Offered The Minors, Mike Matheny Found Another Path To Managing

For as long as he played the game, Mike Matheny had coaches and advisers telling him he would someday make a fine manager. When he could no longer play the game, he was approached – and not just by one team – about starting that new path, one that would wind through coaching positions and the minors and ultimately bring him to where so many predicted, the top step of a major-league dugout.

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