"I think every year you go to spring training, you think about getting there, right? That's why you keep doing it."
"It's been a fun team up to this point, and it's really going to be a fun team no matter what happens," Mattingly said. "But this is a good group. This is a team, and they play good baseball. They stay together. It's a fun group to be around."
"I've seen some bad baseball people who were part of some championship teams. Not 'bad' - what's the word? Just didn't bring a lot. They were in the right place at the right time. Donnie is just the opposite."
Don Mattingly, 64, was the only Blue Jays member not booed at Yankee Stadium during ALDS Game 3 and could reach his first World Series after a six-decade professional career. Mattingly played for the Yankees from 1982-1995 and made the postseason only in 1995, hitting .417 with a home run and six RBIs in the five-game ALDS loss to Seattle before retiring due to back injuries. He missed postseason runs as a coach and manager with multiple teams. Mattingly praised the current Blue Jays' cohesion and competitiveness as Toronto held a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
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