Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing.
Don mattingly yankees hair.
Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing.
The problem wasn t his offense.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997.
When mattingly refused he was benched.
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.
Mattingly sported a 305 batting average heading into the day.
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.
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.
In response they removed him from the starting lineup and fined him repeatedly until he promised to trim it.
Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style.
Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best.
I have major mustache envy.
Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair.
Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.
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.