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Is it really Goodbye to Little?

It was a hard time for Grady Little as he ended a month of intrigue Tuesday by resigning with a year left on his contract, paving the way for the hiring of former Yankees manager Joe Torre as his replacement. “I have a combination of a lot of reasons, and I'll leave it at that,” said Little, disputing that he was forced to resign or that he was treated unjustly. “I've got my own, personal reasons. It's a mutual resignation. I know this is the best way to go. It's not an easy decision, as anyone might suggest, but it's final.”

It was reported late Tuesday night that Joe Torre had agreed in principle to a three-year deal for $14.5 million and could be introduced Thursday by the New York Post. The Post report also said the LA Dodgers are denying a deal is complete. The anticipated addition of Joe Torre has already sparked speculation that free-agent third baseman Alex Rodriguez and bench coach Don Mattingly would follow him to Los Angeles. Scott Boras, Alex Rodriguez's agent, told 710 AM ESPN Radio that Rodriguez and Torre had a very solid relationship in New York, and Rodriguez would have no problem playing for Torre again.

Furthermore, Tuesday's announcement came in a conference call with Grady Little and general manager Ned Colletti, who hired Little almost two years ago to replace Jim Tracy. Little managed the club to a 17-win improvement and a postseason berth in 2006, but the Los Angeles Dodgers followed in 2007 with a late-season collapse into fourth place and a clubhouse divided. He went 170-154 in two seasons. Grady Little and Ned Colletti insisted that Tuesday's decision was made by Little, and that he could have remained manager if he had so chosen. Colletti and owner Frank McCourt said on the last day of the season that Little would return for 2008. “I wanted Grady Little back,” said Ned Colletti. “We discussed a lot of things, how he felt and how I felt, and we just felt it was best for everybody that this is where it ended up. I encouraged him a handful of times to think it through, that I wanted him back.”

In addition to this, on the last Saturday of the season, when asked if he was thinking about resigning, Grady Little said he would return in 2008 and “see this thing through to the end.” However, having taken an inordinate share of the blame for a season gone bad in many ways, Little privately voiced to Ned Colletti that he had doubts whether he wanted to manage as a lame duck, lacking solid support from the front office and being increasingly unpopular among fans. The doubts Grady Little expressed prompted Colletti to contact possible replacements like Joe Girardi and Joe Torre. “We have talked to other people a little bit to gauge their level of interest, because in talking to Grady the last few weeks, I wasn't sure he was coming back,” Ned Colletti said. “It was incumbent upon me not to get caught with nothing at the end.”

According to Grady Little, he was not offended, nor was his decision influenced, by Ned Colletti's pursuit of replacements before he decided to resign. “I respect the job Ned has to do," Little said. "He's got to be ready for anything that happens.”

Grady Little had previously managed the team of Boston Red Sox for two seasons and came to the team of Dodgers with a reputation for folksy charm and being a player's manager. However, the reputation took a hard hit as veteran Jeff Kent criticized the attitude and approach of the team's young players. Kent's comments were evidence of a growing clubhouse rift that developed as the organization's youth movement jeopardized the playing status of veterans. As the manager, Grady Little then received much of the blame for the turmoil and said he would handle things differently next year. Little called the just-completed season "the toughest of my life."

The club apparently will pay Grady Little at least a large chunk of the estimated $750,000 he was due in 2008 (he also had a 2009 option). Little's salary was in the bottom third of all managers. There are media reports that Joe Torre will sign a three-year, $14.5 million contract with the team of Dodgers after rejecting a one-year deal at $5 million (plus incentives) from the Yankees two weeks ago. “That's not accurate,” said Ned Colletti of a completed deal with Joe Torre. “We haven't hired anybody. We're talking to some people. We'll get into that at a later period of time.”

Despite the reports on Joe Torre, under Major League guidelines the club is mandated to conduct a search that includes interviews with minority candidates. Grady Little's coaching staff members were told at the end of the season that they could pursue other opportunities. Their contracts expire at the end of the year and they have spent the past month in limbo. “That happens sometimes in the game of baseball every once in a while,” by Grady Little.

Though the LA Dodgers will work with a new manager, they will do their best to adjust on Torre’s managing scheme. And they will continue to be one of MLB’s most outstanding teams.

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