In other words he had an awesome manly man s mustache.
Don mattingly mustache.
Unlike beards a natural.
But the mustache though simple can be intimidating to a virgin grower.
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 hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance.
Unfortunately it did nothing to.
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.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
His career was divided in half.
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.
And now a year later he s reversing.
This legendary red sox third baseman was the yang to don mattingly s yin the omega to mattingly s alpha.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
Six years of domination followed by six years of frustration and.
Mattingly is now clean shaven as a coach with the los angeles dodgers although the dodgers do not have.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
The indiana native debuted in 1982 and left his mark in less than three years.
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.