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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
Malone contacts Kennedy
about Dodger
by Jason Reid
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - Apparently ignor
ing team policy, General Manager
Kevin Malone recently contacted
baseball analyst Kevin Kennedy
about becoming the next Dodger man
ager, the Los Angeles Times has
learned.
Malone has spoken with Kennedy
- a respected commentator for Fox
Sports and former major league man
ager - frequently about succeeding
Manager Davey Johnson, who is ex
pected to be fired after the season.
Although Malone has not offered
the job to his longtime friend, with
whom he worked in the Montreal
Expo organization, sources said he
plans to strongly support Kennedy, a
finalist for the position that Johnson
filled in 1998.
Yet the overtures from Malone go
directly against the edicts of Chair
man Bob Daly and President Bob
Graziano, who have instructed
Dodger officials to wait until baseball
operations decisions have been made
before contacting prospective candi
dates.
Daly and Graziano say they have
not reached a conclusion on Johnson's
Bout of gout sidelines Wells for start against Yankees
by Bob Herzog
September 20, 2000
Newsday
TORONTO - The gout got David
Wells, canceling Tuesday night's
scheduled rematch against Andy
Pettitte. The two left-handers put on
a dazzling show last week, each leav
ing the game after eight innings with
the score tied at I. Instead, right
hander Steve Trachsel, who was
scheduled to start Thursday, replaced
Wells.
"The gout started bothering him the
other day. His right big toe was red
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future, and in August, to quell esca
lating rumors of the Dodger manager's
pending ouster, they instructed
Malone to announce that Johnson
would finish out the season in his job.
But the courting of Kennedy has un
dermined Johnson again, stirring
questions about Malone's role in help
ing Daly and Graziano evaluate
Johnson.
Contacted Monday at Fox studios,
Kennedy declined comment about the
position and his discussions with
Malone
Malone acknowledged he had spo
ken with Kennedy, but insisted that
managing the Dodgers has not been
among their discussion topics.
"I talk to plenty of people in the me
dia all the time, but that doesn't mean
anything," Malone said. "1 talk to
Peter Gammons and Harold Reynolds
(of ESPN), I talk to writers and TV
people every day, but I've had no dis
cussions with anyone about, as far as
job opportunities are concerned, our
baseball operations.
"I've known Kevin Kennedy since
1992, and he's a friend of mine. But
like I said, I have a lot of friends in
the media. We have a manager, and it
would not be appropriate for me to
discuss that job. If you follow this
and inflamed," Blue Jays Manager
Jim Fregosi said. "He's on medication.
If it works, we'll pitch him Thursday."
That would give Wells (19-6) three
more scheduled starts in his quest to
win 20 games for the first time.
Wells, irked by his condition, declined
to talk with writers before the game.
Chuck Knoblauch still is trying to
regain his batting stroke and provide
the Yankees with a productive lead
off hitter. The second baseman, who
went on the disabled list for the first
time in his career Aug. 7 with elbow
tendinitis, has gone a woeful 6-for-42
since returning to the lineup Sept. 6.
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for a position in our baseball opera-
Lions."
Malone seeks opinions from many
outsiders about the club's problems,
but sources said his conversations
with Kennedy have focused on the
manager's job. Malone has sought
Kennedy's evaluation of players, ask
ing how Kennedy would improve the
disappointing club. He regularly calls
Kennedy at Fox and has consulted
with him at games while in luxury
suites.
Malone said he is not concerned
about appearances.
"I don't know what anyone's job as
pirations are, but I like to get a lot of
opinions," Malone said. "I don't see
anything wrong with that."
Daly and Graziano might.
They had hoped to handle
Johnson's difficult situation as profes
sionally as possible, waiting until af
ter the season had ended before mak-
ing a decision.
Kennedy, 534-373 from 1984-91 as
a manager in the Dodger farm sys
tem, led the Texas Rangers to first
place in the American League West
in the strike-shortened '94 season, and
the Boston Red Sox to the '95 AL East
division championship.
His average has fallen to .274
Joe Torre remained unconcerned
before Tuesday night's game. "It's
good that he's able to play every day,'
the manager said. "He feels he's get
ting closer. So do I. It's like with
Bernie (Williams). At this time of the
year, you don't get frustrated when
your batting average goes down af
ter an 0-for-4. Stats don't matter now."
Knoblauch's fielding hasn't been
horrible since his return, but he threw
a ball in the dirt in the first inning that
was ruled an error on first baseman
Tino Martinez, leading to a run.
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