Torre AND Mattingly appear to be for real.

Yesterday's speculation that Joe Torre would be coming to LA has turned into a report confirmed by two MLB officials speaking on condition of anonymity by the Westchester Journal News. Word on the street is that Don Mattingly, who was less than pleased to be passed over by the Yankees, is coming with. Mattingly's son was drafted by the Dodgers in 2006.

If true, this would be huge. Think of it--a native Brooklynite leaving New York to bring Dodger Blue back to glory. You can't write a better story. Besides, not only is the guy brilliant, he's exactly what the Dodgers need at this point: someone to quell the discord between the veterans and the youth on the Dodger roster.

Now this is still all off the record, but it has started a firestorm of press. Besides, the substantial evidence out there that the Dodgers gave Joe Girardi a firm offer before he signed with the Yankees tells me that McCourt is not in fact going to stick with Grady Little. If not Girardi, then Torre certainly makes the most sense.