Some mustaches are as legendary as the men who wore them.
Don mattingly mustache.
Don mattingly from his sabr bio quoting mattingly in good company from the new york times making the hall of fame case for donnie baseball.
His career was divided in half.
Unlike beards a natural.
Mattingly is now clean shaven as a coach with the los angeles dodgers although the dodgers do not have.
And now a year later he s reversing.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
In other words he had an awesome manly man s mustache.
This legendary red sox third baseman was the yang to don mattingly s yin the omega to mattingly s alpha.
But the mustache though simple can be intimidating to a virgin grower.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance.
In 1984 at just 23 years old mattingly was the american.
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.
The indiana native debuted in 1982 and left his mark in less than three years.
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.
Unfortunately it did nothing to.