Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Poutu-te-rangi 31, 2008, i eke a Joe Torre ki tana kaiwhakahaere tuatahi me nga Dodgers i te wikitoria 5 <unk> 0. He mea tupono, ka whakahaeretia e ia etahi kaitakaro o mua o Red Sox, penei i a Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe, me Nomar Garciaparra. I te Mahuru 25, 2008, i whakawhiwhia e nga Dodgers te taitara National League West, i whakawhiwhia ai a Torre ki tana putanga 13 o te waa whai muri. I te Oketopa 4, 2008 i kite a Torre i te whakahaere i nga Dodgers ki te wikitoria 3-0 ki runga i te Chicago Cubs i te National League Division Series, i whiwhi ai nga Dodgers i to raatau wikitoria tuatahi i muri i te wa o te whakataetae 1988. I whiua a Torre's Dodgers i te NLCS
E wha nga taakaro ki te kotahi na nga Phillies (i wikitoria i te World Series) me te ngaronga 5-1 i te Oketopa 15.