With the unofficial decade coming to an end, a close look should be given to the Dodgers’ work. After all, it’s not every day that ownership changes, a team that hadn’t won a playoff series in 20 years sweeps the NLDS in consecutive years, and the team achieves a staggering amount of attention, from injuries to trades to steroids to divorce.

Joe Torre is in talks with the Dodger management to extend his three-year deal into 2011.  Extension talks further complicate the situation of hitting coach Don Mattingly.  Mattingly interviewed for the managerial job at Cleveland before losing out to Manny Acta.  While the former first-baseman is considered to be the heir-apparent, an

Manny Ramirez wasted no time, announcing he will not opt out of his two-year contract so he can remain in the Dodgers’ fold for 2010.  Agent Scott Boras confirmed the announcement.  It was widely accepted that Manny would return, knowing that his value would be at its lowest after a year in which he was suspended for using a banned