Don Mattingly Yankees Hair
On august 15 1991 the yankees beat the royals 5 1 with shooting star kevin maas at first base and not the team s normal first baseman don mattingly.
Don mattingly yankees hair. I have major mustache envy. No not the veteran mattingly for he d been benched by manager stump merrill. The new york yankees allow no facial hair below the upper lip. He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average. Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style. In response they removed him from the starting lineup and fined him repeatedly until he promised to trim it. The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.
Although steinbrenner was suspended the yankee management ordered don mattingly who was then sporting a longish or mullet like hair style to get a hair cut. Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best. When mattingly refused he was benched. The problem wasn t his offense.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997. Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair. Miami marlins manager don mattingly celebrates with the team in clinching a playoff berth after their win in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the new york yankees at yankee stadium. Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing.