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Old 04-03-2008, 08:48 AM
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Dodgers will go to the playoffs (at least) with Joe Torre
Not so sure about that. Tht division is pretty wide open and San Diego is better than they were last year.

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I think he will be a good fit in LA, he is a lot like Walter Alston was...serious with a quiet intensity, LA won two WS with Alston. That was the team I grew up watching out there, the best minor league system of that era...they need to go back to building a team that way.
Managers have little to do with a team's success at that level. I think GM's have just as big a role and perhaps even bigger.

Sparky Anderson said it best when he said something along the lines of a major league manager's main job is to make sure not to trip the players running out of the dugout.
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