MLB Messes Up Don Mattingly's Birthday

Today is Dodger manager Don Mattingly‘s 50th birthday. But any dugout surprises that might have been planned by players for tonight’s game against the Atlanta Braves must now give way to this afternoon’s startling announcement that Major League Baseball intends to take over day-to-day operation of the club and thus put a stop to the financial shenanigans of Frank McCourt.

The convergence of a skipper’s half-century mark with one of the most momentous declarations in MLB history is an instant trivia oddity.

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