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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – The estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers coach Don Mattingly was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct after police say she refused to leave his property in Indiana.<o></o>
Police arrested 45-year-old Kim Mattingly after they were called to the home of the former Yankee first baseman to investigate reports of a person refusing to leave on Saturday, a probable cause affidavit said. The affidavit, signed by a Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Howard, said she smelled of alcohol and screamed at officers.<o></o>
The couple filed for divorce in November on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. The divorce has not been finalized, and no further action has been taken.<o></o>
Kim Mattingly was released from the Vanderburgh County Jail after posting $50 bond shortly after her arrest and made her first court appearance Monday on the charges. She is scheduled to appear next on March 3.<o></o>
Her lawyer, Angela Freel, did not return a telephone call seeking comment.<o></o>
Kim Mattingly told investigators that Don Mattingly had taken her phone and she wanted it back, the affidavit said. Police spoke to Mattingly, who said he did not have the phone.<o></o>
Police had told her not to go to the house earlier in the day, Howard said in the affidavit.<o></o>
On Monday, Don Mattingly filed for a protective order against his wife, which the court granted. In the petition, Mattingly cited three examples of his wife appearing at his home, including an incident on Jan. 22 during which she tried to kick down his door.<o></o>
Mattingly, who grew up and lives in Evansville, cited family reasons when the Dodgers announced last month that he would serve as special assignment coach for the 2008 season instead of hitting coach.<o></o>
A former AL MVP during 14 seasons with the Yankees from 1982-95, Mattingly spent the past four seasons as a coach under Joe Torre. After losing out to Joe Girardi for the Yankees’ manager job, Mattingly followed Torre to the Dodgers.
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017418759?Hall Call Not Likely For Donnie Baseball
Hall Call Not Likely For Donnie Baseball
January 4, 2010 5:52 a.m. EST

Hall Call Not Likely For Donnie Baseball
Jojo Doria - AHN Sports Contributor
<!-- This article Copyright 2010 AHN Media -->Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) - Don Mattingly is a candidate on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the 10th year, but the former Yankees great will once again not gain entry if he fails to get 75 percent of the required vote to gain election.

Mattingly received 64 votes or 11.9 percent in 2009.
It was a slight decrease from the 86 nods (15.6 percent) he garnered the year before.
More popularly known as "Donnie Baseball", Mattingly is a former first baseman for the Bronx Bombers from 1982-1995.
He was the face of the Yankees team for 14 seasons.
Although Mattingly has never played on a World Series championship team or even appeared in a World Series, he is considered one of the most popular Yankee in the history of the franchise.
After the Bombers took a gamble and drafted him in the 19th round of the 1979 amateur, Mattingly flourished in the 1980's, becoming one of the game's top players from 1984-89.
Mattingly recorded several feats in 1987, setting or matching five Major League records.
But his surging success was hampered by back injuries over the next six years.
The gradual decline may have contributed to the nine-time Gold Glove Award winner's failure to get into the Hall of Fame.
In his first on the ballot in 2001, Mattingly received 28 percent.
It was his highest vote total percentage garnered.
After retiring as a player, Mattingly served as the Yankees hitting coach from 2004 to 2006 before being promoted as Joe Torre's bench coach.
He is heading into his third season as the LA Dodgers hitting coach.

Donnie Baseball: Inside the Numbers

by jscape2000 on Jan 15, 2010 11:00 AM EST in Analysis 1 comment
Yesterday, brilliant reader asked who was better than Don Mattingly from '84-'88?
One anwser comes from a Bill James stat called Win Shares, which is "a very complicated statistic that takes all the contributions a player makes toward his team’s wins and distills them into a single number that represents the number of wins contributed to the team, times three."
If you want the in-depth of the calculation, go here. But since WS are not freely available on the Internet, I'm going to make my case using other stats.

According to Joe Poz, the players who topped Mattingly in the span from '84-'88 were Wade Boggs and Tim Raines, with Mattingly on a level with Rickey Henderson and Tony Gwynn.

The Hitman had some laudable strengths. He hit for a high average, .332 over these years- better than Raines (.315) or Henderson (.293) but less than Boggs (.355) and Gwynn (.336). Mattingly knocked out an average of 206 hits a season with 73 extra-base hits. His 27 homers easily lead these All-Stars, and that got him a lot of extra attention. His 44 doubles are even more impressive when you consider that Mattingly didn't bring speed to the table. He was 5 for 12 in SB attempts over this span, only Wade Boggs (8 for 21) was worse. And the guys he's up against, were the best baserunners in baseball: Raines went an incredible 298 for 338 (88%), and Henderson was a tick less effective at 367 for 434 (85%).
That lack of speed factors in to his defensive position. In the depths of the '80s, it wouldn't have mattered to the Yankees if Mattingly was a mediocre 2B or 3B or RF instead of a 1B. But it matters when we evaluate Mattingly, because we understand the valuehttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/historical-position-adjustmentshttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/historical-position-adjustmentshttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/historical-position-adjustments of the various defensive positions. A guy who can play 1B is easier to find that a 3B, who in turn is easier to find that a CF. Unfortunately for Mattingly, he's looking up at Boggs and Raines. '84 was Raines last full season in center, after that he played left, which should bring him closer to Mattingly. But Boggs played a solid 3B the whole time. Mattingly may have been the best defensive 1B in the league, but the best 1B is still only a 1B.
The area Mattingly falls behind is in OBP. It gets to the heart of what may be fair or unfair about comparing eras- we look back with modern eyes. At the time, no one faulted Mattingly for only walking 48 times a season at his peak because he only struck out 35 times a year, and he could rake. If you want to give Mattingly the title of Most Appreciated Player of his era, you'll get no argument from me. I think the Hall of Fame voters should find a way to recognize players who excelled at what was important for the era.
But Mattingly's OBP is 20 points behind Gwynn, Henderson and Raines, and he's 75 points behind Wade Boggs. That's like replacing the bat of Bengie Molina with Shane Victorino. Simply put, Mattingly made more outs, and at a higher rate, than Boggs did. When you make three outs the inning is over, 27 and the game is over. Boggs and Mattingly were comparable hitters and fielders, but when it comes down to the most important thing, Mattingly was never the best player in baseball.


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Donald Arthur Mattingly (born April 20, 1961) is an American former professional baseballfirst baseman, coach, and current manager for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball(MLB). Nicknamed "The Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years.