Don Mattingly "Parting Ways" With the Los Angeles Dodgers
By Jason Lisk
It finally happened. Don Mattingly is out as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager, in what is being termed publicly as a mutual parting of ways by Jon Heyman. According to Heyman, management liked Mattingly, but there wasn’t support for him long-term as manager. (I’m assuming long-term in this case means a few months from now).
Mattingly has been oft-criticized in Los Angeles. After five seasons, for a team that has surpassed the Yankees as the biggest spenders in baseball, having no World Series appearances is not acceptable. Mattingly finishes with a 446-363 regular season record in LA.
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