http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/19/blue-jays-upset-that-dodgers-denied-their-request-to-interview-tim-wallach/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 10:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/19/blue-jays-upset-that-dodgers-denied-their-request-to-interview-tim-wallach/comment-page-1/#comment-86820 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:15:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=16019#comment-86820 [...] him to pursue manager jobs with a pre-selected number of teams. Milwaukee was on the list, but Toronto wasn’t, and now Wallach will spend a year on Don Mattingly’s coaching staff before likely hitting [...]

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/19/blue-jays-upset-that-dodgers-denied-their-request-to-interview-tim-wallach/comment-page-1/#comment-84697 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:48:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=16019#comment-84697 The Dodgers retained Wallach because they fear that Mattingly will be a clueless train wreck. They need someone in the dugout who can actually manage.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/19/blue-jays-upset-that-dodgers-denied-their-request-to-interview-tim-wallach/comment-page-1/#comment-84693 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:42:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=16019#comment-84693 Tony Jackson of ESPN Los Angeles has reported that due to the large number of managerial vacancies, it was written into Wallach’s contract that he could prioritize which vacancies he wanted to be considered for and clearly he did not consider the Blue Jay’s job high on his list. The Dodgers feared that if he threw his hat into the ring for all openings they would be unable to finalize their coaching staff until well into the offseason.

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