TORRE AND DONNIE TO RETURN TO NY

The New York Daily News is reporting that Joe Torre and Don Mattingly are going to be in New York on Monday night for the ceremony dedicating late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's monument at Yankees Stadium.

TORRE OUT-MATTINGLY IN!

Don Mattingly will replace Joe Torre as manager of the Dodgers at the end of the season, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

An official announcement will be made Friday before the Dodgers' game against the Colorado Rockies.

Mattingly has been the Dodgers hitting coach since the middle of the 2008 season, which was Torre's first with the team. Before that, they were together with the New York Yankees.

LEYRITZ TRIAL DELAY

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The DUI manslaughter trial of former major leaguer Jim Leyritz is temporarily on hold because of legal wrangling over key pieces of evidence.

A Broward County judge ruled Thursday that Leyritz cannot use the evidence in his defense. This included the 0.18 blood-alcohol content of victim Fredia Ann Veitch, her failure to wear a seat belt and evidence that Veitch was receiving text messages while driving.


Jury selection was to begin Monday. Leyritz attorney David Bogenschutz said that’s on hold pending an appeal of the evidence rulings.

Prosecutors say Leyritz was drunk when the SUV he was driving ran a red light in 2007 and crashed into Veitch’s vehicle, killing her.

(I'd like to know why that evidence was thrown out!)

A REAL YANKEES CLASSIC!

(Thanks to Zell's Pinstripe Blog)

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