Mark Walter was asked by the Los Angeles Times if he planned to fire Don Mattingly. His response:
“These guys are in charge,” Walter said before the Dodgers’ 3-0 victory over the Angels. “Nobody wants me running this team. If they do, that’s a huge mistake. I’m not qualified to run a baseball team. I hope people know that.”
It’s Stan Kasten’s and Ned Colletti’s call, Walter says. And even though George Steinbrenner once said that he’d be a hands-off owner, you get the sense that Walter actually will be. If he had it in him to meddle he probably wouldn’t have let the media run with the notion that Magic Johnson is actually in charge or anything.
