2010 Dodgers
The final game for long time manager Joe Torre ended his career much as it began, with a victory. After 29 years in the game, Torre is stepping down. It's scary, isn't it?" he said. "I think (it is). I don't ever want to shut down. I know too many people who have taken early retirement. They think it's great; they're going to play a lot of golf. But they didn't seem very happy."
Your LA Dodgers finished the season with 80-82, the first time the team has had a losing season since 2005 and they are looking to a future without the future Hall of Famer leading the club with Don Mattingly in charge. Mattingly was promoted to manager next season. “This is a tough act to follow,” said Mattingly. He has no prior big league managerial experience.
Also retiring at the end of the season is Catcher Brad Ausmus. "I'm ready to stop playing. You can probably find a lot of people who will tell you I have overstayed my welcome at the major league level anyway. It has gotten to the point where not only do I need to get back to my family, because my kids are at an age where they probably won't want me around in a couple of years, but also, quite frankly, I just don't feel like I can play on a consistent basis. That has nothing to do with the back surgery, because I actually started feeling that way in spring training. But I wasn't going to walk away, because I had a contract,” Ausmus said recently.
