Caught Don Mattingly being interviewed by Dan Patrick on FOX Sports Radio yesterday and I must admit I can't stand the idea of Donnie possibly coaching against the Yankees in the World Series, should the Yanks and Dodgers advance. Even though he's only a coach and not the manager, Donnie coaching against us actually bothers me more than the idea of Joe Torre trying to beat us. Donnie said he hopes it happens, and that it would be fun. He said it would give him a chance to see the new Yankee Stadium, though he joked he'd only get to see the visitors' clubhouse. It all makes me sick. I refuse to even post of photo of Donnie in a Dodger uniform on this blog, and just the idea of Manny hitting a home run against the Yankees in a World Series game and Donnie slapping him on the back as he returns to the dugout also makes me physically ill. Donnie downplays it all, and you can judge for yourself if you think he's still upset about not getting the Yankees job. Here is a link to the interview: http://msn.foxsports.com/radio/radioShow?showId=2
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So Don Mattingly's first World Series game at Yankee Stadium could be in the other dugout? That sucks. But ... with all of those great lefties on the Phillies, the Dodgers might be a better match for the Yanks.
LA is probably hoping for a "Freeway Series" bewteen the Dodgers and Angels.
MLB and the networks probably want it to be Yankees/Dodgers. The Torre storyline is huge, and you'd have two great franchises that haven't played in the World Series in nearly 30 years squaring off, plus you get the two biggest markets in the nation. The ratings would be big.
And in NEPA, people are hoping for Yankees/Phillies.
I don't really care about any of it. Though I'd rather beat Philly, I could easily live with beating Joe and Donnie of we must. I just want to win.
Let's just try and get past the Angels first.
I'm glad Donnie didn't get the job..and I hope he took the curse of Mattingly out West with him! Remember - we never won anything with him on the field or in the dugout! At least Girardi was a winner, and did a great job managing in Florida. I'd actually like to stick it to Torre too. He's got a little high and mighty, and whether you like it or not, the Steinbrenners were speaking the truth - he never would have done what he was able to do (anyone remember him managing the Mets?) - nor would Girardi or anyone else - if they didn't buy him the very best players available. Not that there is anything wrong with that - I think the Yankee model is one that everyone should use - invest in your product, and hopefully put out a good product, which it turn puts asses in the seats, and often times translates into a good team who wins, thus more asses, more money, better players. Teams who bitch about it are teams who are getting money from us every year via the luxury tax, who are only in the place they're in because the never did what the Yankees do so well.
BUT..we must beat the Angels first. That has never been easy. At least we open and close in the Bronx...if it gets that far. Then I don't care WHO we play, though I suspect it will be the Phillies, and that's a scary prospect.
To say Donnie is "cursed" is ridiculous. He did not win a World Series for three reasons:
1) Yankee pitching mostly sucked in the '80s.
2) Yanks could have signed better pitchers, but the owners worked in "collusion" to not sign players in an effort to keep salaries down. People always forget about this, but this was huge.
3) Yanks were probably the best team in baseball in 1994, but the strike killed the season.
When Donnie finally got to the playoffs in '95, he hit .417.
Those are the facts.
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