Don Mattingly expects to be back

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Whether or not he stays with the Dodgers, it promises to be a busy offseason for Mattingly.

The 53-year-old said Thursday that he and his wife, Lori, are expecting their first child together, a boy, in December. They married nearly four years ago.

Mattingly also has three grown sons from his first marriage.