Juan Uribe is Don Mattingly for Dodgers game (Photo)
The Dodgers players who aren’t playing in the final game Sunday against the Colorado Rockies at home, are having a little fun switching up their roles. Juan Uribe is wearing Don Mattingly’s jersey as acting manager for the day. We’ll see if Mattingly really gives Uribe all the perks of the job like the weird signals, and arguing with the umpire.
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Papi has really thrown himself into his new role. It's time for Dodger baseball! #ITFDB pic.twitter.com/GlG9xcETKa
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 28, 2014
Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez is also not playing so he is wearing the Dodgers’ bench coach Tim Wallach’s jersey and Clayton Kershaw is wearing pitching coach Rick Honeycutt’s jersey.
The Dodgers clinched the NL West division a while ago, so their final game against Colorado is basically just for fun. Their 93-68 record is second best in the NL to the Washington Nationals 96-66. The Dodgers might want to start preparing for some Nationals momentum going into the playoffs after Jordan Zimmerman pitched a no-hitter for Washington Sunday in their final game.
The other teams secured in the playoffs along with the Dodgers and Nationals for the NL include the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Fransisco Giants.
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