingly, 46, has ties to the Dodgers’ organization through his son Preston, who was a first-round pick of the team in 2006. The Yankees asked Mattingly to stay with the organization, but he said no. “Don will use this time to reflect on this experience while considering future family and career options,” said a statement released through Mattingly’s agent, Ray Schulte. “In the meantime, he did inform the Yankees that given the circumstances he won’t accept a coaching position within the organization during 2008.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/sports/baseball/30torre.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 肉粽效應........... -- 問君能有幾多愁 恰似東廠太監上青樓 --

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