October 18th, 2007 By Justin Williams
Donnie Baseball = Donnie Skipper?
New York Yankees manager Joe Torre turned down a 1 year, $5 million contract today and ended his year run as the manager of baseball’s most storied franchise. Torre rejected the contract because of the $2.5 paycut and performance based incentives outlined in the 1 year deal.
The leading candidate for the Yankees manager position is Evansville’s own Don Mattingly. Mattingly is presently the team’s bench coach, but was the team’s first baseman from 1982-1995. Mattingly’s agent, Ray Schulte, has refuted recent claims that Mattingly doesn’t think he is ready for the managerial position claiming those stories were fabricated. Also in contention for the job are Joe Girardi, Bobby Valentine and the Cardinals’ Tony La Russa.
Speaking of local Major League talent, Jamey Carrol and the Colorado Rockies swept the Arizona Diamondbacks to make it to their first World Series in franchise history. Not bad for a Castle boy. Go Rockies!
photo courtesy of Newsday
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October 19, 2007 @ 10:58AM
Mattingly should get the job over Girardi - he has the players respect, and they will work hard for him. He knows how to deal with the ups and downs of being a big leaguer, and how to deal with the media, etc. Hope the Steinbrenners get it right!