Don Mattingly Young

I grew up idolizing don mattingly in a small town called poseyville about 20 miles northwest of evansville.

Don mattingly young.

Now mattingly is enjoying perhaps his best year as a. Don mattingly s body betrayal gave way to young slugger and a hint to the yankees future by joel sherman. Rickey henderson don mattingly and dave winfield led the offense. Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.

Don mattingly returns this weekend to the bronx where his best years as a player always ended when the regular season did. In miami mattingly quickly embraced jeter s rebuilding plan which required short term pain while a moribund farm system was fortified. Yankees first baseman don mattingly tracks a foul ball and then helps himself to a young fan s popcorn giving that kid a memory he won t soon forge. Don mattingly returns this weekend to the bronx where his best years as a player always ended when the regular season did.

Now mattingly is enjoying perhaps his best year as a manager leading. Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997. A young talented rotation would make the marlins a dangerous. Don mattingly is once again up for consideration for the national baseball hall of fame as one of 10 finalists vying for induction on the 2020 modern baseball era ballot.

Miami ap don mattingly returns this weekend to yankee stadium where his best years as a player always ended when the regular season did. Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m. I was eight years old when he won the american league mvp award in 1985 hitting 324 blasting 35 homers knocking in a mind boggling 145 runs and winning his first of nine gold gloves. He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.