Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style.
Don mattingly long hair.
However mattingly s facial hair policy came under scrutiny as observers noted it bore too great of a resemblance to what simpsons character mr.
The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.
When mattingly refused he was benched.
Burns still saw sideburns called mattingly a hippie and benched him for his facial hair.
In the mid 1980s when donnie baseball anchored first base for the yankees he gained notoriety for his famous mustache.
Mattingly got a cut a couple of weeks later barely but the hair remained an issue for the rest of the season the photo above was taken almost three weeks later and his hair still looks pretty long to me.
Don mattingly is all for ballplayers sporting long hair and even having well groomed mustaches and beards.
His 21 rbis lead in the category was the most in the american league since al.
Mattingly however was able to play only to have mr.
The next day mattingly was back in the lineup and his hair was still untrimmed.
Mattingly followed up his breakout season with a spectacular 1985 winning the mvp award in the american league he batted 324 3rd in the league with 35 home runs 4th 48 doubles 1st and 145 rbis 1st then the most rbis in a season by a left handed major league batter since ted williams drove in 159 in 1949.
Burns wanted from him in his 1992 simpsons guest appearance.
In 2016 when mattingly became the field manager of the miami marlins he introduced a complete ban on any facial hair on any players.
Don mattingly looked back at his benching for not cutting his hair 23 years to the day after it happened with the yankees back with baseball teams could be run by men named stump and stick.
Mattingly shaved the sides of his head up to the top to ensure he could play but mr.
The most infamous battle over this topic of course involved former bombers captain and current marlins manager don mattingly back in 1991.
Burns bench him for having sideburns that were too long.
No facial hair.