Joe Torre to Face the Yankees in 2010

On Sept. 16, 2009, the New York Yankees and several other Major League teams released their preliminary 2010 season schedules. When looking at the Yankees' schedule there are several series that stand out.

Two of those are the season-opening and closing series against the rivaled Red Sox. Series against the Red Sox are always highly anticipated because of the long grudge that these two teams hold for each other.

But the countdown has begun for the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

That is not because the Yankees and Dodgers are rivals, but because the series will serve as a homecoming. The 2010 series against the Dodgers will mark the first time in a few years that most Yankees fans can see their team and Joe Torre on the same field.