Mattingly's place on ballot deserved

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Clemens and Santana: newsmakers for very different reasons
Published 12/27/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Our attempt to break the mold yesterday could only last so long. Despite a nice entry on Donnie Baseball's Hall of Fame candidacy from Bryan Hoch and news of ...

Mattingly's HOF candidacy examined
Published 12/27/2007 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Bryan Hoch takes a look at Don Mattingly's Hall of Fame credentials at Yankees.com. Aside from those great years in the mid-to-late-1980s, Mattingly is not a Hall of Famer. He is somewhat of a mythical figure in the hearts of Yankee fans. He was a bright light in a dark era for the team. This may be easy for me to say, seeing as I never really saw him play. However, strictly looking at his career numbers, he should not be elected. He hit 222 career home runs and has a .307 career batting average. Those are solid numbers, but he wasn't as dominant throughout the rest of his career as he was between 1984 and 1989. However, another former Yankee looks ...