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**DodgerBlue32** · 03-30-2008, 11:12 AM

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Torre still checking Dodgers' makeup

The new manager is looking and sounding calm, but his words are revealing something else.

Joe Torre admits he didn't spend as much time with the nucleus of his club as he would've liked, that he's relying on the eyes and ears of his coaches more than usual to make decisions. He has no clue when his wounded players will return or how much of a problem their bodies will give them over the next six or seven months.

And though Torre's face is on billboards around Los Angeles and owner Frank McCourt has trumpeted his signing as the start of a new era in the franchise's history, the man himself has repeatedly said he didn't do much differently compiling a losing record with the Atlanta Braves than he did managing the New York Yankees to four World Series titles.

With the Dodgers opening the season against the San Francisco Giants on Monday on the 50th anniversary of their move west from Brooklyn, Torre seems to have far more questions than answers. Even for a 67-year-old manager who frequently talks about the unpredictability in baseball, this level of unpredictability is unusual.

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Keep Delwyn Young, trade Juan Pierre, and I'll be happy.

JollyDodger · 04-09-2008, 08:50 AM

I really don't see what makes Torre so great. He had a sub-.500 managing record before becoming a Yankee, then won some titles because his team cost double anyone else. I hope he's great and everything, I just don't see it.

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