Jim Riggleman
Don Baylor: Cubs manager whose hiring team accidentally leaked online in 1999
When the Cubs hired Don Baylor as their manager in 1999, his former manager with the Angels, Gene Mauch, told me he was the perfect man for the job.
"They always talk about the fact that a manager must have the respect of the players," Mauch said. "But it's just as much a factor that the manager has respect for his players. I always knew how Don had the respect of the guys in our clubhouse. It's just as important for him to show respect. ... He commands respect physically, and he's street-smart. There's no con in Don."
There's no doubt Baylor, the former American League MVP who died Monday at 68, had the respect of the players in the Cubs clubhouse. He...
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