BRING BACK DONNIE!

Paul Semendinger
Nov 12, 2025
1 min read

By Paul Semendinger

November 12, 2025

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If there ever was a slam dunk, simple, easy, and obvious decision to make for a team, this is it.

HEY YANKEES, BRING BACK DON MATTINGLY.

I am not saying Mattingly needs to be the manager.

The Yankees could use Don Mattingly as a hitting coach, a first base coach, a third base coach, or a bench coach.

This is easy.

This is simple.

This should be done today.

The Yankees Need To Bring Donnie Baseball Home.

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(Note - I plan to run this article a few times over the next week or so to keep it on the front page of the site.)

23 Comments

etbkarate

Nov 13, 2025

No argument here.

He's the perfect hitting coach for this team.

Alan B.

Nov 12, 2025

The only way this really happens is if Brian Cashman is ready to loosen his grip on the controls, or is forced to. But hiring Jake Hirst as AHC, still keeping Casey Dykes as AHC, bri ging back Desi Dreschel as APC, and elevated longtime minor league player/coach/manager/coordinator Dan Fiorito to the coaching staff tells me NOTHING is REALLY changing, do personally, I'm telling Connie... 'Run, run far away from this mess'.

That bring said, if we're going to go all in and do it the old Yankees Way, Derek Jeter replaces Cashman, but as POBO, and let him pick his own but to be GM (bring Shane Spencer back from the KBO?), Mattingly as HC, Cone as PC, with…

Chris D.

Nov 12, 2025

He could be the emergency back up, for the Boone swoon, should it start out horribly..or whatever, he's an Icon, should be here, wherever he wants...

Sign him up...

C.J.D. ⚾☮️

fuster

Nov 12, 2025

and what if he dont wanna be brung back?

fuster

Nov 13, 2025

Replying to

George was a part of the team that he bought and burnished

one part of it.

not the whole

and

probably not the main

I fully note that you've never claimed sainthood for George or any other Steinbrenner,

but you're not the only person writing comments on this site.

there are some who buy the sizzle

and are pleased to sing George's praises for that which they regard as generosity

in contrast to that which they regard as Hal's tightfistedness.

cpogo0502

Nov 12, 2025

Paul: As much as I'd love to see this, why in the world would Mattingly come back as a 1b coach, or 3rd base coach, for that matter. Do you really believe he'd be willing to play 3rd fiddle to our resident genius, one Aaron Boone? As a bench coach it would make things even more awkward. I think Mattingly wants to manage not sit idly by while Boone makes his usual in-game mistakes. Now, if we brought Donnie into the fold with the idea that if the team goes off the rail in 2026 (which it might) Boone is fired and Mattingly steps in.

Paul Semendinger

Nov 13, 2025

Replying to

That's fine to project. And consider.

My point is that we don't know how he will feel.

We might think he would be uncomfortable, but, then again, he might live it.

That's all I am saying. We simply don't know.

Many people write that they do know. We see that a lot.

"Don wants to be with his son."

Maybe he does. Maybe not...

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