Incoming Dodgers manager, Joe Torre spoke to the press this morning making everything official, and from the looks of things, Dodgers fans have something to be excited about.

The signing of Torre ranks right up there with all the A-Rod BS, as the top story of the off-season thus far, and though it's still early on, and the Dodgers are still young, and Jeff Kent still has the team swinging from his nuts, things look progressive in the front office.

Torre addressed the media about an hour ago, in a press conference that FSN Prime Ticket  covered like the second coming (FSN rules with the whole impromptu coverage thing).

Quote time:

• "When I think of the Dodgers, I think of efficiency, I think of pride, I think of a measuring stick. You always measured yourself against the Dodgers, because they always did everything right."

• "Being from Brooklyn, I'd better get this out, we had the Dodgers, the Giants and the Yankees. We were pretty spoiled in the East. I managed the Yankees and now I get to manage the Dodgers and I was a Giants fan. I want to apologize for that right now."

• "I didn't sleep all night. It's just a great feeling to be here. This is one of a handful of organizations you automatically say yes to."
  

• "Wow! This has been wild here. The last two weeks have been a whirlwind. You say goodbye to one prestigious organization and you say hello to another prestigious organization."

Torre also announced that former Yankees coaches Don Mattingly and Larry Bowa would be joining him in Los Angeles.

• "Don Mattingly, I can't tell you how excited he is. We're just looking to go to work." - Regarding Mattingly's son being a member of the Dodgers farm system.