Don Mattingly Played the Role of Mother Ginger in a Production of “The Nutcracker”

All, Baseball, Kind of Gay, Oddities Tim Ryan December 19th. 2011, 2:30pm

The Evansville Ballet put on a production of the “The Nutcracker” this past Saturday night and, as any fan of the timeless two-act ballet might expect, Yankee legend and current Dodgers manager Don Mattingly played the role of Mother Ginger. But of course.

Here’s Mattingly:

“Was kinda cool, kinda getting out on that limb a little bit, getting out of your comfort zone … I’d seen Mother Ginger at an Aces (Evansville Aces) game a couple years, so I thought that was pretty funny. So I thought, why not.”

Never saw Donnie Baseball as one who would embrace the arts quite like this, but then again he does work in Los Angeles. Video of him discussing the role as well as a few moments from the performance itself can be found right here.

[Tristate, Baseball Card Store, h/t: The GB]

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51 Responses to “Don Mattingly Played the Role of Mother Ginger in a Production of “The Nutcracker””

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Stop The Bus And Let My Brother Jack Off Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Never saw Donnie Basbeall..
In such a hurry to break this all-important news… and this, after the interesting day we had in the NFL. Really?
/ – 1000 pts
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Donnie Basbeall
Legend.
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:41 PM
In such a hurry to break this all-important news… and this, after the interesting day we had in the NFL. Really?
Welcome to the site as well as the sports blog world in general.
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cracker jack Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Gayyyyyy.
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cleet Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Mother Ginger really needs to shave those damn sideburns.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
“Cross-dressing baseball managers, on the next Maury…”
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Stop The Bus And Let My Brother Jack Off Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
In such a hurry to break this all-important news… and this, after the interesting day we had in the NFL. Really?
Umm…solid response? Didn’t mean to hit a nerve, but this is beyond useless information. Keep your day job.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Greetings, people. Greetings. Greetings and salutations. What a beautiful day for a ball game. Let’s play two!
/chicken salad on rye, untoasted
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spencer096 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:46 PM
wtf?
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johndewar Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:50 PM
The real question is “What does this do for my Don Mattingly rookie cards?”
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ms621 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:50 PM
This just about covers my reaction.
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
In such a hurry to break this all-important news… and this, after the interesting day we had in the NFL. Really?
Umm…solid response? Didn’t mean to hit a nerve, but this is beyond useless information. Keep your day job.
You commented to your own comment calling it a “solid response.” You’ve exhibited your obvious idiocy quite well, and you did it all by yourself.
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WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Umm…solid response? Didn’t mean to hit a nerve, but this is beyond useless information. Keep your day job.
Really? Out of everything here, a throw-away post about a cool thing Don Mattingly did is what bothers you?
Clearly you don’t know that Mondays here are for making fun of TBL’s football lack of awareness from Sept-Jan, and then once March hits, we make fun of his inability to interpret common advanced baseball metrics.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:52 PM
You commented to your own comment calling it a “solid response.”
Would you say he’s at the nexus of the universe?
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WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Though I will say, it’s amusing to see TBL’s on-the-ledge reverse-jinx pessimism about the Jets has actually become pretty accurate as the season progresses. I completely agree with him that Rex is still a top 10 coach in the league, but the Jets right now are laughable.
/waits for another AFCCG run
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Would you say he’s at the nexus of the universe?
I was kind of thinking he’s watching himself watch Spaceballs.
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WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
You commented to your own comment calling it a “solid response.”
Someone’s gotta do it.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:55 PM
I was kind of thinking he’s watching himself watch Spaceballs.
Solid response.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
maybe duckworth’d, but the new Dark Knight Rises trailer is pretty damn sweet.
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spencer096 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 2:58 PM
You commented to your own comment calling it a “solid response.” You’ve exhibited your obvious idiocy quite well, and you did it all by yourself.
TBL just didn’t switch login’s while trying to get the trolling started.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
I completely agree with him that Rex is still a top 10 coach in the league, but the Jets right now are laughable.
/waits for another AFCCG run
I do think Rex could be an amazingly successful coach if he did have a team like San Diego, his Jets teams just aren’t good enough right now to get the job done w/o a lot of help from other teams.
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spencer096 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:01 PM
I do think Rex could be an amazingly successful coach if he did have a team like San Diego, his Jets teams just aren’t good enough right now to get the job done w/o a lot of help from other teams.
their GM blows ass.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:02 PM
their GM blows ass.
NYJ or SD?
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spencer096 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:06 PM
NYJ or SD?
well, kinda both, but tannenbaum is a special kind of shitty GM. “LOOK HOW MANY PLAYERS I SIGNED TO BIG DEALS” said the personnel fairy, well we’re not buying it…next thing you know there’s money missing off the dresser and your daughter’s knocked up. seen it a million times…
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scripty Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
he went to plaid
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Breesus Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
In such a hurry to break this all-important news… and this, after the interesting day we had in the NFL. Really?
Welcome to the site as well as the sports blog world in general.
I mean, really. We’ve already had Tebow and Jets posts today.
/Brees for MVP
//anxiously awaiting that post
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:09 PM
well, kinda both, but tannenbaum is a special kind of shitty GM. “LOOK HOW MANY PLAYERS I SIGNED TO BIG DEALS” said the personnel fairy, well we’re not buying it…next thing you know there’s money missing off the dresser and your daughter’s knocked up. seen it a million times…
very true. both GM’s are the polar opposites, which is interesting considering both teams can’t win anything.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
/Brees for MVP
//anxiously awaiting that post
i would not be surprised to see brees get it if the packers take their foot off the gas and lose a game or two with less than stellar play by Rodgers while Brees somehow manages to get the Saints the #2 seed while crushing Marino’s record.
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kstein Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
i knew it….i’m surrounded by assholes.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
/Brees for MVP
If one bad game against the Chiefs is enough to open the door someone should dig up the film of Brees’ trips to St. Louis and Tampa and close it again
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WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
i knew it….i’m surrounded by assholes.
So your in-laws are visiting, too, huh?
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cracker jack Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
/Brees for MVP
//anxiously awaiting that post
I want this just because of how annoying it was that the sports media had awarded this to Rodgers with half the season left to play
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José Ovechkin Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
I may have severely undervalued the importance of Greg Jennings
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:16 PM
I want this just because of how annoying it was that the sports media had awarded this to Rodgers with half the season left to play
it is interesting how the sentiment against the packers is slowly growing. at least they had almost 2-3 years of positive public response. It won’t be long now before the Packers are as hated as the Pats.
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Breesus Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:16 PM
If one bad game against the Chiefs is enough to open the door someone should dig up the film of Brees’ trips to St. Louis and Tampa and close it again
I’d still vote for Rodgers. I think the TB and STL games showed how valuable Sean Payton was on the sideline, as well as how much Zach Strief was missed and how shitty Olin Kruetz was.
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ms621 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:17 PM
I may have severely undervalued the importance of Greg Jennings
Donald Driver was a poor fantasy substitute for him this week. Luckily Nate Burleson decided to have a big boy game yesterday and he picked up the slack.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:18 PM
I may have severely undervalued the importance of Greg Jennings
That hurt for sure but I think it was more the offensive line getting worked along with some dropped passes and some missed throws that led to that mess…a true team effort of failure
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:19 PM
I’d still vote for Rodgers. I think the TB and STL games showed how valuable Sean Payton was on the sideline, as well as how much Zach Strief was missed and how shitty Olin Kruetz was.
i also wonder who would be missed more in their offense… Brees or Rodgers?
i know it says more about team depth rather than most valuable, but it’s an interesting thought.
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Breesus Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
it is interesting how the sentiment against the packers is slowly growing. at least they had almost 2-3 years of positive public response. It won’t be long now before the Packers are as hated as the Pats.
I doubt it. Unless Aaron Rodgers becomes a mega-douche pretty-boy and they get a Robert Kraft-type owner who over-brands them.
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cracker jack Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
it is interesting how the sentiment against the packers is slowly growing. at least they had almost 2-3 years of positive public response. It won’t be long now before the Packers are as hated as the Pats.
I dunno. They dont really have anyone truly hateable, by my estimate. I guess you could hate on Rodgers, but that’d be weird. Right now the hate for me is squarely on ESPN *waves at Breesus*
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WWoS Stayed At a Holiday Inn Express Last Night Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
i also wonder who would be missed more in their offense… Brees or Rodgers?
i know it says more about team depth rather than most valuable, but it’s an interesting thought.
Let’s stress this so we stop the “Manning more valuable than Brady” because his team sucks now craziness.
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Breesus Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
i also wonder who would be missed more in their offense… Brees or Rodgers?
Last year, they were a play away from winning in Foxboro with Matt Flynn.
Would the Saints do that with Chase Daniel.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
I dunno. They dont really have anyone truly hateable, by my estimate
Jermichael Finley, but that might just be me who dislikes him
Last year, they were a play away from winning in Foxboro with Matt Flynn.
Would the Saints do that with Chase Daniel.
Yes (the beauty of responding confidently to pointless hypotheticals is that there’s no way to really dispute it)
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
I dunno. They dont really have anyone truly hateable, by my estimate
you only have to be good and have success to be hated in the NFL. actually, you just need success.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
you only have to be good and have success to be hated in the NFL. actually, you just need success.
That is the best dig at Sanchez I’ve seen today.
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Breesus Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Yes (the beauty of responding confidently to pointless hypotheticals is that there’s no way to really dispute it)
I’m gonna ignore the fact that Flynn could probably keep the Saints close in Foxboro while Daniel would have shit the bed with the Packers.
I truly believe that the Saints are a Brees injury from becoming the Colts, mainly because they have no backup plan and Daniel is Sean Payton’s Tyler Palko. Which is interesting because Payton gave up on Palko when he got a chance to groom Daniel.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
I truly believe that the Saints are a Brees injury from becoming the Colts, mainly because they have no backup plan and Daniel is Sean Payton’s Tyler Palko. Which is interesting because Payton gave up on Palko when he got a chance to groom Daniel.
i certainly don’t think they are a near winless team, but if they have the coaching staff that can do it, they have the talent at the skill positions to simply the offense and still be potent.
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cracker jack Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
i also wonder who would be missed more in their offense… Brees or Rodgers?
i know it says more about team depth rather than most valuable, but it’s an interesting thought.
Peyton for mvp! Derp Derp.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
I truly believe that the Saints are a Brees injury from becoming the Colts, mainly because they have no backup plan and Daniel is Sean Payton’s Tyler Palko. Which is interesting because Payton gave up on Palko when he got a chance to groom Daniel.
The biggest issue with Chase Daniel is that he eats boogers.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Peyton for mvp! Derp Derp.
I’m still of the belief some guy is going to do this just so he can write a column about it knowing it won’t matter…like the one guy who voted Favre in 2007 and penned a terrible argument for why he deserved it over Brady, dude had a nice season but it wasn’t 50/8 nice
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
December 19th, 2011 at 3:38 PM
I’m still of the belief some guy is going to do this just so he can write a column about it knowing it won’t matter…like the one guy who voted Favre in 2007 and penned a terrible argument for why he deserved it over Brady, dude had a nice season but it wasn’t 50/8 nice
there might be 1 guy to do it, but I also wonder if a memo might be sent out prior to the voting saying the award should be awarded to a player who actually took a snap this year and should be voted so.
might as well make the argument that Kurt Warner is the MVP because St. Louis and Arizona aren’t as good as they were without him.