Odds & Ends: Indians, Dodgers, Blue Jays

Because baseball should be in all four seasons, no matter what Forbes Magazine thinks... As Buster Olney first reported on October 3, Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell officially took his name out of the running for next manager of the Cleveland Indians. Joe Torre denied that life with the Dodgers is "a living hell", as Peter Gammons told Michael Kay on his radio show Wednesday. Torre did say, however, that he doesn't expect to manage past his 2010 contract.  Perhaps the phrase will be used instead in the upcoming divorce proceedings between Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife, Jamie. As a source described it to Ken Rosenthal: "They've already 'lawyered' up. They're trashing each other terribly. It's going to be World War III." Orlando Hudson is glad the Blue Jays traded him. Considering that he's still playing, and J.P. Riccardi is out of a job, one can guess Riccardi feels otherwise.