Weird game last night in Los Angeles.
Each starting pitcher, Tim Lincecum of the Giants and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers were ejected for throwing at batters. Nothing weird there.
L-A Manager Joe Torre also got tossed when Kershaw was sent off. That made Don Mattingly the Dodgers acting manager.
In the 9th, L-A closer Jonathan Broxton found himself in a jam, bases loaded, one out, 5-4 Dodger lead. Mattingly came out to talk to Broxton. When finished, Mattingly started off the mound and then, to answer a question from one of his infielders, turned and walked back onto the mound.
Giants melon-headed manager Bruce Bochy came out to argue that Mattingly's about-face constitued a second visit to the mound which meant Broxton would have to exit.
The umpires agreed, Broxton was taken out, George Sherrill came in, Andres Torres doubled and the Giants won a wild one 7-5 while the Dodgers went home with a 6-game losing streak.
As for Mattingly, I'm sure it's a mistake he won't make again when he gets his shot to manage.
By the way, Joe Girardi is a free-agent after this season. If the Yankees don't lock him up, might he go to Chicago to take over the Cubs? Lou Piniella is retiring after the season. Some say that Ryne Sandberg, currently managing in the minors will be the next Cubs manager. But if Girardi is available?
So, let's say Girardi is tired of Hal and Hank and the other morons like Randy Levine and Lonn Trost in the Yankees front office. Suppose he does indeed go to the Cubs and it's not far fetched. He's from Illinois, he graduated from Northwestern, he played for the Cubs and he's already won a World Series (maybe 2 in October) with the Yanks. What if he was the guy to lead the Cubs to a World Series title. Now that is far fetched.
Anyway, if the Yankees need a manager, do they make the call to Donnie Baseball? He would look right at home in his old #23 pinstriped uniform. He doesn't look right wearing Dodger blue. And he won't make a double trip to the mound on the same visit.
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