It was almost exactly 30 years ago when Don Mattingly got one of the biggest hits of his career: a go-ahead homer off Andy Benes in Game 2 of the 1995 ALDS, the first Yankees playoff appearance in 14 years and the only postseason series of Mattingly’s career.

And it happened at the previous Yankee Stadium in what p roved to be Mattingly’s final home game .

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He’s been back to The Bronx as a coach and manager plenty of times since, even after leaving the Yankees coaching staff following the 2007 season, but on Tuesday, he’ll have a chance to clinch a playoff series win at the Stadium if the Blu

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