Dodgers' Joe Torre to Step Down, Be Replaced by Don Mattingly

Filed under: DodgersJoe Torre will step down as manager of the Dodgers following the season and be replaced by Don Mattingly.

The Dodgers announced the move Friday afternoon and held a news conference prior to their weekend series opener against the Rockies.

Torre enters Friday's game with a 2,318-1,990 record in 29 seasons as a big league manager with the Dodgers, Yankees, Cardinals, Braves and Mets. The press release issued by the Dodgers said Torre "is expected to take time to determine his plans for 2011" which surely will fuel speculation that he might return to the Mets, whom he managed from 1977-81.

"Baseball has been my life, and hopefully will continue to be my life in some capacity,'' Torre said. "When I came out here, it was just to find out if managing can be fun again, and it's been fun. ... But you have to make some decisions by instinct, and my instinct tells me it's time to go.''

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