The Athletic reported on Saturday that Los Angeles Angels’ manager Mike Scioscia is going to step down at the end of the season when his contract expires. This, of course, caused enough buzz around the league that Scioscia was prompted to deny these reports.
Scioscia said that nothing changed since he discussed the topic at the end of the last season and called reports about him leaving LA “poppycock.”
“Nothing has changed since we talked in October — that’s how I can put it,” – said Scioscia. “Nothing has changed. Sometimes there’s always chatter out there, and the only word I have for it is ‘poppycock.’ That’s what it is, poppycock.”
He also said that he doesn’t know where these rumors came from.
“I think it’s just chatter,“- the 59-year-old. “That’s all I’m gonna say about it. You can ask whatever you want, but I think I’ve said nothing has changed since last October.“
Mike Scioscia spent his entire career as a baseball player with Los Angeles Dodgers, winning two World Series before retiring in 1992. He stayed with the Dodgers organization afterward, working on various coaching jobs. Scioscia was hired as Angels manager in 2000 and led the team to their first and only World Series title in 2002. His managerial record stands at 1,599–1,371.
