Ex-Phillies star Raul Ibanez at least thought about leaving Dodgers to replace Don Mattingly

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The Philadelphia Phillies tried to reach out to former players Chase Utley and Raul Ibanez to be the team’s next manager. Both declined, though, and the Phillies settled on bringing back Don Mattingly on a permanent basis. But while Utley explained that he didn’t seem all that interested in going into management at this time in his life, Ibanez did …