Don Mattingly made his managerial debut last night against the Seattle Mariners, after Joe Torre was suspended for a game because of the previous night's incident.
Matt DeSalvo, his rookie starting pitcher made it easy for him through 7 innings. Unfortunately, when he brought in Kyle Farnsworth, bad luck came through. After a horrible call by the 2nd base ump on a stolen base by Willie Bloomquist led to a game tying RBI by Kenji Johjima, Mattingly brought in Rivera to pitch the ninth. Unfortunately, Rivera's bad luck continued, and he gave up a game winning solo home run to Adrian Beltre.
Mattingly has had aspirations to manage in the big leagues, and this was just a start. If things continue down the wrong road for Torre, who knows, we could see Donny at the helm of the Yanks in less time than we thought.
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Matt DeSalvo, his rookie starting pitcher made it easy for him through 7 innings. Unfortunately, when he brought in Kyle Farnsworth, bad luck came through. After a horrible call by the 2nd base ump on a stolen base by Willie Bloomquist led to a game tying RBI by Kenji Johjima, Mattingly brought in Rivera to pitch the ninth. Unfortunately, Rivera's bad luck continued, and he gave up a game winning solo home run to Adrian Beltre.
Mattingly has had aspirations to manage in the big leagues, and this was just a start. If things continue down the wrong road for Torre, who knows, we could see Donny at the helm of the Yanks in less time than we thought.
Original Story:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/arti....
