토레는 연장 계약 논의중

All that talk of Joe Torre leaving after his contract expires after next season may have been premature.  T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles TImes brings the news that Torre and the Dodgers are working on a contract extension:
토레가 다저스와 연장계약을 시도하고 있다고 합니다. 이 기사는 어제 나온건데, 보면서 설마...하고 포스팅하지 않았는데, 일단은 해둬야겠습니다.

"We were talking about my coaches and I've been thinking about it," Torre says while mentioning General Manager Ned Colletti's name and plans to chat again once Torre returns from a charity function in New York.

"It's been fun. When I came here, I was curious about how it might go. But the last two years have been invigorating. You see progress and your ego tells you maybe you had something to do with it."
토레는 여기와서 지난 2년동안 꽤나 흥미로웠다네요. 아마 어린 선수들의 성장에 새로운 재밀를 찾은 모양입니다.

It has been rumored that Don Mattingly is being groomed as Torre's successor as Dodgers manager, especially since he declined to interview with the Nationals for their managerial job earlier this week.  Simers also reveals a confirmation of Mattingly's status from the club:
일단 얼마전까지 토레의 후계자로 여겨졌던 매팅리가 어중간하게 되었습니다. 그는 지난주에 네츠 감독직 인터뷰도 거절하면서 다저스의 차기 감독을 기다렸는데 말이죠. 이에대해 매팅리는 상관없다는 반응을 보였다네요. 믿을 수가 있어야지...
이에 대해 양키스시절 토레의 벤치코치로써 토레를 도왔던 돈 짐머는 5년 더 해먹을 사람이라고 하네요.

"We'll discuss Don this winter as well," Colletti says. "We believe he wants to stay here and we'll see where that goes.

"When I hired Joe, I told him we wanted to develop continuity here and I would like to have his successor on his staff or at least within the organization. He suggested Don be given a chance and I've told him we'll do that."

One of the main reasons the pending McCourt divorce is troublesome is the dysfunction we all fear it will bring to the organization.  At the very least, extending Torre will bring some sense of stability to the club, as did Colletti's extension last month.  Good or bad, if a new owner comes in, it will be hard to fire the manager and general manager if both have long-term contracts.
만약 콜레티가 구단을 판다면 최근에 연장계약을 한 콜레티나 토레도 짤릴 수가 있다고 하는데, 솔직히 콜레티는 가능할지 몰라도 토레를 쉽게 짜를 수 있을까 싶네요. 뭐 구단 판다는 소리도 없으니 이런 소리 무의미하지 않나도 싶네요.

Torre turns 70 next season, and is already the oldest manager in Dodger history.
내년에 70세가 되는 토레는 다저스 역사상 가장 많은 나이의 감독이라고 하네요. 개인적으로는 콜레티가 구단 팔고 왈치(Brett Wallach)가 감독에 올랐으면 하는데....

Manager	Date of Last Gm	Age
Joe Torre	Oct 4, 2009	69 years, 78 days
Tommy Lasorda	June 23, 1996	68 years, 275 days
Wilbert Robinson	Sept 27, 1931	68 years, 90 days