Mark Saxon is a staff writer for ESPNLosAngeles.com. He spent six years at the Orange County Register, and began his career at the Oakland Tribune, where he started an 11-year journey covering Major League Baseball. He has also covered colleges, including USC football and UCLA basketball.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The minute the Los Angeles Dodgers changed third base coaches on Monday by adding former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke to their staff, conspiracy theorists and Don Mattingly detractors wondered if they had found their ready-made replacement if the new front office decides to fire Mattingly.
