Don Mattingly is finally going to the Fall Classic.

After 5,231 games over 36 seasons as a player, coach and manager, the Toronto Blue Jays‘ bench coach will finally make his World Series debut on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I’m going to enjoy this, been enjoying this ride with this team,” Mattingly said on The Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday. “It’s a fun team, it’s a team you can trust. That’s probably the best word you can say as a coach or a manager, is that you can trust these guys.”

The Blue Jays hired Mattingly on Nov. 22, 2022, after he left his job as Miami Marlins manager at the end of the 2022 season.

Before Miami, Mattingly won three division titles in five seasons as manager of the Dodgers. He also worked as hitting coach and bench coach for the New York Yankees,

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