It's one, two, three managers out at the old ball game.

It's not a good day if you're a MLB manager, at least not for Ken Macha, Jerry Manuel and John Russell.

Sure, if you're Joe Torre or Bobby Cox, you can write your own ticket, leave on your own terms.

Or if you were a former player of note, taking a turn at managing, you might even wind up with an extra two years to manage like Dusty Baker and Kirk Gibson.

So... let me revise my original statement.  It's not a good day to be a manager if your baseball card can be found in the penny pile. 

Say it aint so, Joe

Joe Torre, the fifth-winningest manager in Major League history, with 13 First Place Finishes, 6 Pennants and 4 World Series Titles, will be stepping down as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of this season.

Donnie Baseball will have big shoes to fill when he takes over next year.

Torre says he will be involved with baseball somehow, someway.  There is even speculation that teams like the Mets, the Braves and the Cubs would love him to manage their teams.

But just in case your role becomes a little less public, I want to thank you, Joe.  Whether it was managing a team I was rooting for or against, the game was always interesting and never over until the final out.