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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Joe Torre said when he retired from managing last fall that he still wanted to do "something significant."

He found a job that he says "fills the bill — no question about it."

Commissioner Bud Selig has hired Torre as MLB's executive vice president for baseball operations. Selig made the long-anticipated announcement on Saturday before the dedication of the new spring facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

In what Selig called "a very critical appointment," the 70-year-old Torre will oversee major league operations, on-field discipline, umpiring and other areas. He also said Torre would be one of baseball's representatives to general managers and field managers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/201..._ba_ne/bbo_torre_mlb

Fair choice. I mean to say it makes sense and he brings a pretty long career's worth of expertise to the position.

Hopefully he's also not especially afraid to tell Bud Selig what he thinks.