LOS ANGELES - Whenever a Dodger makes a gaffe and is totally, instantly forgiven by his manager, he can thank Yogi Berra. That is the way Berra treated at least one of his Yankees and that is the way that player, Don Mattingly, is determined to treat his players.
"I played for a lot of different guys in my tenure in New York. But I don't know if I ever ran across a better person than Yogi,'' the Dodgers manager said after his team's workout Thursday in preparation for Friday night's NLDS Game 1 against the Mets. "I think just the way he handled himself and treated people was something that rubbed off on me for sure.