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
moving long wanted
I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.
guy atmosphere want
I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.
thinking want right-now
I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.
baseball games want
Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game.
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.
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.
alex bunch himself hit physically playing power prepares stays until wants year
The way Alex prepares himself physically and mentally, he's going to hit for power until he's 40 if he wants to keep playing that long. If he stays healthy, he's going to hit 40 or 45 homers a year for a bunch of years.
smile-because knows
You never know who’s watching.
team player yankees
The players get no respect around here. They (the Yankees) 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.
people guessing managers
Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.
spring consistency training
Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.
bats
I like being close to the bats.
team honored knows
I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.
goes-on nobody-knows knows
Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.