Editing Don Mattingly (section)

==In popular culture==
Mattingly appeared in a baseball-themed episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Homer at the Bat]]", which originally aired on February 20, 1992. In the episode, team manager [[Mr. Burns]] repeatedly demands that Mattingly trim his [[sideburns]], leading Mattingly to protest that he had no sideburns, and to eventually shave much of his head. Burns, irate, cuts him from the team for defying his orders. As he departs, the exasperated Mattingly says to himself, "I still like him better than Steinbrenner."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deadspin.com/5886723/the-making-of-homer-at-the-bat-the-episode-that-conquered-prime-time-20-years-ago-tonight |title=The Making of 'Homer at the Bat', The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight |date=February 20, 2012 |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |website=[[Deadspin]] |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> In 1991, before the episode aired, but after it was produced, then-Yankees manager [[Stump Merrill]] told him that until he cut his hair, he would not play. This was in accord with Yankee owner [[George Steinbrenner]]'s [[New York Yankees appearance policy|appearance policy]] requiring his players to maintain well-kept head and facial hair. Mattingly was sporting a longish or [[mullet (hairstyle)|mullet]]-like hair style, and when he refused to cut it, he was benched.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/17/sports/baseball-no-more-split-ends-as-mattingly-rejoins-yanks.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=Baseball; No More Split Ends as Mattingly Rejoins Yanks|date=August 17, 1991|first=Jack|last=Curry|newspaper=The New York Times|author-link=Jack Curry|at=sec. 1 p. 27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/16/sports/baseball-mattingly-flap-hair-today-gone-tomorrow.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=Baseball; Mattingly Flap: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 1991|author-link=Murray Chass|first=Murray|last=Chass|page=B9}}</ref>

Mattingly has also appeared in public-service announcements airing on the [[Spike TV]] network advocating fathers spending time with their children as part of the "True Dads" campaign to encourage men to take an active role in their children's lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spike.ifilm.com/spike/truedads/doc/true_dads_pr.pdf |title=Spike TV Celebrates Fatherhood With True Dads National Outreach Campaign |website=Spike.ifilm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926014120/http://spike.ifilm.com/spike/truedads/doc/true_dads_pr.pdf |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |access-date=August 22, 2007 }}</ref>

Mattingly is referred to by name in several episodes of ''[[Seinfeld]]''. In one episode, his uniform pants split because they were made of 100% cotton at the behest of [[George Costanza]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Katcher|first=Paul|title=Best 'Seinfeld' Sports Moments|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=katcher/sports_seinfeld|work=ESPN|access-date=October 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804114432/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=katcher%2Fsports_seinfeld|archive-date=August 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Mattingly appeared as a guest artist on Christian recording artist [[Matt Felts']] album, ''Based on a True Story''. Mattingly lends his voice on a song entitled "The First Baseball Game".