Don mattingly from his sabr bio quoting mattingly in good company from the new york times making the hall of fame case for donnie baseball.
Don mattingly mustache.
His career was divided in half.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
In other words he had an awesome manly man s mustache.
In 1984 at just 23 years old mattingly was the american.
Six years of domination followed by six years of frustration and.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
But the real losers in all this are children of the 1980s who viewed mattingly s mustache regardless of what team they rooted for as iconic and by extension projected an image of stoic cool.
The indiana native debuted in 1982 and left his mark in less than three years.
Marlins manager don mattingly who once owned one of the finest mustaches in all of major league baseball has implemented a new policy on his team.
Unfortunately it did nothing to.
And now a year later he s reversing.
Mattingly is now clean shaven as a coach with the los angeles dodgers although the dodgers do not have.
Don mattingly manager of the miami marlins and the former owner of a luxurious mustache instituted a no facial hair policy for marlins players in 2016.
Some mustaches are as legendary as the men who wore them.
The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
The most striking aspect of don mattingly s career from one point of view is the number of years that he produced mediocre statistics murray chass of the new york times wrote after mattingly retired and the yankees unveiled his plaque in the famous monument park at yankee stadium.