Don Mattingly
Don Mattingly
Donald Arthur Mattinglyis an American professional baseball first baseman, coach and current manager of the Miami Marlins. Nicknamed "The Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 April 1961
CityEvansville, IN
hard personally pin unknown
It's hard to pin him down. He's kind of the big unknown for us. I personally think he's going to have a big year, but you can't be sure.
american-athlete babe born cartoon grew mean ruth though time until
Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
american-athlete worst
I'd like to say this was our worst game. Unfortunately, I can't.
american-athlete constantly dogged love nobody players respect teams wants
The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
pushing wired
He was always on the edge, pushing the envelope. He was wired all the time.
base goofing great start time
He was always goofing around. You always had a great time with Kirby. He would get to first base and start talking.
competition helps ready soon start
I think it helps to be away for a while. You're ready to come back. You make the choice, you want to do it. You're not doing it because you have to. As soon as you start getting into the competition of the season, it comes right back to you.
games hard stretch tough
He's a tough little kid, there's a lot to like. These games down the stretch are hard to win.
balls ground
We can make him go out there and take 100 ground balls but then he's not going to be able to play. It has to be the right kind of work.
alex ask guys hit walk wants
Some guys will walk away from it. Alex never does that. He always wants to do more. He's always the first guy to ask to hit more, see more tape. He's always working at it.
caught
From there is just kind of caught on.
anytime game guy hits line men seemed tough
He always seemed to come through with big hits and big plays. He was a tough guy to get out, and more than anything, you really didn't want Kirby up with the game on the line or really anytime with men on base.
eyes four looking teams three
I don't want to look back and be looking at three or four teams and what they're doing. We still have to keep our eyes on Boston.
change game help mechanics tools watch
The mechanics are universal. The game really doesn't change much. There's more information, you're able to watch things more closely, but those are tools to help you.