{"id":4034,"date":"2026-08-17T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:13:01","slug":"don-mattingly-remembers-former-yankees-teammate-tommy-john-as-a-really-great-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4034","title":{"rendered":"Don Mattingly remembers former Yankees teammate Tommy John as \u2018a really great person\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><audio><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p>Tommy John is widely known across the baseball world for the elbow surgery that bears his name and has renewed thousands of pitchers\u2019 careers. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4032\">14 people have been charged in a Penn State fraternity cocaine-trafficking ring<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><p>But to Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly, he was better known as a fellow Indiana native. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>John died Saturday at age 83. Mattingly took some time on Monday to remember his former teammate. The two played together on the Yankees in 1982 and again from 1986 to 1989.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cTommy obviously was really a great person as far as the way he treated people,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cPlaying with him was interesting because it was obviously towards the end of his career, but just the competitiveness of him and the way he went about it.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Mattingly played with John after he underwent the eponymous surgery to reconstruct his torn UCL in 1974, a revolutionary procedure invented and performed by Dodgers doctor Frank Jobe. He became the first MLB player to return from elbow reconstruction surgery and played for 14 more years, pitching to a 3.34 career ERA and 2,245 career strikeouts. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cTommy is one of those guys from Indiana. We always talked about Indiana,\u201d said Mattingly, an Evansville native. \u201cIt\u2019s close, actually; Terre Haute\u2019s like 100 miles away. A lot of time in my youth is going there to play basketball tournaments, baseball tournaments, things like that.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Mattingly also remembered a moment from a spring training game one year in West Palm Beach. <\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cI forgot, but I think it was Joe Hesketh pitching against [us] this spring training,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cTommy was pitching, so he had to hit, and he was just shoving it on us the whole time. <\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cAnd Tommy gets up and hits a two-iron off the wall in left-center. And I\u2019m like, \u2018Jesus!\u2019 He made it look easy.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><h3>Turner returns<\/h3><\/div><div><\/div><p>Trea Turner was back in the Phillies lineup Monday after sitting out Sunday\u2019s series finale in Minnesota. He was confident he had avoided major injury after fouling a pitch off his upper right leg on Saturday, but the Phillies didn\u2019t want to take any chances with the shortstop and held him out. One of Turner\u2019s best assets at the top of the Phillies lineup is his speed, which ranks in the 98th percentile of the sport. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4030\">Eagles practice observations: Jalen Hurts tosses another middle-field INT; Michael Carter II gets the pick; DeVonta Smith ready for Patriots<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><p>But on Monday, Turner was back to full go. He was back in the No. 2 spot in the order, which has been Turner\u2019s customary place in the lineup since the club acquired Luis Arraez at the trade deadline.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cI think he\u2019s 100 [percent],\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s got some soreness to touch in areas, but that\u2019s something at this point in the year that shouldn\u2019t slow anybody down. Probably more bruised than injury.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Bryce Harper was in the lineup in right field for the sixth consecutive game. Mattingly said he feels comfortable running Harper out as the everyday right fielder so long as his medicals allow it. He said Harper\u2019s left knee \u201chas been fine.\u201d <\/p><div><\/div><p>Harper has been dealing with soreness in his knee that was aggravated by his return to the outfield, but the issue has not risen to the point where Harper needed a day off entirely. <\/p><div><\/div><div><h3>Extra bases<\/h3><\/div><div><\/div><p>Caleb Kilian (left oblique strain) is \u201cstarting to feel better\u201d and moving around, but is still not throwing yet. Mattingly said Kilian is expected to possibly be available to return by the end of the season. \u2026 Rafael March\u00e1n (left knee patellar tendinitis) is continuing to build up on his rehab assignment for triple-A Lehigh Valley and is scheduled to play nine innings on Tuesday \u2026 Zack Wheeler (10-4, 2.89 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday. Miami\u2019s starting pitcher has not yet been announced. <\/p><div><\/div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" alt=\"The Inquirer logo\" class=\"wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/faba80d67140212ba32240655442c529.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n        Watch the latest episode\n      <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tony Gwynn Jr.<\/strong> is a former major league outfielder and son of late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. Over the last two years, he got to know new Phillies second baseman Luis Arraez, whose contact skills at the plate often draw comparisons to Gwynn. Tony Jr. joined <em>Phillies Extra<\/em> to discuss his father, Arraez, and the bonds that connect them. 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