Editing Don Mattingly (section)

===Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2010)===
After not being offered the position of manager for the Yankees, Mattingly joined Torre with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] as the team's hitting coach. On January 22, 2008, Mattingly was replaced as hitting coach, citing family reasons, instead serving as major-league special-assignment coach for the Dodgers in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/don-mattingly-leaves-joe-torre-side-family-matters-article-1.345086 |title=Don Mattingly leaves Joe Torre's side because of family matters|author=Anthony Mccarron|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)]] |date = January 22, 2008}}</ref> Mattingly succeeded [[Mike Easler]] as Dodgers' hitting coach that July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080709&content_id=3098269&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Report: Dodgers promote Mattingly Special hitting instructor would assume full-time role on staff|access-date=October 20, 2008|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> The Dodgers were the National League runners-up in 2008 and 2009 (losing to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in both National League championship series), largely behind the bat of midseason acquisition [[Manny Ramirez]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2008.shtml |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2009.shtml |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[Image:Don Mattingly Dodgers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mattingly with the Dodgers]]
In the 2009–10 offseason, Mattingly was a finalist for the managerial position with the [[Cleveland Indians]], for which [[Manny Acta]] was eventually hired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/09/17/joe.torre.retires/|title=Legendary Manager Joe Torre to Retire at End of Baseball Season|work=CNN|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>