So Yankee fans, how would you feel about seeing Joe Torre as the front man of a ticker-tape parade if the Dodgers win the World Series?

It could very well happen.

Now I'm not saying the Bombers made the wrong move in letting -- or forcing (how ever you choose to look at it) -- Torre to walk after last year in favor of Joe Girarid because the time was right to make the change.

But it would be kind of ironic if after 13 straight playoff appearances and four championships under Torre to have the Yanks miss the playoffs for the first time and the Dodgers win a title in Torre's first year.

For the record, I'm picking Boston to win it all again, but a Dodgers-Red Sox series would be quite entertaining. I'm sure Red Sox Nation can't wait to "welcome" back Manny Ramirez as a Dodger.