Blue Jays, World Series and Don Mattingly
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Yankees great Don Mattingly never appeared in a World Series while wearing pinstripes. Now he has a chance to win one with the Blue Jays.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/yankees as Yankees Legend's World Series Journey Saw Many Detours.
It was almost exactly 30 years ago when Don Mattingly got one of the biggest hits of his career: a go-ahead homer off Andy Benes in Game 2 of the 1995 ALDS, the first Yankees playoff appearance in 14 years and the only postseason series of Mattingly’s ...
No Yankees fan will be happy if the Blue Jays finish off the Yankees in the ALDS. But one tiny silver lining could be that it will keep alive the dreams of the 64-year-old Mattingly making it to World Series for the first time in his six-decade professional baseball career.