LOS ANGELES (AP) — New manager Don Mattingly wants the Los Angeles Dodgers to play baseball the way he once did, with no excuses.
Mattingly is busy preparing for his first spring training in charge, having taken over from Joe Torre, who retired after last season.
The former New York Yankees slugger inherits a club that was fourth in the NL West with an 80-82 record. The Dodgers finished 11 games behind division-winning San Francisco, which went on to win the World Series.
Mattingly says he wants to forget last season and build the kind of team that is mentally tough and resilient during inevitable losing skids.
