Don Mattingly's Family Matters Come to Light When His Estranged Wife's Arrested

A couple of weeks ago, the Dodgers announced that Don Mattingly wouldn't be joining Joe Torre in their dugout this summer. It wasn't because Mattingly still harbored ill feelings about not getting the Yankee manager job, but because he had to deal with the always popular "undisclosed family matters." This weekend those issues came to light when Vanderburgh County Sheriffs were called to Donnie Baseball's home to deal with a person who refused to leave his property.

When deputies arrived, Kim Mattingly, 45, allegedly said her husband had taken her phone and she wanted it back.

Don Mattingly told deputies he did not have the phone, so deputies informed her that he did not have the phone and that she needed to go through her lawyer for future dealings with him. She also was told to stay away from the property.

Mrs. Mattingly was arrested later when deputies returned to the property and found her still there and intoxicated. The couple filed for divorce in November. This hostile incident is probably what led Mattingly to make his decision last month.

Hopefully all will work out for the best for both Mattinglys. That said, the Yankees must be feeling pretty good about their choice of Joe Girardi today. If they'd opted for Mattingly, they would either have a manager with divided attention or an opening to fill weeks before pitchers and catchers report.