Mattingly gets Phillies' manager job, reaching 2-year deal

Don Mattingly, who guided the Philadelphia Phillies to the postseason after taking over as interim manager just 28 games into the season, will return as the team's full-time manager after reaching a two-year deal, it was announced Wednesday. Hired last season as a bench coach, Mattingly, 65, took the reins after Rob Thomson was fired in April. The father of Phillies general manager Preston Mattingly, Don Mattingly helped turn around the team's fortunes immediately and, despite losing four games in a row during the final week of the regular season, clinched a National League wild-card berth with a victory in…
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