 John, you have been playing for a while, but you've been managing, you've been keeping busy, we've been seeing you on social media, so you ready to take a look at some of your most exciting posts? Sure. I don't know if they're my posts or people from the website's posts, but absolutely, yeah. First one, one of the most viral videos of you on the internet is the day that... Ah, popcorn kid. This was fun because, like, look at everybody else's face there. They're all looking backwards, and so I see him, he's got this, like, that kid, right? He's like my son Preston's age at the time, I think. Everybody's kind of looking back, right? And looking for the ball, it's like five or six rows deep. And I see him with this big barrel of popcorn, and I'm like, hey, can I have some of that? And he just kind of looked at me. Right. And so I snagged him. Did you ever end up meeting this kid after? Oh yeah, I took him a ball the next inning. Oh, okay. That play was, like, during these days, I feel like you probably would have gotten some sort of popcorn sponsorship or something like that. Yeah, who knows, right? I've seen guys nowadays, I see them, like, I think I've seen Prince Fielders snatched some nachos. Never once have I seen somebody doing it, so it's cool. But, yeah, I don't know, I probably wasn't the first, but it was fun. Now, so you take a look at that post, and now you look at now. You're the one giving the fans some stuff. Here you are giving the young fans some gum. This guy, not every day, but there's another kid that's like in the box seats there. And when he comes, Jonathan, every day he's there that kind of makes him the gum. So it's kind of become a ritual every day to give him gum. It's still awesome that you always give back and you also kind of take notice to people who are on the stands. I remember one time you were coming through New York and there was a young girl who had a son saying that she was named after you. And you went on over, hopped over the bench and the railing and took a picture of things. Right. I've actually met a number of kids recently that's been named Mattingly. And it's always cool, it's always humbling for me, honestly, because someone named her kid after you. It's like pretty special, really. But usually it's in the past, early on it was like a dog or a cat or something. But I've got a few kids now. That's humans. And I love the girls, little girls too, because we don't have any. Six boys in our little blended family, right? So it's always good to get a little girl, I feel like it's mine. Now here's a boy right there, which these sons, now this is at Marlins Park, so they're following you everywhere. Whether it's New York, Miami. Yeah, it is. It's like Milwaukee, there's a kid in Philly. It's cool. I love it, honestly. I really do. Again, like I said, it's always humbling and an honor to me when someone does that. Now when we talk about iconic photos. Yeah, the hit name. This is what everybody remembers from you too. Yeah, I know. This is amazing. Great poster. It had to be the spring of 85. In that time, at that funny, if you look at that right knee, I had a scope. I had torn meniscus and I had surgery right before I came to spring training. And we did this in the batting cage. And I remember, I'd been out for probably a couple of weeks, I was rehabbing. And I remember as we were shooting this, Mr. Strymbiner walked by. And I'm like, oh man, any time he walked around, you were like a little nervous. And especially if you weren't like, number one, I'm hurt. And I can't get on the field, but I'm doing this kind of stuff. Right? And you're always like, oh man, he's like this. So it ended up being cool. Yeah, I was going to say, I'm sure once he saw it, he was probably like, you know what? That was really sweet. You probably hated it first, but over time he probably was okay with it. How about this one? Got the mullet going? Yeah, mullet. A little slow? Yeah, big giant chew in my mouth there. Those were the days, right? Mullet days. Looks like you're ready to match a couple of baseballs. I don't know. I was shocked when I seen that, how long that was back there. That was really long. Way longer than I looked. Way worse than I thought it looked. I thought it looked really great. Right? But it looked awful. Will you ever grow back? The mullet? No way. No chance. You have to get it back. The hair's going away. And less, not more. Love to be able to have that much. Here's the nice moment it looked like. Yeah, I don't know. I look at that, I'm just looking young. You feel like, man, I was so young. You should enjoy this game. Look, I'm having some fun, right? Yeah. So I think this game is meant to be played with some fun and joy. And that's what you grew up with, right? You grew up as a kid. You loved baseball. At least I did. And I think the guys that play at the best have the most fun. And it seems like they're having fun out there. Now, in a lot of these photos that we just looked at, you're obviously having fun. A lot of your baseball cards, you have some awesome ones. And one of the best ways that you've been able to raise money is by having people donate towards signed autographed cards. So who do you have a favorite photo of yours that you have taken that you've seen on a baseball card, specifically the off top of your head? You know, like if I had to say my favorite baseball card, it's probably my first one. Obviously, your rookie card. You get to the big leagues and you're a kid, you have baseball cards, right? And you see these guys in the big leagues and your dream is to get to the big leagues. And I shouldn't, I wouldn't say I dream to be in the big leagues and have a baseball card, but I mean, that's kind of like, when you see your first baseball card, it's almost like, wow, that's a dream. So the top's card is the first one ever. Got to see. And I was like, that's kind of the one I think about the most. Obviously there's been a lot since then, different companies and sets and, you know, all kinds of different cards that you see, people I think make some of them. But yeah, your first one is really like the one you think about. Cool, love it, love it. All right, so talking a lot about iconic photos and this one right here, here you are, with Derek Jeter, captain of captain. Yeah, I have no idea what I'm telling him there. I probably didn't need to tell him anything. Let's try to stay out of his way. You want me to give you what I think about when I think about that photo? Yeah, why not? Yeah, look at that. Look how fat my face is right there, right? I'm like, God, probably like 220 or 215 there. I was like, dude. You still got it, though. You got the nice mustache, too. You had to get rid of that, too. It's turning white. It's like, get rid of the mustache. So this was a pivotal period in your look. I'd imagine it changed after this. It did, quickly. The mustache had to go and had to lose some weight. If I would have seen that photo, I would, yeah, whatever. No, I know exactly who you're talking about. Think the same thing? Yeah. All right, so then fast forward. Here you guys are still together. It was pretty cool. Yeah, I'm happy about that. It's really cool. Seeing Derek from the standpoint of his first spring training, coming to camp, looking like total misfit, right? Like didn't fit in. Just wasn't. You know, you've seen major of the guys. You see a kick him out of high school. It's obviously not fair. But then thinking about the changes over the next spring and then the next spring. And then really what he was able to accomplish. And then now he owns a club and an executive and leader of our organization. And it's cool to be a part of this and what he's doing. Honestly, he's doing a great job. And I think bringing the same mindset as he has a player to what we're trying to accomplish now, the consistency of staying with the plan and all the things that he talked about when he originally came in. I think they're going to pay huge dividends over time. Now something that's amazing with you that you've been able to do has been able to keep so many great relationships, closer relationships. Teach people what you know and you have so much wisdom whether it's on the baseball field or off the baseball field. And a lot of that you get to pass down to whether it's Jeter who we're just talking about or guys like John Carlos Stanton. Yeah, John Carlos was obviously here a couple of years and seeing him from the other side of the field with Dodgers, just a tremendous player and talent. And kind of watching him play was exciting. Obviously the second year he had there was off the charts and kind of he struggled early. It seemed like in the year before he kind of was struggling. Found it then, ended up having a pretty good year but this one he stayed healthy all year long. And any time this guy stays healthy, it's going to be a monster here. Now right here on the golf course. That was at the golf alley at the beginning of spring. So I bet he hits it a long way. That's what I would think. And you swing lefty on the golf course? I do. Awesome. Is it as sweet as your baseball swing? Probably, I don't know. I don't know. Whatever it is, it's not producing any good results. That's what I'll say about my golf game. I don't play that much but it's not turning into scoring. That's what I would say. I may have a good swing but I didn't get any hits. You can say that got a great swing but you never hit. Alright so we're coming down to home stretch and a lot of what you learned has come from some great people who you've played with and been associated with. You are the boss, George Stambrader, Buck Showalter. Yeah I've seen that photo. I like that photo. You know the boss was always relaxed in spring. He was always having fun. And you know just Buck coming in was I think a pivotal moment. Within the Yankee organization. We had floundered around for you know three or four years in no real direction. And I thought when Buck came in he set the course. He did a nice job of him and I think it was stick. It was a GM at the time. I thought they did a great job of bringing in the right players and changing the tone of the rocker room from guys that just didn't, partially guys that didn't care. And brought in gamers and guys that played hard and it mattered to them if they won or lost. And I think that was, I look at that as a turning point in the Yankee organization for me at the end of my career but also the organization moving forward after that. Based on what you said before I'd imagine that this is the look that you really like. Got the short hair, nicely freshed mustache and looking lean. I don't know, yeah younger right? I don't know if I ever like mini photos I see of myself but it is younger. Alright here's another great photo of you guys here at Ted Williams' Wadebox. Man what were you guys talking about and where were you? This looks awesome. I think this is Teo Peppies or something like that. It's a little place to cross from Mr. Strymer's hotel. It was in spring training. I think sports illustrated article with Peter Gammons and we were talking about weight shift and weight and Ted pretty much ran the conversation and we just talked hitting and it was fun. And it's really been an article that a lot of people have referenced and talked to me about. They seen the photo and we had a lot of shrimp and beer and that was a good night. That was the best part. And being around Ted really was an experience. Obviously Bogsy, we weren't teammates at that time. We were on opposite sides but it was cool to be there. Ted was great. Yeah, very thankful for that right there. That's a pretty cool time. Amazing photo, definitely a frame type photo. We're going to end with this one. A road back photo of you. How old were you? No, I was 17, 16, 17. Yeah, high school. I don't know when to what year I was in state championship when I was a junior and we lost in the final game as a senior. So we'd won 59. I think about that. I think about we won 59 straight games, had a chance to win back-to-back state titles and we got beaten in the final game. What would you say is your favorite part about social media from what you know? It's always fun like Lori posts a lot of Louis and what's going on and just getting videos from her. I'm not quite sure all the stuff that she posts but whatever she posts and she's sending me too I know I get to see it. So I think and then hearing feedback oh I follow Lori and Louis, I see him so cute and stuff like that and so I love that interaction of it. I think the other part I like is just our foundation being able to show what we're doing with kids and how we're affecting lives. If it's through computer labs or it's through reading programs, it's through sports. I think the fact that it's a good feeling to see these kids' faces and I love seeing what we're not only being a part of what we're doing but then being able to see it and then see it's kind of good because it's almost like a record of what you're sometimes you're doing something and you're getting a computer lab together one year and then maybe you're doing a reading program in another year but then all of a sudden four or five years down the road you get to see kind of like all of it and it's like you know we're making some headway and we're having a positive effect in our community so being able to see it through that is always good. So now's the time for the plug which is what does Mattingly Charities Instagram and Twitter page have to offer and why should they follow you guys? Well, I think the biggest thing is if you're interested in Mattingly Charities I mean it's not so much I'm not much on the personal side of it myself but I see the value but I think more than anything if you want to follow what's going on and what's happening in probably our community or I guess if you're interested in what I'm doing there's a reason to follow and see really what we stand for I guess that's what it really does I think our charity really represents our love for kids and our belief in that we've got to help the most underserved kids and give them a chance to have to make good decisions to give them an opportunity to have success that I've had or anyone has had and let them know that it comes through education it comes through making good choices for kids but you've got to have those opportunities to make good choices and some kids don't get the same opportunity I think is almost always there the choices are just so much harder for certain kids Awesome, hey well Don thank you so much for letting us catch up with you talk a little bit about some of your fun posts and now you know where to find this guy Madeline Charities, shoot him a follow a lot of good stuff on the way, right? 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