The Latest Breaking News from Don Mattingly

In 1979, a young Jim Abbott told a reporter from his hometown newspaper that he wanted to become a Major League Baseball player. Many 12-year-olds have that dream — but that's where the similarities end.

As we segue from the Hall-of-Fame election to the soon arrival of pitchers and catchers, this is a good time to celebrate the active players who don’t have to do anything more for us to earn a ticket to Cooperstown.

Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.

NEW YORK — Just when we thought we’d said goodbye to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for a while thanks to the Baseball Writers Association last January, they’re coming around again as two of the eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot which will be voted on…

Let’s pretend we’re one of the 16 members voting in Sunday’s Contemporary Baseball Era election.

Former White Sox slugger Albert Belle is also on the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary baseball era committee.

Pile these facts on top of each other and decide where the Miami Marlins naming Skip Schumaker as manager fits.

He will replace Don Mattingly, who spent seven seasons with the team.

The 49-second video played in the middle of the fifth inning Wednesday on the scoreboard looming over center field at loanDepot park. It began with then-Miami Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill draping a jersey over Don Mattingly as he was introduced as the organization’s manager in 2016. It…