Don Mattingly Haircut

Mattingly immediately got a haircut and returned to action the next day.

Don mattingly haircut.

Don mattingly looked back at his benching for not cutting his hair 23 years to the day after it happened with the yankees back with baseball teams could be run by men named stump and stick. Mattingly was unhappy playing for a losing team a losing team telling him to get a haircut. Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing. April 20 1961 in evansville in us.

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. He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series. Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997. Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing.

In february of 1992 a new episode of the simpsons aired in which mr. But he could have hit free agency after the 90 season and signed with a contender if. Mattingly discussed the deal in his usual understated style. The story became even more interesting a little later.

When mattingly refused he was benched. Drafted by the new york yankees in the 19th round of the 1979 mlb june amateur draft from reitz memorial hs evansville in. First baseman and outfielder bats. He will be with the yankees for five years after this year and hopefully will complete his career here 24.

Left 6 0 175lb 183cm 79kg born. An incident that had mirrored a story in the january 1992 the simpsons episode homer at the bat where mattingly was a guest star and was benched in the episode for having long sideburns that only mr. Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.