Blue Jays, World Series and Don Mattingly
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Mattingly, who is the bench coach for the Blue Jays, has finally made it to the World Series for the first time.
After 14 years as a major-league player, 12 as a manager and 10 as a coach, Mattingly is finally participating in his first Fall Classic.
Don Mattingly, Yankees icon and former MVP, never played on a pennant winner. At last, he's going to the World Series as bench coach of the Blue Jays.
Don Mattingly, known as Donnie Baseball, is set to be the bench coach for the Toronto Blue Jays as they face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
Donnie Baseball is four wins away from getting his hands on the World Series trophy. It's been a long-time coming for the 64-year-old.
No Yankees fan will be happy if the Blue Jays finish off the Yankees in the ALDS. But one tiny silver lining could be that it will keep alive the dreams of the 64-year-old Mattingly making it to World Series for the first time in his six-decade professional baseball career.
Buck Showalter did just about everything in baseball. One thing he never did was get to a World Series. The same could have been said for his former minor league teammate, Don Mattingly — until
Yankees great Don Mattingly never appeared in a World Series while wearing pinstripes. Now he has a chance to win one with the Blue Jays.