LOS ANGELES -- Don Mattingly said he didn't decide to walk away from being the Los Angeles Dodgers' manager until he returned to his native Indiana on Tuesday, four days after he first began discussing his future with the team's front office.
After he and the team announced on Thursday that he was leaving in what they said was a mutually agreed-upon arrangement, Mattingly, who joined the Dodgers as hitting coach eight seasons ago and was in his fifth managerial season after succeeding mentor Joe Torre, said he'll go with mixed feelings.
"I can't sit here and say I'm just bubbling over," Mattingly said.