This moment absolutely enCAPSULATED what the old Yankee stadium was all about, and what Donnie Baseball was all about. I’ve been a Yankee fan since the day I was born and I’ve seen multiple championships and tons of playoff games, and this has been, and is still my favorite moment in Yankee history. His back was shot, but he let it all hang out for these playoff games, and as fans we got a major treat as once again, one last time, we got to see the Mattingly of old. The greatest part about this homerun aside from the actual homerun, and the roar of the crowd which was unbelievable, it was the reaction of his teammates. Just watch Bernie Williams give a double high-five to I think Posada. It was celebratory, but it was also a proud high, five, because they were also happy to see their captain shine. Mattingly was such a special player, and if everyone played the game, the way he did, even 25%, the game overall would be so much better. he is by far and away my favorite professional baseball player of all time, and had he not gotten plagued with back issues, he would have been a first ballot, Hall of Famer, and a Mount Rushmore Yankee. What’s to say about him, I mean the guy was named after the sport by Hall of Famer, Kirby Pucket. Thank you, Donnie Baseball for all of the thrills growing up. You made me very proud to be a Yankee fan. I hope someday the Yanks bring you back as a manager and you get your well-deserved World Series ring.

@BH02377

7 ай бұрын

Well said! I completely agree.

@dougpowell225

7 ай бұрын

Well said, I feel exactly the same.

@rugger104

2 ай бұрын

Well said!!! Standing O for you sir 👏👏👏

The REAL Yankee Stadium!

@thedude3065

Жыл бұрын

39 pennants 26 World Championships the Yankees are not the Yankees without the house that Ruth built

@warprimeminister

11 ай бұрын

That’s a whole fact

@dzanier

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@jmadratz

8 ай бұрын

The only Yankee stadium

@jmadratz

8 ай бұрын

The House That Ruth Built…The current baseball stadium right next to Yankee Stadium is The House That Steinbrenner Built

When I think of my favorite childhood memories, I think of Donnie Baseball!

@user-michael77

5 ай бұрын

Right on!

I've been to a little over 60 Yankee games in my life. Four of them were in the postseason(including this one). I never felt, saw or heard the place get any crazier than when Mattingly put that ball in the bleachers. We all just lost our minds. Hands down, my favorite memory at a game.

@donwilcox728

Ай бұрын

I was in the bleachers four rows back from where the ball landed. Tracked it the whole way, it was coming right at me. One thing I remember was that while the ball was in the air the entire stadium took a deep breath in anticipation and then........ well you can see it for yourselves absolute bedlam. It was a decade of pent up frustration and love for a great player finally being able to be released. By far my favorite and most memorable moment I ever had at a live sporting event. We, the fans finally got to show Mattingly how we felt and it was a magical moment for the ages. If only he could have held on for one more year. You could see that the foundation for greatness was already present in the dugout in the forms of Boggs, Strawberry, Leyritz, Posada, Jeter and Bernie. Torre would arrive a few months after this and it was off to the races.

Don Mattingly, the best Yankee player to have never played in a World Series.

@BrandonJ33

9 ай бұрын

For now. Judge has almost matched his career WAR total in 4000 fewer ABs

@edwardhayes6111

9 ай бұрын

@@BrandonJ33WAR is a dubious stat Don never hit as low as Judge is now And was a far superior fielder

@BH02377

8 ай бұрын

@@BrandonJ33 no one cares about war or any other analytic. Judge is not and will never be Donnie “the hitman” baseball!!!

@adamlevine6700

8 ай бұрын

@@edwardhayes6111 Batting average is also a dubious stat, boomer.

@edwardhayes6111

8 ай бұрын

@@adamlevine6700 That is plain silly

Gary Thorne got to call some incredible moments -- and he somehow made them all greater

@ronaldh8446

Жыл бұрын

He is one of the great announcers for sure.

@trentbateman

17 күн бұрын

We got stuck with Joe Buck for all those years 😢

wow this is the best quality shot of this homer i've ever seen

He was held in Jeter-like esteem in his day by Yankee fans. So sad he did not stay on one more year and get a ring. In the mid-80s was by far the best player in baseball.

Andy Benes, who gave up the home run to Mattingly... also from Evansville, IN.

I was (still am, unfortunately) a Mariners fan, but I love seeing Mattingly play. No showboating, this is old school. I know he doesn't have the career numbers, but he was the best in baseball for a time. It's a shame he's not in the HOF.

@derekholmes4792

Жыл бұрын

How is he not in the HOF. That blows my mind

@Salvatore1268

11 ай бұрын

Muckus007 respect to u

@salamisumo2

10 ай бұрын

@@derekholmes4792Cause he had 5 amazing years and then got cut down by injuries. Didn’t put quite enough big numbers. Still a legend.

@twown

2 ай бұрын

Best player for three years, 1984-86 into 1987.. Then he got into a playful wrestling match in the clubhouse, and that was the beginning of the end.

That HR sent chills up my spine. The crowd almost brought down the stadium

Was sitting in the bleachers, and the place went absolutely nuts.

@zciliyafilms5508

11 ай бұрын

Oh man, you lucky bastard. This is probably in the top 10 Yankee moments in my lifetime that I wish I could have been there for. This is the moment everyone wanted for him.

Mattingly coming back to the dugout and there is Jeter, Bernie, Posada ... all those young guys that were the backbone of 4 WS Championships. Now, they are all retired too. Crazy how fast time passes.

@davidmata9952

28 күн бұрын

And in the other dugout you have A-Rod too.

Donnie was my favorite hitter. Best hitter I ever saw. He really deserved more time in the playoffs and when he got his chance he made the most of it. Just a natural born clutch hitter. I did get to meet him once. You could see what a strong hitter he was.

“Oh! Hang on to the roof!” Still my favorite call in any sport, ever.

Two of the greatest Yankee captains in the first 12 seconds of this video.

That was a special moment. My heart broke for him when they lost that series. But it saved baseball in Seattle and jumpstarted a Yankees dynasty.

@SvendleBerries

3 ай бұрын

Its just a bummer that Mattingly retired when he did. One more year and he would have finally had a ring.

The player that made me love baseball kudos 👏 a baseball God a true legend.

As a Yankees I’ve seen the Yankees win the World Series five times in my life. This moment for me ranks higher than all of those championships.

at 0:15 ... that's what crowds us to be like when tickets were $10-20 and normal people could see the games. Now it's all corporate ticket crowds and real attendance figures are only 60% of "paid attendance" figures.

Gary Thorne said he was due… he was due.

Four of us bought bleacher seats a half hour before game time for fifty bucks a ticket. Best money I ever spent. The crowd was insane starting with player introductions and never let up. Mattingly's homer landed five rows in front of us. There was almost a hush from the crowd while the ball was in the air and then we all went berserk. We all waited over a decade for this opportunity to show Mattingly how much he meant to us and it just came pouring out. I remember the stadium actually moving. And this was just the beginning of a wild game. I didn't get home until four AM and called out of work sick a few hours later. But of all the sporting events I've ever been to, this is my favorite and the loudest crowd I've ever been a part of. A close second was being in Giants Stadium for the 1986 NFC Championship, but this was even better.

I remember this moment... He will forever be DONNIE BASEBALL!!!

Donnie Baseball!!!

I was always a Mattingly fan!🇺🇲⚾

In my dreamscape, would have loved to have seen Mattingly in the October Classic just one time… circa 1984-1985 especially… 🙌

Donnie and the pitcher, Andy Benes, are both from Evansville---and Donnie's 3 sons attended Andy's high school.

That’s cool how a young Derek Jeter was one of the first players out to congratulate Donnie Baseball. It was almost like Mattingly passing the baton to Jeter and said I’m done here, it’s your turn young man.

@jonathanwashington9199

11 ай бұрын

Little Did Derek Jeter Know That The Following Season Was Something That Jeter Himself Wasn't Prepared For

Jeter applauding awesome

There will never be a moment or situation that will generate the sound and fan reaction that happen when Donny went yard. From the moment that ball disappeared into the bleachers to him rounding the bases and returning to the dugout is the textbook example of bedlam

I was at this game--upper deck by 3rd base. When Mattingly went deep Yankee Stadium was literally SHAKING!! (I've never experienced that before nor since!!)

No bat flip, no chest pounding, no third base theatrics, no screaming into the dugout....................just let his bat do the talking.

I was in the loge deck between 1st base and foul pole. The Stadium just shook....and shook again with Leyritz won it in the 15th (no ghost runners back then). Didn't think about that being the last time Donny Baseball was in pinstripes playing in Yankee Stadium. That game was just awesome. Year after the strike, and Yankees had bad last couple weeks of season so I got 4 playoff tickets for $40 each a day or two before the game.

I was at this game, the stadium felt like it was going to shake apart when he hit that home run. Folks went absolutely bananas.

still remember that game. still miss the old stadium

What a man. As somebody once said, Donny Baseball , 100% ballplayer, 0% bullshit. Look how he flies around those bases. No showboating, all business.

This is a real crowd reaction from real fans!!!!

One of the most iconic series in playoff history. Lots of amazing moments.

You can see how painful his back was from Donnie’s face

Choas

Timothy Lee Gray shook his hand in Evansville many yes ago in Indiana. Were he is from.

Ahh man. Nothing compares and I mean nothing compares to the absolute MADNESS of the old Yankee stadium! Everyone who went back then was a good-hearted psychopath! 😂 I was lucky enough to be a teenager during this epic time, and always sat in the bleachers. Six whole dollars got us in - I would smuggle in some cheap vodka and poor it into my orange soda that I would buy. Before though, I would stop on River Ave and buy some cheap weed from some Rastafarian 😂 Always a party in the old Yankee Stadium! Especially in the bleachers!

Not beats the old stadium what a HR call

Big love Donny Baseball!!!

I’ve noticed that since they got rid of old Yankee stadium, this team does not have the same pizzazz. Huge mistake.

I was there...pandemonium, then Leyritz in the bottom of the 15th, with a cherry on top

I was in row G behind the Mariner's dugout , and never sat down all night. The ticket was given to me, fantastic luck, but it was a $35 seat. We knew it would be Mattingly's last game in Yankee stadium. Don hits the go ahead homer. The place was going insane, Pinella pulls the players off, and I saw Sweet Lou get drilled in the chest by the thrown program of a Yankee fan. It was so disrespectful, rude and hilarious at the same time. The entire crowd on fire electric, fans chanting Donny Baseball at high volume. Mariano Rivera closed it after 15 innings!!! I had not been to another post season game before or since, but I can't imagine a more exciting experience.

Poor Lou Piniella He was as Yankee blooded as anyone. He should’ve been able to enjoy this absolute madness!

I’ll never forgot this moment being 13yrs old in my room swinging my Yankees batday mini bat hoping he’d hit one out, and losing my shit like the Bronx did after this. 🫡 MyHero ❤

Somewhere, there's an alternate timeline where Donnie got to play out his career without the back issues.

Even with his back in terrible shape Don still hit .288 in ‘95

If I want to have a good day I put on my number twenty three Don Mattingly shirt and wear it to work

Tony Fernandez just casually taking a sip 😂😂

That swing though

HANG ON TO THE ROOF!!

@alextorres9832

Ай бұрын

GOODBYE HOME RUNDON MATTINGLY

Nothin more American than Don Mattingly

Stadiums are not designed to withstand what was going on as Donny rounded the bases. That place was rumbling

HALL OF FAME!

Choas! Badlem! Pandermoniums!

if only he played one more season

Euphoria defined.

I think this is louder then Philly on Harper’s homer last night

He needs to trim those sideburns

If only Don knew what the next season was gonna look like… 😕

we're cursed for changing stadium

How did yall misspell "chaos"?

That team should have gone all the way.

Ah yes, CHOAS

One of the best. Remember watching this live. Donny Baseball an all time Yankee.

Sounds like a World Cup FIFA crowd

God I love America

I was at that game. We chased those assholes off the field

He was always better after he trimmed those sideburns

* ( When it matters MOST MAMMOTH - Mattingly )

Great video of a legendary moment in baseball, and I know what "chaos" is but wtf does "choas" mean? (MLB- please spell your words right, especially in the most visible words on a KZread video: the title.)

Gary Thorne = GOAT

One the best first baseman ever and somehow not in the hof. How?

@bauerj3398

9 ай бұрын

Guess it depends on what you mean by 'one of he best ever'. Definitely not in Top 10. More realistically top 20.

The Yankees went on win that game in extra innings, but they would fail to advance to the ALCS to face the Cleveland Indians as they lost the last remaining three games in the series

Eddddggggaaarrr!!!!!!!!

Gary Thorne is the goat!

Put some god@am respect on Batman

Fast forward to the 2000s. Here comes Donny welp he's been tossed

Yankee fans will throw stuff at their own players, even when they have the biggest home run of their career. If you’re on the other team, you should feel honored if they hate you too.

whats choas?

Not sure why he’s not in the hall of fame. I still think Garry Sheffield should be in too.

Typical classy NYY fans.

Yankee's fan suck! hmm let's throw stuff a Lou! He only helped you win two world series!

Effin MAGA …. This is what he means by MAGA

Most over rated player ever.

I'll never understand how the idiot HOF voters did not put Mattingly in the HOF. Although his tremendous greatness was over a six year period from 1983-1989, what he did in that time period is remarkable. He also won nine gold gloves. There are many players in the HOF that never at any point in their career could they stand in the shoes of Don Mattingly from 1984-1989. Same can be said about the likes of Dick Allen, Dave Parker, Dale Murphy, Keith Hernandez, Steve Garvey among others.

@beez7537

Жыл бұрын

Don Mattingly was the 80s in baseball.