Mattingly who ended his career with a 307 lifetime batting average and was the 1985 al mvp developed a swing that he believed was based on a solid foundation and that incorporated five steps.
Don mattingly swing gif.
Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average.
On a wall outside yankee stadium there is a photo that appears to show lou gehrig one of the greatest left handed batters in the history of the sport batting right handed.
The second part is a graphic made from his actual swing to form his company s logo.
Don mattingly 53 he machine guns into the air before anyone in the section has a chance to answer.
1zeca5e gif the first part of that clip was the swing mattingly was teaching.
Ted williams was an admirer of don mattingly s swing.
Perhaps swinging down was a cue that was useful to him but in practice his swing had the same slight uppercut that you see from most major league swings.
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I remember reading an interview that dick schaap had with williams mattingly and boggs back in the 80 s.
Kids grin at his knowledge and he grins back.
It s probably alex.
I ll see if it s online anywhere.
Conversely wade boggs followed the charlie lau school of hitting which i don t think that williams was too fond of.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997.
He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Mickey mantle is a guy who has recently gotten my attention because of his disproportionate power.