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.
Don mattingly yankees hair.
In response they removed him from the starting lineup and fined him repeatedly until he promised to trim it.
No not the veteran mattingly for he d been benched by manager stump merrill.
The problem wasn t his offense.
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.
The new york yankees allow no facial hair below the upper lip.
Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair.
He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Mattingly sported a 305 batting average heading into the day.
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.
When mattingly refused he was benched.
Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best.
Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing.
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.
Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing.
Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style.
The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.