Torre takes Dodgers' job; Mattingly, Bowa coming with him</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LOS ANGELES -- Joe Torre pulled on his Dodger blue cap and gleaming white jersey, squinted into the California sun and immediately paid tribute to one of baseball's most successful franchises.</p> Torre was front and center Monday for his lavish introduction as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully delivered the opening remarks for a news conference held in center field at Dodger Stadium to accommodate the overload of media -- a first according to team spokesman Josh Rawitch.</p> Less than three weeks after walking away from the New York Yankees, Torre was joined at the news conference by Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt, general manager Ned Colletti, pitching ace Brad Penny and former Los Angeles manager Tom Lasorda.</p> "The Dodgers were always special and I certainly expect the Dodgers will always be special," Torre said. "I get choked up."</p> Don Mattingly and Larry Bowa are joining Torre, he announced in his introductory remarks.</div></p>
