Former Dodgers manager Joe Torre said Commissioner Bud Selig conferred with him before announcing that Major League Baseball is taking control of the club, and expressed hope that after a difficult decision "we have a healthy franchise" as a result. Torre managed the Dodgers the last three years of his 29-year managerial career, guiding them to a pair of National League West titles. "I'm glad it is tended to, paid attention to, and I know it wasn't easy for the Commissioner to come down with the decision that he did," Torre said. "He's given it a lot of thought. I know that, because we've conferred a time or two. Hopefully when it's all said and done, we have a healthy franchise out there. "He certainly conferred with me on what he was thinking, and how he was thinking about the franchise in Los Angeles, and he felt it should be on more solid footing, basically."