Joe Torre has served as MLB?s executive vice president for baseball operations since retiring as Dodgers manager in late 2010?with a brief break while he pursued ownership of the team?but the 71-year-old future Hall of Famer has decided to take on another managing gig.
Torre has been chosen as Team USA?s manager for the World Baseball Classic in March of 2013. Four years ago Davey Johnson managed the WBC team along with a star-studded coaching staff that included Mike Schmidt, Barry Larkin, Mel Stottlemyre, Billy Ripken, Reggie Smith, and Marcel Lachemann.
No word yet on who will be on Torre?s staff and presumably the WBC job won?t lead to Torre following in Johnson?s footsteps by eventually becoming an MLB manage again, but if anyone is well-equipped to manager a team full of All-Stars it?s certainly Torre. He managed 29 seasons for the Mets, Cardinals, Braves, Yankees and Dodgers, winning four World Series titles and two manager of the year awards.
Team USA finished in fourth place under Johnson in 2009 and tied for sixth place under manager Buck Martinez in 2006, with Team Japan winning both tournaments.
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