Report: Rick Caruso considers bid for Dodgers

Wait, it gets better. Story in the NYT says that Caruso has approached Joe Torre about joining his effort to purchase the team. Caruso's name has not shown up much in the roster of potential bidders, but he would be an obvious possibility. From the NYT:

Torre, who resigned in 2007 after 12 seasons as the Yankees' manager to manage the Dodgers for McCourt for nearly three years, would fit snugly into the growing roster of possible suitors. Peter O'Malley, whose family owned the Dodgers for 47 years, is a declared candidate. So is Fred Claire, a former general manager. Two former Dodgers, Orel Hershiser and Steve Garvey, have voiced desires to be parts of groups. Then there are the superrich suitors, like Thomas Golisano, the former Buffalo Sabres owner, who said he would buy the team without any partners; the high-profile investor Ron Burkle; the philanthropist Eli Broad; and potentially many others, like Magic Johnson. The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of the Dodgers still must agree to the process of selling the Dodgers that McCourt and M.L.B. agreed to.

Torre told the NYT this afternoon that "I'm not part of any group," although he did note that a number of people have reached out. "But I've made no alliance, no commitment, as of this minute."