Steinbrenner Wanted Mattingly To Manage Yankees
Don Mattingly, who played 14 seasons with the Yankees, is returning to New York as manager of the Dodgers this season.
Mattingly said he was never sure if he'd get a chance to manage in New York.
"I didn't know," he said. "I know [former Yankees owner] Mr. [George] Steinbrenner wanted me to manage. He thought I would be a good manager. But I had no guarantees of anything.
"They treated me fairly I thought. Things work out for a reason. That would have been really bad timing for me. Terrible. I was going through some personal stuff that would have been miserable trying to manage for the first time and have that going on. So, that was a blessing in disguise. Coming to L.A. has been great, and obviously there's been a lot of turmoil this year, but I love what I'm doing and I like being in L.A."
Joe Girardi is currently the manager of the Yankees.