mlb.mlb.com - 19 days ago
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By Alden Gonzalez and Ken Gurnick / MLB.com 11/03/09 8:25 PM EST Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly has declined to interview for the Nationals' opening for manager, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti confirmed through a team spokesperson on Tuesday. The move could be an indication that ...
thenatsblog.com - 21 days ago
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Whether you consider it irony or tragedy, Redskins
season has come in Washington and has given D.C.
sports fans no solace from the bad taste of 100 loss baseball. From as early as April of the 2009 Nationals season, the cries echoed throughout Washington ...
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National Embarrassment Part 2?
washingtontimes.com - 19 days ago
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The Nationals are expected to name their manager
in the next week, and after Don Mattingly removed
himself from consideration, it appears Jim Riggleman has an inside track toward retaining the job he held on an interim basis during the second half of ...
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Mattingly out of the running
washingtontimes.com - 18 days ago
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Ben Goessling and Mark Zuckerman The Washington Nationals
are expected to name their manager in the next
week, and after Don Mattingly removed himself from consideration, it appears Jim Riggleman has an inside track toward retaining the job he held on ...
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Riggleman could stay with Nationals
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Pitcher Rich Hill, outfielder Jeff Fiorentino and catcher Guillermo Rodriguez all rejected a minor league assignment by the Orioles and elected free agency instead. Alfredo Simon, who was also removed from the 40-man roster last week, accepted an assignment to Triple-A ...
Don Mattingly passes on managerial interview with Washington Nationals
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
Former New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly really, really wants to be a manager in the big leagues, but he apparently doesn't want to do it for the Washington Nationals. Rumor has it that Mattingly turned down an offer to interview with the team and help turn it around, according to MLB.com. There is apparently some belief that this indicates that Mattingly and his current employer, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are formalizing some kind of plan for hitting coach Mattingly to take over for Joe Torre when Torre finally decides to call it quits. Meanwhile, the Nats apparently want to name a new manager within the week. Interim manager Jim Riggleman is a ...
Don Mattingly says no thanks to the Nationals. And he may regret it one day.
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[image] Donnie Baseball was invited to come to D.C. to interview for the Nats job, but declined, says Alden Gonzalez at MLB.com . The theory: that the Dodgers are working to formalize Mattingly's heir-apparent status in Los Angeles, officially making him Joe Torre's successor. I'd like to see Mattingly get the Dodgers' job, but these heir-apparent situations can be dicey. When an opening happens, teams like to -- and should -- consider all of the available options rather than lock themselves into a situation beforehand. What if Mattingly -- or even his patron, Joe Torre -- falls into disgrace before the end of next year? What if some other, amazing candidate reveals himself in the meantime? The ...
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Why would any team want Mattingly for a manager?
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Nats to commence manager search soon
mlb.mlb.com 10/23/2009 — By Bill Ladson / MLB.com 10/15/09 6:00 PM ET WASHINGTON -- Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Thursday that the search for a new manager will be in full swing soon but that the skipper may not be named until the postseason is over. Rizzo has ...
Nats to commence manager search soon
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Riggleman hired as Nationals manager
mlb.mlb.com 11 days ago — By Bill Ladson / MLB.com 11/11/09 7:51 PM EST WASHINGTON -- The Nationals have decided to name Jim Riggleman the permanent manager, according to a baseball source. The news comes five months after he was named the interim skipper, replacing Manny ...
Nats seek permission for Mattingly
dcprosportsreport.com 10/20/2009 — According to the Washington Times, the Washington Nationals have sought permission from the LA Dodgers to interview 1B Coach and former Yankee great Don Mattingly for the managerial opening in Washington.