Six years of domination followed by six years of frustration and.
Don mattingly moustache.
And now a year later he s reversing.
Marlins manager don mattingly who once owned one of the finest mustaches in all of major league baseball has implemented a new policy on his team.
His career was divided in half.
In 1995 mattingly again ran afoul of the policy when he grew a goatee.
Back in may 2014 then dodgers skipper don mattingly dropped by the tonight show and acquiesced to a generation s nostalgia by briefly reaffixing an epic stache that evoked fond memories of his.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
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.
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.
Okay so maybe chris chambliss has a solid argument but his lasting impact on the franchise doesn t even touch don mattingly s.
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.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
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.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
No facial hair.
In other words he had an awesome manly man s mustache.