Doug Glanville

And Mattingly and Mattingly certainly have that long legacy of being close.

And, you know, I've gotten to know Don a little bit just from it being the Yankees spring training at 05 and over the years.

And he's definitely someone who's qualified, but when you make these type of decisions, you have to look who's closest to you.

And I think managing is very tough today, not only because of the data and the amount of influence, whether it's social media or the amount of people in the analytics department, but it's also the fact that the closeness of your staff

You know, you're going to hire people on your staff or they may bring in somebody that you have to work with that can replace you.

I mean, you see this all the time, right?

You lose your job and the bench coach comes right in.

So a lot of people around you are qualified to run the team or seen as qualified from the front office standpoint.

So you don't have that kind of certainty.

So, you know, that's what happened, for example, with Joe Girardi, you know, and all of a sudden Rob Thompson's in there and you make moves that people

on your bench to take your job.

So I think the positive part of the Matalit is that it is a close family, and there is a legacy that's actually a real positive one.

A guy who hasn't gotten into the Hall of Fame, may never, and is definitely qualified.

But we'll see.

The results are going to tell that story.

Right now, everybody's measuring up to the Dodgers.

That's just the gold standard right now.

And a lot of it involves depth, like how deep are they?

And the Cubs, look, their offense is phenomenal right now.

And I don't see it as something that's going to get weak.