Donnie was a family friend and he was like an uncle to me my family lived on Diamond 5 for a couple years while we were rebuilding my family home
@Skywalker-u6c3 ай бұрын
Very cool and fascinating .
@smilinn007 Жыл бұрын
This was great!! Don Mattingly was my 1st Yankee crush back in the 80s. 🥰
@chilltown112 жыл бұрын
Not many people can still say that they are proud of their childhood hero 35 years later but with Donnie you can never go wrong
@11dra1 Жыл бұрын
Indians fan here but I was a huge Donnie baseball fan. He was my favorite. The hit man. I had the hit man poster. What an amazing baseball player and person.
@indyracingnut5 ай бұрын
I'm sort of surprised they didn't mention his own restaurant from the 80s & early 90's. I remember the food being excellent and the walls were absolutely chock full of his own memorabilia. Even a drink coaster from there would fetch a nice sum in NYC or anywhere else.
@Cincinnatus18692 жыл бұрын
My brother saw Larry Bird play in college and Mattingly play in highschool.
@torpedo58 Жыл бұрын
What a GREAT video!!!
@Bacalao29293 жыл бұрын
his childhood, home is straight out of "Breaking Away" that hysterical "Cutter" Forever
@michaelmattice498611 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for putting this up. He's been my favorite player since the mid 80's...and always will be!...A class act on and off the field...I'm biased of course, but to me he's a hall of famer...6 time all-star...9 time gold glove...arguably the best first baseman for a decade...If he can win with the Dodgers, I believe he'll get in the hall some day...GO GET'EM #23!!!!!!!
@TheChoochooboy995 жыл бұрын
michael mattice you know what irks me? It’s the fact that it’s called the Hall Of Fame, not the Hall of Stats. I can’t think of any more famous baseball player who is not in the Hall of Fame. Don is just as famous today as we was in the 80’s. He needs to be in.
@dane9615 жыл бұрын
@@TheChoochooboy99 Well said! I've never been a Yankee fan but always been a Mattingly fan!
@raybon79394 жыл бұрын
@@dane961 thats weird cuase he was always kind to the writers. hall of fame and world series is over rated. the mark of a true baseball player in my book, is your day to day play and your stats when your career ends minus injuries. r bis Hr hits, during your seasons, thats what i look at. world series is a snap shot in time. the hall is a popukarity contast like all of life.
@markcarter38023 жыл бұрын
I remember Don hitting a homer in the finals of the Indiana State tournament at Indy’s Busch Stadium in 1979. I didn’t remember that they had lost the game. Looking up the records, I see that they lost 6-5 and it was their only loss of the year against 29 wins. It was very cool to see a kid from Indiana make it big in the Bigs.
@Deltabreeze92 ай бұрын
Donnie is a real, true, hometown hero. I’d like to think I’d be as true to my hometown as Donnie but that’s a lot to ask. To be loved in New York and come back to Evansville? My family is from Evansville and I live in a similar town. It would be pretty great to walk around and do whatever you want. He’s doing it 100% right
@FarrukoR3 жыл бұрын
Belongs in the Hall of Fame...
@DavidLongo223 жыл бұрын
One Yankee fan from Stamford CT believes #23 stands at the pinnacle. I'm far from alone in that regard too. Thank you, Donnie, for memories that will follow me to the grave.
@jaykhahn76273 жыл бұрын
This is a great video.. Don Mattingly was one of my fav baseball players growing up.. I also liked him as the manager of the Dodgers -- my hometown team. Wish him the best.
@declanmueller26523 жыл бұрын
My favorite. I actually taught myself to hit left handed because of him. Number 23 was my first choice when I played in college (It was taken.)
@billysheppard14216 жыл бұрын
this don mattingly is nothing but a true gentleman, god bless you and your family donny
@averlymattingly59613 жыл бұрын
Bro you are so nice I have met him because I am his family and he is so friking nice!
@chilltown112 жыл бұрын
His popcorn moment says it all a true class act
@kennethlong22802 жыл бұрын
Im kin to Don Mattinglys his Grandfather married my Grandmother ⚾👍
@Skywalker-u6c3 ай бұрын
VERY COOL
@Tony-kt5lw Жыл бұрын
Met fan. But love respect Donnie baseball
@bobbyragolia71703 жыл бұрын
This was great!!! donny and greg nettles are my 2 all time favorite yankees
@ToGetToTerrapin10 жыл бұрын
If there is a cooler cat in the Bigs, I haven't seen him. I bet he could still suit up and jack pills into the upper deck at Yankee stadium. he and Bonds had the quickest bats I've ever seen, power pitchers couldn't beat them very often.
@nymike066 жыл бұрын
My favorite Yankee! Donnie Baseball.
@edwinearl45843 жыл бұрын
The greatest hitting insurance salesman in history. Sorry Don, you’re no Tommy LaSorda. Welcome home big guy.
@ryanplays5 жыл бұрын
awesome
@CraftsmanBJJ11 жыл бұрын
Don Mattingly: Troll. Love this dude.
@rickvaughn610 жыл бұрын
Great piece on a class act. One thing: didn't Don go to Evansville Memorial High School (not Reitz Memorial)? Did the schools consolidate? Again, very cool video for one of my favorites.
@claytrainum9699 жыл бұрын
+rickvaughn Evansville Memorial and Reitz Memorial are the same school. They just call it Evansville Memorial around the state to eliminate confusion with Reitz.
@cherbert3597 жыл бұрын
Clay Trainum no there not there not they are there own school im from Evansville and Donny also a family friend
@claytrainum9697 жыл бұрын
Reitz High School is on the west side. Reitz Memorial High School is on Lincoln Ave. I went there. Evansville Memorial HS and Reitz Memorial HS are the exact same high school.
@jenbirge111 ай бұрын
I'm a 1989 graduate of (Reitz) Memorial High School. Evansville Reitz High School is a public high school on the west side of Evansville. Memorial is a Catholic high school on the city's east side. I've always said there are bigger (and more) photos of Mattingly in the school than there are of the Pope. LOL
@ripelivejam9 жыл бұрын
still hasnt trimmed those sideburns... *shakes head*
@TheChoochooboy995 жыл бұрын
The Donut Bank!!!! Love their donuts.
@jefffinney42334 жыл бұрын
Hall of famer for sure
@gman5-035 Жыл бұрын
Lifelong NYY fan here. For sure NOT a HOFer. Hate to say it but there was nothing spectacular about his last 6 mlb seasons. Injuries wrecked his HOF playing career. And unfortunately he’s never won a championship or four like Joe Torre did as a manager. For if he had he’d be in the hall by now
@raybon79394 жыл бұрын
greatest player i ever saw , but hey everyone has the right to move on to other stuff.
@alpal282811 жыл бұрын
Get video thanks for posting... Wish there was more