Add former Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta to the list of possible off-season additions for the Rockies. Fired by the Dodgers on Saturday, 20 months into a five-year contract, DePodesta will be smart to take a few months off to clear his mind. Initial speculation is he will return to Oakland, where he was the top aide to general manager Billy Beane before being hired by the Dodgers. For DePodesta's own good, he would be better to move on and expand his exposure. The Rockies would be a likely choice, because DePodesta has said time and again that Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd is his closest friend in baseball. It was O'Dowd who first hired DePodesta in Cleveland, and it was O'Dowd who convinced good friend Beane to make DePodesta the A's assistant general manager.