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Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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APRegarding Ramirez, Torre said: “I don’t think it’s a one-way street. Manny certainly has to do what’s best for him and his family. (The contract) is going to take a lot of length, from what I hear. He was certainly an A-No. 1 citizen here.”
Since winning the 1988 World Series, the Dodgers had gone 1-12 in four postseason appearances before sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the first round and losing to the Phillies in the second.
“It was a bumpy road for a while,” said Torre, whose team had a 65-70 record in late August before winning 19 of their final 27 games to finish 84-78. “I know I was satisfied with the effort. We all want to go further than we did. We beat a very good Cubs team. I don’t think you can look at this club and just say we won a very weak division.
“Considering we were three games from going to the World Series, you’ve got to be proud of that. There’s more work to do. I thought we eliminated a lot of the hills and valleys, for the most part.”
A lot of that came after the addition of Ramirez, who not only performed at an amazing level, he loosened things up in the clubhouse as well.
“This game, it’s all about emotion to me,” Torre said. “It’s a man’s game. There’s still room for growth, no question. We’ve got some talent in some very key spots.”
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