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Posted By: Jay Miller

Tim makes a good point. Before Mattingly hurt his back he was as good as anyone in baseball. In fact, in the late-1980s(I forget exactly when) the Yankee TV network had a fan poll where the all time Yankee at each position was selected each week. At that time Mattingly beat out Gehrig. If I'm not mistaken he was the only then current player to be selected. Obviously, that was wrong, but at that point in his career, before the back injury, he was a sure bet HOFer.