Exhibition games vs. Yankees set for Dolphin Stadium  —  Joe Girardi will get his final tuneup for his first year as New York Yankees manager against his old team.  —  The Yankees play the Marlins on March 28 at 7:05 p.m. and March 29 at 6:05 p.m. at Dolphin Stadium to close both teams' exhibition schedules.

It's official: Dodgers hire Torre  —  Ex-Yankees skipper brought in to replace Little in LA  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers made it official on Thursday, hiring future Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre to replace Grady Little, who resigned on Tuesday.  —  Why Joe Torre?

Bonds would boycott Hall of Fame over asterisk  —  If Hall displays HR ball with asterisk, slugger won't step inside Cooperstown  —  NEW YORK - Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk.  —  That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony.

Reliever Zumaya to miss first half of '08  —  Righty has surgery after sustaining injury during evacuation  —  DETROIT — Thankfully, Joel Zumaya did not lose his home or his family in the San Diego wildfires.  Whether he lost his fastball should be trivial by comparison, but after a freak accident …

Fans catch treat at Varitek home  —  NEWTON - This Halloween, Jason Varitek gave trick-or-treaters something infinitely more valuable than a king-sized Snickers bar.  The Red Sox captain sat in a lawn chair at the top on his driveway and handed out autographs, signing baseballs, hats, shirts …

Posada-Girardi rift?  Not really; he should be back  —  There's a buzz working its way through the media, if nowhere else, that Jorge Posada doesn't want to play for Joe Girardi.  That the Mets have hope, after all, in recruiting the lifelong Yankee over the Triborough Bridge.

Macha interested in managing Pirates  —  Former A's skipper has deep roots in Pittsburgh area  —  PITTSURGH — While the Pirates front office remains tight-lipped as they proceed with a search to hire a new manager and key front office personnel, there is no hiding that the organization's search for a new skipper is in full swing.

YouTube goodness: Dice-K's high school no-no  —  What do you do when baseball season's over?  —  Well, besides for playing "Choose Your Own Adventure" with Alex Rodriguez, how about peeping the video of Daisuke Matsuzaka's famed high school no-hitter?  After seeing this …

Angels agree to terms with six Major League coaches and bullpen catcher  —  ANAHEIM — Angels Baseball Thursday announced the club has reached agreements with bench coach Ron Roenicke, pitching coach Mike Butcher, third base coach Dino Ebel, first base coach Alfredo Griffin, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher …